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Land Use Planning in the Vicinity of COMAH Sites
The Health & Safety
Authority has recently produced a new guidance document on how land use
planning decisions will be made in the vicinity of COMAH / Seveso
establishments.
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The Buncefield Incident: Investigation Board Report
Following the Vapour Cloud
Explosions (VCE) at Buncefield, Hertfordshire,
UK in
2005 there is a requirement for operators of bulk oil storage
facilities to ensure that all necessary measures are in place to prevent
a similar incident occurring at their sites.
The Board of the Buncefield Investigation issued their final report in
December 2008. While work is still
underway to further investigate the mechanism behind the explosion, there
is now sufficient information in place to allow operators to conduct
assessments of the risk of similar incidents at their facilities.
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The REACH Regulation
The
European REACH Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
restriction of Chemicals) applies to all chemical substances which are
manufactured, imported, placed on the market or used within the European Union,
either on their own, in a preparation or in an article.
The
European Chemical Agency has recently published a list of the
pre-registered substances under the REACH Regulation.
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