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Annex

Treatment: Timber refuse treatment

Effective 24 February 2021 to 8 October 2021

The following are approved treatments for timber refuse:

  1. methyl bromide fumigation at 48 g/m³ for 24 hours at 21°C and above at normal atmospheric pressure (NAP), or

  2. methyl bromide fumigation at 64 g/m³ for 4 hours at 21°C and above under vacuum (660 mm vacuum), or

  3. methyl bromide fumigation at 64 g/m³ for 5 hours at 10-20°C under vacuum (660 mm vacuum), or

  4. dry heat treatment at 74°C under the , or

  5. heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 56°C for 30 minutes measured at the core of the wood, or

  6. ethylene oxide fumigation:

6.1. at 1200 g/m³ for 5 hours at 50°C under initial vacuum of 50 kilopascals, or

6.2. at 1500 g/m³ for 24 hours at 21°C, or

  1. gamma irradiation at 20 kGy (1.0 Mrad), or

  2. export, or

  3. disposal.