We don't know whether the most recent response to this request contains information or not – if you are Christine Woods please sign in and let everyone know.

Health and Safety Plan/Risk Managment Plan for use of herbicides in public areas.

Christine Woods made this Official Information request to Whangarei District Council

This request has an unknown status. We're waiting for Christine Woods to read a recent response and update the status.

From: Christine Woods

Dear Whangarei District Council,

Please provide a copy of Councils Health and Safety Plan and Risk Management Plan for the use of herbicides in public areas.

Please provide copies of Council's contracts for the roadside management programmes that includes the use of herbicides.

Yours faithfully,

Christine Woods

Link to this

Whangarei District Council


Attachment image.001.png
5K Download


Tēnā koe,

Thank you for contacting us. Your request has been logged under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any case no
later than within 20 working days.  

You can also call us freephone 0800 932 463. Please quote Request No.
OIA241081 if you require any further information.

If you would like to notify us about anything further regarding this
matter, you can reply to this email.

Ngā mihi,

Whangarei District Council

--EmailIdentifier---eyJJSWQiOiIxZDg3M2UwYy1hZTA2LTRlNDQtYjJlOC0xNDE0OTA5YjdlMTMiLCJIIjoiISFIQWtnOFdLL20rdkZQTzNXc1FXZ1Y2In0=---EmailIdentifier--

Link to this

From: Jeff Devine | NTA


Attachment Council contract specification ROADSIDE VEGETATION SPRAYING.pdf
238K Download View as HTML

Attachment SOP Agri Chem and Chem Handling.pdf
231K Download View as HTML

Attachment SOP Quad Bike Chem Appl.pdf
289K Download View as HTML

Attachment JSA blank To Print.pdf
292K Download View as HTML


Tēnā koe, Christine

I refer to your request of 29 January 2024 for

 1. a copy of Councils Health and Safety Plan and Risk Management Plan for
the use of herbicides in public areas, and
 2. copies of Council's contracts for the roadside management programmes
that includes the use of herbicides.

Your request was referred to council’s Roading Department for
consideration and the answers to each of your questions is as follows:

 1. Council undertakes roadside spraying of the road berms within its Road
Maintenance contracts. The Contractor provides a Health & Safety and
Risk Management Plan with their tender for the works covered in the
spraying operations a copy of which is attached.
 2. A copy of the contract specification for Roadside Vegetation Spraying
activity which is part of the Road maintenance contract is also
attached .

 

The documentation attached represents our best efforts to locate material
relevant to your request. However, the search process is by no means an
exact science it is possible that there may be other items of relevance
that have been unintentionally missed in the search.

I hope this information is of some assistance in responding to your
request. If you believe we have not responded appropriately to your
request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of
the Act, to apply to the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of
the decision.

 

Jeff Devine

Strategy & Planning Manager | Northland Transportation Alliance

P 09 430 4200 | DDI 09 4304226 | M 0274543292 | E [email address]

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Woods <[FOI #25554 email]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 9:14 AM
To: Mail Room <[Whangarei District Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Health and Safety Plan/Risk
Managment Plan for use of herbicides in public areas.

 

 

EXTERNAL: This email originated from outside Whangarei District Council.
Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and
know the content is safe.

 

Dear Whangarei District Council,

 

Please provide a copy of Councils Health and Safety Plan and Risk
Management Plan for the use of herbicides in public areas.

 

Please provide copies of Council's contracts for the roadside management
programmes that includes the use of herbicides.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Christine Woods

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[1][FOI #25554 email]

 

Is [2][Whangarei District Council request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Whangarei District Council? If so, please contact us using
this form:

[3]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[4]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

The Northland Transportation Alliance is a partnership of Northland’s
Councils, with Waka Kotahi (NZTA), for better transport outcomes. The
information contained within this email may be confidential. Therefore, if
you have received this in error, you should delete it immediately and
advise the sender noting that information contained within this
communication should not be used or transmitted in any

References

Visible links
1. mailto:[FOI #25554 email]
2. mailto:[Whangarei District Council request email]
3. https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...
4. https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

hide quoted sections

Link to this

We don't know whether the most recent response to this request contains information or not – if you are Christine Woods please sign in and let everyone know.

Things to do with this request

Anyone:
Whangarei District Council only: