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Major Hazard Facilites
Major Hazard Facilities Regulations
Provides an overview of the Major Hazard Facilities regulations.
Step 1. Is Your Site a Major Hazard Facility?
Provides guidance on how to determine if your site is a major hazard facility, including: calculating critical quantity; calculating site inventory; notifying the Chief Officer; classification process; and final decision by the Chief Officer.
Step 2. Prepare a Safety Report
Provides information on what to consider when preparing a safety report; including notifiable information, risk assessment and safety management system.
Step 3: Submit the Report
This section provides information on submitting a safety report for approval.
Safety Report Approval Process
Provides an overview of the process undertaken once a safety report has been submitted for approval.
Review of Safety Report
Regulation 30 provides that operators of a major hazard facility must review the safety report for the facility (including the risk assessment and the safety management system identified in the safety report).
Decommissioning a Major Hazard Facility
Information relating to decommissioning a Major Hazard Facility
Incident Reporting
Section 9 of the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 requires certain dangerous goods incidents (called reportable situations) to be reported to Resources Safety as soon as practicable.
Forms
Dangerous Goods forms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about Major Hazard Facilities (MHF), including notification; form of the safety report; safety report development; risk assessment; notifiable change; emergency response; incident reporting; reviewing, monitoring and auditing; decommissioning; and the appeals process.
Useful Links
A list of useful links to websites containing more information about major hazard facilities and managing them safely.
