Schedule 15 Hazardous chemicals at major hazard facilities, and their threshold quantity

Schedule 15 Hazardous chemicals at major hazard facilities, and their threshold quantity

Chapter 9

Table 15.1

| | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | | Item | Hazardous chemical | UN Nos included under name | Threshold quantity (tonnes) | | 1 | ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN | 1541 | 20 | | 2 | ACETYLENE | 1001 | 50 | | 3 | ACROLEIN | 1092 | 200 | | 4 | ACRYLONITRILE | 1093 | 200 | | 5 | ALLYL ALCOHOL | 1098 | 20 | | 6 | ALLYLAMINE | 2334 | 200 | | 7 | AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS, LIQUEFIED or AMMONIA SOLUTIONS, relative density less than 0.880 at 15 degrees C in water, with more than 50% ammonia | 1005 | 200 | | 8 | AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILISERS | 2067206820692070 | 5000 | | 9 | AMMONIUM NITRATE, with not more than 0.2% combustible substances, including an organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of another added substance | 1942 | 2500 | | 10 | ARSENIC PENTOXIDE, Arsenic (V) Acid and other salts | 1559 | 10 | | 11 | ARSENIC TRIOXIDE, Arsenious (III) Acid and other salts | 1561 | 0.1 | | 12 | ARSINE | 2188 | 1.0 | | 13 | BROMINE or BROMINE SOLUTIONS | 1744 | 100 | | 14 | CARBON DISULFIDE | 1131 | 200 | | 15 | CHLORINE | 1017 | 25 | | 16 | DIOXINS | — | 0.1 | | 17 | ETHYL NITRATE | — | 50 | | 18 | ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | 1605 | 50 | | 19 | ETHYLENE OXIDE | 1040 | 50 | | 20 | ETHYLENEIMINE | 1185 | 50 | | 21 | FLUORINE | 1045 | 25 | | 22 | FORMALDEHYDE (greater than 90%) | — | 50 | | 23 | HYDROFLUORIC ACID SOLUTION (greater than 50%) | 1790 | 50 | | 24 | HYDROGEN | 1049 | 50 | | 25 | HYDROGEN CHLORIDE | | | | | —Anhydrous | 1050 | 250 | | | —Refrigerated Liquid | 2186 | 250 | | 26 | HYDROGEN CYANIDE | 10511614 | 20 | | 27 | HYDROGEN FLUORIDE | 1052 | 50 | | 28 | HYDROGEN SULFIDE | 1053 | 50 | | 29 | LP GASES | 10111012107510771978 | 200 | | 30 | METHANE or NATURAL GAS | 19711972 | 200 | | 31 | METHYL BROMIDE | 1062 | 200 | | 32 | METHYL ISOCYANATE | 2480 | 0.15 | | 33 | OXIDES OF NITROGEN, including nitrous oxide, nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen trioxide | 106710701660197522012421 | 50 | | 34 | OXYGEN | 10721073 | 2000 | | 35 | PHOSGENE | 1076 | 0.75 | | 36 | PROPYLENE OXIDE | 1280 | 50 | | 37 | PROPYLENEIMINE | 1921 | 200 | | 38 | SODIUM CHLORATE, solid | 1495 | 200 | | 39 | SULFUR DICHLORIDE | 1828 | 1 | | 40 | SULFUR DIOXIDE, LIQUEFIED | 1079 | 200 | | 41 | SULFURIC ANHYDRIDE (Alt. SULFUR TRIOXIDE) | 1829 | 75 | | 42 | TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE | 1838 | 500 | | 43 | TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE | 2078 | 200 |

Table 15.2

| | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | | Item | Hazardous chemical | Description | Threshold quantity (tonnes) | | 1 | Explosive materials | Explosive of Division 1.1A | 10 | | All other explosives of Division 1.1 | 50 | | Explosive of Division 1.2 | 200 | | Explosive of Division 1.3 | 200 | | 2 | Compressed and liquefied gases | Compressed or liquefied gases of Division 2.1 or Subsidiary Hazard 2.1 | 200 | | Liquefied gases of Subsidiary Hazard 5 | 200 | | Compressed or liquefied gases that meet the criteria for Very Toxic in Table 15.3 | 20 | | Compressed or liquefied gases that meet the criteria for Toxic in Table 15.3 | 200 | | 3 | Flammable materials | Liquids that meet the criteria for Class 3 Packing Group I Materials (except for crude oil in remote locations) | 200 | | Crude oil in remote locations that meets the criteria for Class 3 Packing Group I | 2,000 | | Liquids that meet the criteria for Class 3 Packing Group II or III | 50,000 | | Liquids with flash points <61°C kept above their boiling points at ambient conditions | 200 | | Materials that meet the criteria for Division 4.1 Packing Group I | 200 | | Spontaneously combustible materials that meet the criteria for Division 4.2 Packing Group I or II | 200 | | Materials that liberate flammable gases or react violently on contact with water which meet the criteria for Division 4.3 Packing Group I or II | 200 | | Materials that belong to Classes 3 or 8 Packing Group I or II which have Hazchem codes of 4WE (materials that react violently with water) | 500 | | 4 | Oxidising materials | Oxidising material listed in Appendix A to the ADG Code | 50 | | Oxidising materials that meet the criteria for Division 5.1 Packing Group I or II | 200 | | 5 | Peroxides | Peroxides that are listed in Appendix A to the ADG Code | 50 | | Organic Peroxides that meet the criteria for Division 5.2 | 200 | | 6 | Toxic solids and liquids | Materials that meet the criteria for Very Toxic in Table 15.3 except materials that are classified as Infectious Substances (Division 6.2) or as Radioactive (Class 7) | 20 | | Materials that meet the criteria for Toxic in Table 15.3 | 200 |