Sch 18Additional matters to be included in safety case for a major hazard facility

Schedule 18—Additional matters to be included in safety case for a major hazard facility Regulation 561

Facility description The facility

1.1 A brief description of the nature of the facility and its operation, including a description of on-site activities and processes that involve or will involve Schedule 15 chemicals.

1.2 A description of the Schedule 15 chemicals and any other hazardous chemicals present or likely to be present at the facility, including—

(a)	their identification by name and by any other means necessary for a clear identification; and

(b)	the quantity present or likely to be present at the major hazard facility; and

(c)	their physical, chemical and toxicological characteristics, and any other hazardous characteristics, both immediate and delayed; and

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

1.3 A description of the chemical and physical processes associated with any Schedule 15 chemicals present or likely to be present at the facility, including—

(a)	the main units of plant 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—

(a)	the main process units; and

(b)	the main storage areas; and

(c)	major incident hazards and major incident initiators.

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

(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 control measures and WHS management systems are capable of maintaining the safe operation of the major hazard facility.

The surrounding area

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

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

(b)	topographical information; and

(c)	land use, occupancy and activities in the surrounding area and any other closely located major hazard facilities and hazardous chemical storage sites; and

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

2.2 Graphically presented demographic information for the local community, including surrounding land uses permitted by the local authority.