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(2) A proposal for more comprehensive legislative control of the use of hazardous chemicals and the handling and disposal of associated wastes is currently being developed.for Government consideration.

The proposed legislation would regulate the use of hazardous industrial chemicals in the A.C.T. and set standards for the treatment, transport and disposal of wastes:

(3) The proposed legislative package should come before the Assembly in the first half of 1992.

(4) The course recently held in Queanbeyan was a Dangerous Goods Driver Training course. accredited under the N.S.W. dangerous goods legislation. All drivers carrying bulk loads of dangerous goods in N.S.W. are required to complete a course of instruction for each class of dangerous good they carry.

Under the A.C.T. Dangerous Goods Act, the .training and accreditation system-in N.S.W. has been adopted and A.C.T. drivers are accredited by completing the relevant N.S.W. course. Several drivers from the A.C.T. attended the driver training course recently held in Queanbeyan.

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