Environmental Policy

Introduction
The Environmental Protection Act imposes a duty of care on persons concerned with controlled waste. The duty applies to any person who produces, imports, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste. Breach of the duty of care is an offence which, upon conviction, can lead to an unlimited fine.

Controlled waste means any waste from households, commerce or industry.

It is the responsibility of Advanced Pipe Bursting NZ Ltd. and their sub-contractors on site to ensure that their actions concerning waste are sufficient to meet the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act and the control of substances Health Regulations.

Compliance Objectives
To prevent any person from disposing of, from storing or from treating controlled waste without a Waste Management License or in a manner likely to cause pollution or harm to health
To prevent the escape of waste
To ensure that if the waste if transferred, it goes only to an "authorised person" or to a person for "authorised transport purposes".
To ensure that a written description accompanies all waste being transferred and that the description is clear enough to enable each person receiving it to treat it in the correct manner.

Access
Access will be maintained as far as is reasonably practicable with positive steps taken to prevent indiscriminate parking. Storage of plant and other materials will be sectioned off.

Site Cabins
Any site cabin will be sited which it is least obtrusive to the local community within the working area. Any site cabin must have the provision of a lidded bin or skip, regular cleaning of the cabin is essential.

Welfare facilities shall be sufficient for the number of personnel on site at any one time

Servicing of Plant
Servicing of plant often takes place on site. Should this be the case engine oil must not be allowed to drain free fouling the ground.

Oil must be drained into a container of adequate capacity for the amount being emptied. The container must be removed from site as must old discarded oil filters.

Any residues of hydraulic oil as a result of burst pipes should be soaked up with sand or soil Machine operators whose machines constantly drop oil about the site must report the mafler to the Site Manager.

Waste Management
All excavated material should be removed from site by a registered waste carrier to an authorised refuge/landfill site with the necessary documentation for the transfer of waste.

Documentation should be archived for a period of not less than two years.

Burning of Rubbish
Burning of rubbish, bushes or old timer is strictly forbidden on site.

Any unwanted material must be loaded onto a lorry or skip and taken to an appropriate tip.

Trees and Vegetation
No on site existing trees, bushes or planted vegetation may be removed. All due care must be taken to avoid damage.

Any mishaps, which damage a tree, must be reported to enable tree surgery to be carried out.

Dust
Dust created by the use of hand held equipment will be assessed and where necessary controlled by the use of personal protective equipment and an option of suppression or extraction.

Dust created through transport movement in and about the site will be monitored dependent on weather conditions prevailing at the time, during some seasons water dousing may be required.

Noise
Noise is bound to be created by plant on site but it is not envisaged that any major noise problems will affect the areas surrounding the site.

To further this end plant will not be left running for periods in excess of 15 minutes when not in use.

Fuel
Diesel for plant will be obtainable from Bowsers. Fuel blankets and granules to be used for any localised spillages.

Drip trays shall be placed under all plant when refueling to catch any spilt substance.

Pumping
Pumping off water, slurry from excavations or to remove ponding must be first discharged into settling tanks with an adequate filtration system incorporated in the settling tank. It may also be necessary to add a proven coagulate to the tank. If a possibility exists of the final outfall entering watercourses or rivers the Council or landowner and Client must be contacted prior to pumping.

Pumped liquid must not be allowed to flow uncontrolled onto the highway. Settling tanks must be regularly cleaned out if they are to continue to filter efficiently.

Ground water may be discharged on to a grassed area with the grass acting as a natural filter.

Mud Nuisance
Mud brought off site by plant or vehicles must not be allowed to build up on site access roads or the public highway to levels, which could put other vehicles at risk from skidding and braking difficulties.

Removal of excessive amounts of mud should be continuous all the time the mud problem exists. Any work by site operatives should only be carried out using and wearing the correct equipment for the work. Mud mats shall be used when tracked plant is crossing the public highway.