1 This Standard sets out the minimum national environmental performance requirements for drilling of soil and rock, the design, construction, testing and maintenance of bores, the decommissioning of holes and bores, and record keeping.
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This Standard is intended for application by being referenced in contracts and in resource consents and plans developed pursuant to the Resource Management Act 1991.
2 The drilling of blast holes, seismic shot holes or similar, where the hole will be destroyed upon construction, and where adverse effects on groundwater resources as a result of this activity are avoided are outside the scope of this Standard.
3 Drilling, construction, testing and maintenance of geothermal bores with a groundwater temperature in excess of 70 °C is outside the scope of this Standard.
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Such geothermal bores are covered by "Health and Safety Guidelines for Shallow Geothermal Wells" and by NZS 2403.
4 This Standard does not address contractual or health and safety matters.
5 Training and advisory information is not included in this Standard.