Implementation of SEVESO II Directive in Greece Artemis Galani Chemical Engineer, PhD Vice Head of Technological & Other Disasters Planning, Prevention & Response Section Emergency Planning and Response Directorate General Secretariat for Civil Protection Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection Study Tour of the Team of the Project “ Law enforcement in the field of industrial pollution control prevention of chemical accidents and establishing the EMAS system EuropeAid/131555/C/SER/RS” in Serbia, Athens, 19-23 May, 2014 Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection
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Implementation of SEVESO II Directive in Greece
Artemis Galani
Chemical Engineer, PhD
Vice Head of Technological & Other Disasters Planning, Prevention & Response
Section
Emergency Planning and Response Directorate
General Secretariat for Civil Protection
Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection
Study Tour of the Team of the Project “ Law enforcement in the field of industrial pollution control prevention of chemical accidents and establishing the EMAS system EuropeAid/131555/C/SER/RS” in Serbia, Athens, 19-23 May, 2014
Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection
Civil Protection in GreeceCivil Protection Aim(Law 3013/2002/Article 1)
“The protection of citizens life, health
and property from natural,
technological or other kind of
disasters (including chemical,
biological, radiological and nuclear
incidents) during peace time”
MINISTERIAL DECISION 1299/2003: National Emergency Plan “Xenokrates”, which provides the general guidelines of emergency planning in Greece
INDUSTRIAL MAJOR ACCIDENT
SOURCEPRIMARY OR SECONDARY PHENOMENA
CONSEQUENCES
Leakage of dangerous substances
(toxic, oxidant,
explosive, flammable, dangerous
for the environme
nt)
In transport means
(railway, road, sea,
air accident)
• Accident-Damage• Fire• Terrorism
• Fire (Thermal Radiation)• Explosion (Overpressure)• Environmental infection due to the dispersion of toxic substances
• Environmental infection-Infection in people, animals and goods• Ecological balance perturbation • Consequences on people and animal health• Possible damage to ancient monuments• Material damage• Fires• Injured – sick – dead people
In an establishme
nt where dangerous substances
are produced,
stored, dispensed, handled, packed or extracted
Industrial fire
GSCP and major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances
General Secretariat for Civil Protection has issued:
• General Emergency Plan (Major Industrial Accidents
Prevention Plan (General SATAME, 1st edition, June 2009)
• Coordinating instructions on the control of major-accident
Authorities mentioned in article 6 of JMD 12044/613/2007
FOR INFORMATION
Notification is updated in the event of:— any significant increase in the quantity or significant change in the nature or physical form of the dangerous substance present, as indicated in the notification provided by the operator pursuant to paragraph 2, or any change in the processes employing it,— modification of an establishment or an installation which could have significant repercussions on major accident hazards, or— permanent closure of the installation.
In case of review and/or update of the Notification content, the total reviewed issue is mandatorily submitted in a digital form.
Permanent closure of the installation (due to penalties or bankruptcy)Modified notification informing about:• The disposal of raw materials or products reserves • The dismantlement of the equipment
• Ministry of Development and Competitiveness• Ministry of Environment, Energy and ClimateChange• Ministry of Health• Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Welfare• General Secretariat for Civil Protection• Competent Fire Service• Competent Chemical Service• Ministry of Rural Development and Food (only for plant protection products and biocides and/or fertilizers)
Notification2. Notification Contents
• The name and trade name of the operator and the full address of the
establishment concerned
• The registered place of business of the operator, with the full address
• The name, phone number (in a 24hour basis) and fax number of the person in
charge of the establishment and the safety technician
• Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
• Yhe quantity and physical form of the dangerous substance or substances
involved MSDS
• The activity or proposed activity of the installation or storage facility
• The immediate environment of the establishment (elements liable to cause a
major accident or to aggravate the consequences thereof)
• The prediction of the likelihood and the possibility of domino effects, with
defined domino radius values
• Topographic diagram of the ground plan of the establishment (with all the
processes and the storage places)
• A 1:5.000 map around the establishment in a 2km radius illustrating all the
points of interest with coordinates
• A Major-Accident Prevention Policy BOTH THE NOTIFICATION AND THE MAJOR-ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICY MUST BE SUBMITTED IN A DIGITAL FORM
Major-Accident Prevention Policy
1 month
Lower tier establishments
Operator Licensing Authority
Authorities mentioned in article 6 of JMD 12044/613/2007
• Ministry of Development and Competitiveness• Ministry of Environment, Energy and ClimateChange• Ministry of Health• Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Welfare• General Secretariat for Civil Protection• Competent Fire Service• Competent Chemical Service• Ministry of Rural Development and Food (only for plant protection products and biocides and/or fertilizers)
Is submitted with:— the notification or every modification of this— in any other case, every 5 years.
Upper tier establishments
Part of safety report, indicating that a major-accident prevention policy and a safety management system are implemented in the establishment
Safety Management System
Part of upper tier establishments safety reports, including the
Authorities mentioned in article 8 of JMD 12044/613/2007
• Ministry of Development and Competitiveness• Ministry of Environment, Energy and ClimateChange• Ministry of Health• Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Welfare• General Secretariat for Civil Protection• Competent Fire Service• Competent Chemical Service• Ministry of Rural Development and Food (only for plant protection products and biocides and/or fertilizers)
Safety Report2. Safety Report Content
NECESSARY: • A 1:5.000 map around the establishment for the worst-case accident scenario, illustrating all the points of interest with coordinates • Digital form of safety report
3. Safety Report Evaluation*
• Ministry of Development and Competitiveness• Ministry of Environment, Energy and ClimateChange• Ministry of Health• Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Welfare• Competent Fire Service• Ministry of Rural Development and Food (only for plant protection products and biocides and/or fertilizers)
* GSCP does not evaluate Safety Reports but puts their copies at the disposal of the Supportive Team of article 15 of Law 3491/2006 (Supportive Team for the Management of CBRN Threats and Incidents: a staff consultative body, coming under the General Secretary of CP and supporting the competent civil protection forces and authorities in tactical, operational and political level by providing them with specialized know how and scientific information for the management of CBRN threats and incidents.
Emergency Planning
Aims to the direct and coordinated response of all the involved authorities in order to support the Fire Brigade in industrial accidents suppression and efficient emergency response (the latter including a prompt consequence management)
Internal Emergency Plans• FOR UPPER TIER ESTABLISHMENTS• SUBMITTED WITH SAFETY REPORT • UDPATED AT LEAST EVERY 3 YEARS
External Emergency Plans DRAWN UP FOR BOTH UPPER AND LOWER ESTABLISHMENTS, ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL CIVIL PROTECTION PLAN “XENOCRATES”
General SATAME1st edition, June 2009
Interministerial Committee coordinated by GSCP (established under the provision of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change)
Internal Emergency Plans
General Emergency Plan (Major Industrial Accidents Prevention Plan (SATAME)
Prefectural and Decentralized Administration SATAMEReasons for delay in the drawing up of the plans
General SATAME is under update by GSCP in order to: - adapt administrative modifications imposed by “Kallikrates” Program - be modified in order to get a more flexible and effective form
Domino Effects
The licensing authority, using the information (notifications and major-
accident prevention policy, for lower tier and safety report, for upper tier
establishments) received from the operators in compliance with Article 10
of JMD 12044/613/2007, identifies establishments or groups of
establishments where the likelihood and the possibility or consequences of
a major accident may be increased because of the location and the
proximity of such establishments and their inventories of dangerous
substances.
Provision is made for cooperation in informing the public and in supplying
information to the authority responsible for the preparation of external
emergency plans.
Land Use Planning
The competent authorities shall ensure that the objectives of preventing major
accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents are taken into account
in their land-use policies and/or other relevant policies. They shall pursue those
objectives through controls on:
(a) the siting of new establishments,
(b) modifications to existing establishments,
(c) new developments such as transport links, locations frequented by the public
and residential areas in the vicinity of existing establishments, where the siting or
developments are such as to increase the risk or consequences of a major
accident.
Information to and participation of the public in safety measures
•In compliance with Articles 8 and 13 of JMD 12044/613/2007 and after the administrative
modifications of “Kallikrates” Program, the Prefectural Civil Protection Directorate sends to
the competent Regional Council information with issues included in appendix V of article 20
of JMD 12044/613/2007.
•The public must be able to access this information persistently.
•The information is reviewed every 3 years by the Prefectural Civil Protection Directorates and
updated:
- in case of modifications in the establishments
- every 5 years.
•The Prefectural Council :
- publishes in press an abstract of the information and informs the public that it affords more
detailed information
- dangles a copy of that publication in the announcement template of the Prefectural Unity
- supplies regularly and in the most appropriate form, information on safety measures and
the requisite behavior in the event of an accident, to all persons and all establishments
serving the public (such as schools and hospitals), without their having to request it
- informs the GSCP about its actions in the event of an accident
-sends the GSCP and the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change a report with
its actions in the event of an accident
-Cooperates with the competent Civil Protection Directorate in exercises of the public
Information to and participation of the public in safety measures
•Safety reports are published
•The public, under the provision of the Prefectural Civil Protection Directorate has
access to the catalogue of dangerous substances included in the upper tier
establishments of their area
•The Prefectural Civil Protection Directorate publishes the prefectural SATAME, before
its submission to the GSCP, in order the public to express its opinion on this
•The public is able to give its opinion in the following cases:
planning for new upper tier SEVESO sites
modifications to existing establishments
developments around such existing establishments.
