Under Section 65 of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act, 1989 (Commonwealth), a secondary notification of sodium cyanide may be required where a manufacturer or introducer of the chemical becomes aware of circumstances that may warrant a reassessment of its environmental hazards and risks. Specific circumstances include:
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the method of manufacture of sodium cyanide in Australia has changed, or is likely to change, in a way that may result in an increased risk of adverse environmental effects;
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the method of use of sodium cyanide in the mining industry in Australia has changed, or is likely to change, in a way that may result in an increased risk of adverse environmental effects; and
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additional information has become available to the manufacturers, importers and applicants of the assessment of sodium cyanide as to the adverse environmental effects of the chemical, including wildlife mortality incidents at WAD CN concentrations below 50 mg/L.
The Director must be notified within 28 days of the manufacturer/importer becoming aware of any of the above or other circumstances prescribed under Section 65 of the Act.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACGIH American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
ACMER Australian Centre for Mineral Extension and Research (formerly Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research
ACT Australian Capital Territory
ADG Code Australian Dangerous Goods Code (NTC, 2007)
AF assessment factor
AMIRA Australian Mineral Industries Research Association Limited
ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
ANZMEC Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council
APHA American Public Health Association
ARMCANZ Agricultural and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand
ASTM ASTM International (originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials)
ATP adenosine triphosphate
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (USA)
BMTF Baia Mare Task Force (Romania)
Ca(CN)2 calcium cyanide
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
CCREM Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers
CME Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia
CMSA Chamber of Mines of South Africa
CN cyanide
CNS central nervous system
CO2 carbon dioxide
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
CuCN copper cyanide
Cwlth Commonwealth
DEWHA The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (previously the Department of the Environment and Water Resources, prior to that the Department of the Environment and Heritage and prior to that, Environment Australia)
DHA United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (Germany)
DITR Australian Government Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
DITRDLG Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
DRET Australian Government Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
ORS Office of Road Safety (Australia)
EC50 The concentration of a test substance which results in an effect on 50% of the test species.
EINECS European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
HCN hydrogen cyanide
HSDB Hazardous Substances Data Base
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICMC International Cyanide Management Code for the Manufacture, Transport and Use of Cyanide in the Production of Gold
ICME International Council on Minerals and the Environment
ICMI International Cyanide Management Institute
ICMM International Council on Mining and Metals
ICOLD International Commission on Large Dams
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
IMO International Maritime Organisation
ISO International Organisation for Standardisation
KCN potassium cyanide
LC50 Lethal Concentration 50 (concentration necessary to kill 50% of the organisms being tested, e.g. mg/L in water to aquatic organisms, or ppm diet or drinking water to birds or mammals)
LD50 Lethal Dose 50 (median dose of a toxicant that will kill 50% of the test animals within a designated period after a single dose is administered)
LOEC lowest-observed-effect concentration
MAC Mining Association of Canada
MCA Minerals Council of Australia
MCMPR Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources
MERIWA Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia
ML megalitres (million litres)
Mm3 million cubic meters
MOH Ministry of Health, Singapore
Mt megatonnes (million metric tonnes)
NaCN sodium cyanide
NEPM National Environment Protection Measures
NEPC National Environment Protection Council, Australia
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
NICNAS National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme, Australia
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, Australia
NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate
NOEC no-observed-effect concentration i.e. the test concentration at which no effect is observed
NOEL no-observed-effect level
NOHSC National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (now Safe Work Australia)
NSC National Safety Council, Australia
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
NT DBIRD Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource. Development
OASCC Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (now Safe Work Australia)
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPPT Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (USA)
OSS Office of the Supervising Scientist, NT, Australia
PACIA Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association
PAWA Northern Territory Power and Water Authority
PEC predicted environmental concentration
ppm parts per million
QDME Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland Government
QEPA Queensland Environmental Protection Agency
Qld Queensland
RCR respiratory control ratios
RQ risk quotient
SA South Australia
SDS Safety Data Sheet
SWA Safe Work Australia (formerly OASCC or NOHSC)
Tas Tasmania
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
tpa tonnes per annum
TRV toxicity reference value
TSF tailings storage facility
TV trigger value
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
US ACHPPM United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine
US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
Vic Victoria
WA Western Australia
WA DoIR Western Australian Department of Industry and Resources
WAD weak acid dissociable (complexes of cyanide).
WHO World Health Organization
WWTP wastewater treatment plant
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