17 July 2008
This notification is made in accordance with the Authority’s policy
regarding informing the public of certain minor or technical amendment
applications. Under section 67A of the HSNO Act, the Authority may amend
an approval if it considers that the alteration is minor in effect or
corrects a minor or technical error.
Since notifying the decision on the reassessment of 1080 (application
number
HRE05002) last August, a number of minor errors in the wording of
the decision document have come to light. The Agency is proposing that
several amendments to the decision document be made in order to correct
these errors. The Authority will now consider whether these amendments
meet the criteria laid down in the HSNO Act for minor or technical
amendments to existing approvals.
As members of the public may have an interest in amendments to the 1080
approvals, we have put
notice of these amendments
on our website for information only.
Please note that minor amendment applications are not publicly notified
and are not open for submission.
The proposed amendments are summarised as follows (page numbers refer to
the formal decision document):
- Insert the approval number HRE000001 for the peanut-based 1080 product (page 147).
- Reinstate the approved handler exception for pilots (refer to controls T6 and E7 on page 164) which was previously included as a control in a Gazetted amendment to the 1080 controls made in June 2006, but omitted from the recent reassessment decision in error.
- Amend control T8 (page 166) to clarify that signage must remain in place either for a minimum of 6 months after the last date of application (of toxic bait); or, until the substance and any carcass is no longer toxic; or, until the substance and any carcass is retrieved.
- For control PG2 (page 176) the trigger level (given as 0.5kg) should read 0.5kg/0.1L.
- The substances listed for P3 are incorrect under the headings given. This should be corrected so that all the substances covered by the P3/PS4 control are only listed under PS4, and the limited quantity substances given for PG2 and PG3 are added to PS4 (page 177).
- Additional control 3 (page 182) relates to restrictions on supply of 1080. Currently, the wording of the control implies that only licensed sellers or suppliers of 1080 may purchase/acquire the substance. This control should be amended to clarify that any person purchasing or acquiring the substance must hold a license in accordance with Additional Control 5.
- Control 6(2)(a) (page 184) specifies requirements to give prior public notice of aerial applications of 1080. This control overrides the narrative given in Paragraph 11.6.7 (page 112). The control specifies that notification must be made no more than 2 months prior to the operation; whereas the narrative suggests that notification must be placed at least 2 months before the operation. It is proposed that a minor change be made to the narrative in Paragraph 11.6.7 to ensure consistency with control 6(2)(a).
- Additional control 12 (page 187) refers to “additional control 13”. This reference should be deleted as there is no such control.
Any changes to the decision will be notified in the Bulletin and the updated decision will be available on our website.
Proposal for amendment document.
For further information contact:
Elizabeth Morgan, Advisor, Hazardous Substances. ERMA New Zealand.
¨ Telephone +64 4 918 4798
¨ Facsimile +64 4 914 0433
¨ Email:
elizabeth.morgan@ermanz.govt.nz