Sch 17Additional matters to be included in major hazard facility safety case

Schedule 17—Additional matters to be included in major hazard facility safety case

Regulation 385

A Facility description

1 The facility

1.1 A description of the main activities and products of the major hazard facility, particularly those activities associated with Schedule 14 materials.

1.2 A description of the Schedule 14 materials and any dangerous goods present or likely to be present at the facility, including the following—

(a) identification of materials or goods by name and by any other means necessary for a clear identification;

(b) the quantity or range of quantities of materials or goods present or likely to be present at the major hazard facility;

(c) the physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics, and any other hazardous characteristics, both immediate and delayed, of the materials or goods;

(d) the physical and chemical behaviour under normal conditions of use or under foreseeable abnormal conditions of the materials or goods.

1.3 A description of the chemical and physical processes associated with any Schedule 14 materials, including—

(a) the main units of process equipment used in those processes; and

(b) a process flow drawing, or set of flow drawings, describing the processes.

1.4 A drawing of the major hazard facility's general layout, containing the location of the following—

(a) the main process units;

(b) the main storage areas;

(c) major incident hazards and major incident initiators.

1.5 In relation to proposed changes at the major hazard facility, for which no new risk control measures are adopted—

(a) a description of any proposed changes to the major hazard facility that would—

(i) alter the production capacity or profile of the major hazard facility; or

(ii) involve the deletion, addition or modification of any processes; and

(b) a statement as to how existing risk control measures and safety management systems are capable of maintaining the safe operation of the major hazard facility.

2 The surrounding area

2.1 A plan to scale of the facility and its surrounding area showing the following—

(a) the location of the facility within the surrounding area;

(b) topographical information;

(c) surrounding land uses;

(d) the location of any identified external threats (including other major hazard facilities or other facilities that could affect the safety of the major hazard facility).