during the drawing up of SATAME
Information to and participation of the public in safety measures
General information (Self-protection and proper actions
instructions)
Specific information (Instructions to the public
in the event of an accident)
WebsitesCivil Protection
Central Coordinating
Body (Law 3013/2002,
article 5)
GSCP, Fire Corps Headquarters
Prefectural Unities
Distribution of leaflets
(included in General SATAME)
Distribution of instructions and pressed informative material
Prefectural Councils, in cooperation with the Civil Protection Directorates of
Prefectures and Decentralized
Administrations, as well as the Civil Protection Offices
of Municipalities
Volunteer Organizations
Central Level
Prefecture Governor
or Vice-Prefecture
Governor
Local disaster of small magnitude
Prefecture Governor
Prefecturaldisaster of small magnitude
Inspections-Other measures of control
The licensing authority with the cooperation of the competent authorities
organize a system of inspections, or other measures of control appropriate to
the type of establishment concerned. The aforementioned system of
inspections anticipates:
• for both upper tier and lower tier establishments at least one on-site
inspection every twelve months
• the composition of an inspection report by all the authorities who
participated in the inspection and its submission to the licensing authority,
in order the latter to impose additional measures to the operator, if
necessary
• the operator attends the inspection carried out by the licensing authority, if
necessary
The inspection results must be notified to the personnel of the
establishments.
Inspections-Other measures of control
Questionnaire published by the Technical University of Crete,
composed by ministerial representatives responsible for the
implementation of SEVESO II Directive in Greece as well as oil
companies representatives
FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS ESTABLISHMENTS FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS ESTABLISHMENTS
Authorities pertinences in the framework of the JMD 12044/613/2007
AUTHORITIESReferred in
article 6Referred in
article 8Licensing Authority
Safety Report
Examination
Public Informatio
n
Drawing up of Genera
l SATAM
E
Prefectural SATAME
Decentralized
Administration SATAME
Involvement in the
event of an accident
Representation in the EC
Readiness
Exercises
Inspections
Penalties
1. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES-MINISTRIES
MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS
As a
licensing authority
As a
licensing authority
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
As a
licensing authority
As a
licensing authority
As a licensing authority
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Authorities pertinences in the framework of the JMD 12044/613/2007
AUTHORITIESReferred in
article 6Referred in
article 8Licensing Authority
Safety Report
Examination
Public Informati
on
Drawing up of General SATAME
Prefectural SATAME
Decentralized
Administration SATAME
Involvement in the
event of an accident
Representation in the EC
Readiness
Exercises
Inspections
Penalties
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF LABOUR, SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE
Central and
Decentralized Authorities
Central and Decentralized
Authorities.
GENERAL CHEMICAL STATE LABORATORY
DECENTRALIZED CHEMICAL SERVICE
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD
GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR CIVIL PROTECTION
FIRE CORPS HEADQUARTERS
LOCAL FIRE SERVICE
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2. PREFECTURES
COMPETENT DIRECTORATE OF THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
As a
licensing authority
As a licensing authority
Authorities pertinences in the framework of the JMD 12044/613/2007
AUTHORITIESReferred in
article 6Referred in
article 8Licensing Authority
Safety Report
Examination
Public Informati
on
Drawing up of General SATAME
Prefectural SATAME
Decentralized
Administration SATAME
Involvement in the
event of an accident
Representation in the
EC
Readiness
ExercisesInspections Penalties
COMPETENT DIRECTORATE OF THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROVISION
DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL PROTECTION/CIVIL PROTECTION SECTION OF THE COMPETENT PREFECTURAL UNITY
Instant public information andpertinent notification to GSCP
Public information in point of self-protection measures and proper actions in case of an industrial accident
Competent Prefectural Councils in cooperation with Civil Protection Directorates of Prefectures and Decentralized Administrations as well as CP Municipality Offices /Volunteer organizations (distribution of informative material)
Civil Protection Directorates of Prefectures and Decentralized Administrations as well as CP Municipality Offices must organize meetings, open discussions with the public, lectures in schools, hospitals, town halls etc. in point of the risks of the establishments and self-protection measures.
Problems-challenges• Lack of technical procedures – guidelines for compiling and
evaluating Safety Report
• Technical procedures – guidelines for inspections in every type of
establishment
• Risk Assessment
• Adoption of crucial Land Use Planning policy
• Drawing up of Specific SATAME (delay due to the application of
“Kallikrates” Program)
• Cartographic maps (more detailed data)
• Exercises (as an application of Specific SATAME)
• Inspections (lack of staff and experts, lack of funds, “Kallikrates”
program)
• Lower tier establishments: notifications do not include protective
zones and are not referred to toxic substances effects, due to the
fact that they do not exhibit domino effects. In some cases there is
not a defined value of domino radius we cannot make an analytical
evaluation of the measures for the prevention and response to
industrial accidents scenarios.
We must focus on:• Reaching higher level of transportation of SEVESO III
Directive
• Improved collaboration among the relevant authorities
• Non operating SEVESO establishments
• Non-SEVESO establishments (information exchange for an
efficient emergency planning in industrial areas and the
prevention of domino effects engaged in non- SEVESO
establishments)
• Safety distances between SEVESO establishments
(explosives excluded)
We must focus on:• Special demands must strictly kept in cases where
establishments adjoin schools, hospitals, nurseries and
other points of interest.
• Public information (data basis and risk maps in a GIS
platform)
• A unified licensing authority (cooperation between
licensing authorities and Prefectures)
• Readiness Exercises
• Inspections
• Need for a cartographic representation of the area