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S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986.

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Statutory Text (179 Articles)

ISB SI
Reg. 1 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

1. Death or major injury to any person resulting from uncontrolled events at an establishment and involving any dangerous substance.

ISB SI
Reg. 2 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

2. Explosion, collapse or bursting of any closed vessel including a boiler or boiler tube in which there was any gas (including air) or vapour at a pressure greater than atmospheric which might have been liable to cause major injury to any person or which resulted in significant damage to the plant.

ISB SI
Reg. 3 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

3. Electrical short circuit or overload attended by fire or explosion which resulted in the stoppage of the plant involved for more than 24 hours and which, taking into account the circumstances of the occurrence, might have been liable to cause major injury to any person.

ISB SI
Reg. 4 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

4. An explosion or fire occurring in any part of the establishment which resulted in the stoppage or suspension of normal work in any part of that establishment for more than 24 hours, where such explosion or fire was due to the ignition of process material, their by-products (including waste) or finished products.

ISB SI
Reg. 5 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

5. The sudden uncontrolled release of one tonne or more of highly fammable liquid, flammable gas, or flammable liquid above its boiling point, from any system or plant or pipe-line.

ISB SI
Reg. 6 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

6. The uncontrolled release or escape of any dangerous substance in circumstances which, having regard to the extent and location of the release or escape, might be liable to cause any danger to occupational safety and health.

ISB SI
Reg. 7 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

7. The bursting, explosion or collapse of a pipe-line or any part thereof at the establishment or the ignition of any thing in such a pipe-line or of any thing which immediately before it was ignited was in such a pipe-line.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of August, 1986.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to implement Council Directive 82/501/EEC on the major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities and to introduce requirements aimed at preventing and limiting the effects of accidents arising from industrial activities involving dangerous substances.

The Regulations define both the dangerous substances and the categories of industrial activities, including certain types of storage, covered by their provisions.

The Regulations require persons responsible for these activities to be in a position to prove at any time that they have taken all the necessary measures to identify major accidents hazards, prevent such accidents and limit their consequences for man and the environment.

The Regulations define certain activities to be particularly dangerous where dangerous substances exceed certain quantities and a written submission is required in these instances indicating how the requirements of the Regulations are met together with details of on-site emergency plans. Off-site emergency plans are required to be prepared by designated public authorities (local competent authorities) in respect of these activities. In addition, the persons responsible for such activities must supply specified information to persons offsite who may be affected by a major-accident.

ISB SI
Reg. 8 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

8. The name and maximum quantity of each dangerous substance liable to be at the establishment and in respect of which information is submitted under Regulation 12 (3).

Regulation 26.

EIGHT SCHEDULE

NOTIFIABLE INCIDENTS

ISB SI
Reg. 69 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

69. Tirpate (2, 4-Dimethyl-1,3-dithiolane

-2-carboxaldehyde 0-methylcar- bamoyloxime)

100 kg

26419-73-8

ISB SI
Reg. 162 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

162. 3,3,6,6,9,9-Hexamethyl-1,2,4,5-

tetroxacyclononane (concentration ≥ 75%)

50 t

22397-33-7

ISB SI
Reg. 178 S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

178. tert-Butyl peroxypivalate (concentration ≥ 77%)

50 t

927-07-1

(i)

Where this substance is in a state which gives it properties capable of creating a major-accident hazard.

NB: The EEC numbers correspond to those in Directive 67/548/EEC and its amendments.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Regulations 3 (1) and 3 (2).

Annex IV to Council Directive 82/501/EEC

INDICATIVE CRITERIA

(a) Very toxic substances

— substances which correspond to the first line of the table below,

— substances which correspond to the second line of the table below and which, owing to their physical and chemical properties, are capable of entailing major-accident hazards similar to those caused by the substance mentioned in the first line

LD 50 (oral)

(

1

)

LD 50 (cutaneous)

(

2

)

LC 50

(

3

)

mg/kg body of

mg/kg body weight

mg/l (inhalation)

weight

1

LD 50 ≤ 5

LD 50 ≤ 10

LC 50 ≤ 0.1

2

5 < LD 50 ≤ 25

10 < LD 50 ≤ 50

0.1 < LD 50 ≤ 0.5

(1)

LD 50 oral in rats.

(2)

LD 50 cutaneous in rats or rabbits.

(3)

LC 50 by inhalation (four hours) in rats.

(b) Other toxic substances

The substances showing the following values of acute toxicity and having physical and chemical properties capable of entailing major-accident hazards

LD 50 (oral)

(

1

)

LD 50 (cutaneous)

(

2

)

LC 50

(

3

)

mg/kg body weight

mg/kg body weight

mg/l (inhalation)

25 < LD 50 ≤ 200

50 < LD 53 ≤ 400

0.5 < LC 50 ≤ 2

(1)

LD 50 oral in rats.

(2)

LD 50 cutaneous in rats or rabbits

(3)

LC 50 by inhalation (four hours) in rats.

(c) Flammable substances

(i)

flammable gases

substances which in the gaseous state at normal pressure and mixed with air become flammable and the boiling point of which at normal pressure is 20 °C or below;

(ii)

highly flammable liquids

substances which have a flash point lower than 21 °C and the boiling point of which at normal pressure is above 20 °C;

(iii)

flammable liquids

substances which have a flash point lower than 55 °C and which remain liquid under pressure, where particular processing conditions, such as high pressure and high temperature, may create major-accident hazards.

(d) Explosive substances

Substances which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene.

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 12 (1).

Part I

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN A NOTIFICATION UNDER REGULATION 12 (1)

ISB SI
Preamble S.I. No. 292/1986 - European Communities (Major Accident Hazards of Certain Industrial Activities) Regulations, 1986. Open official source

S.I. No. 292 of 1986.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS OF CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES) REGULATIONS, 1986.

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