Legislative Decree No. 26/6/15 – Implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU – Control of Major Incident Hazards involving Dangerous Substances

DESCRIPTION

The Directive applies to plants where dangerous substances listed in Annex I are present and contains the necessary guidelines to prevent major incidents and limit their consequences for human health and the environment. Although it does not substantially change the obligations of operators and the relative system of controls by the competent authorities, the new ‘Seveso’ legislation provides a series of obligations for operators of major incident risk facilities, including:

• Safety report
• Lower threshold risk analysis
• Non aggravation of risk (NAR)
• Internal Emergency Plan – IEP and External Emergency Plan – EEP
• Notification and Annex 5
• Safety Management System – SMS
• Territorial and Urban Compatibility
• Domino Effects
• Integrated Area Safety Study
• Training and Awareness
• Fire prevention for upper-tier facilities
• Verification of subjectivity to Legislative Decree 105/2015 and Compliance D. Lgs. 105/2015
• Classification of a modification (Annex D. Lgs. 105/2015)

AGENDA

• Analysis of Legislative Decree 105
• The management system at sites subject to the control of major incident hazards
• Introduction to the analysis of major accident hazards
• Fire prevention and explosion protection at sites subject to the control of major accident hazards
• Operational control at sites subject to the control of major accident hazards
• Writing operational and maintenance procedures
• Writing emergency operating procedures
• Procedures’ Control