The Gazette of India

3411C · I/S9—2

1 · . Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Manufacture , Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules , 1989 .

2 · . Definitions.—In these rules , unless the context otherwise requires,—

1 · and is listed in Column 2 of Part II of this Schedule ;

3 · . Duties of authorities.—Subject to the other provisions of these rules , the authority shall perform duties as specified in Column S of Schedule 5 .

4 · . General responsibility of the occupier during industrial activity.—(1) This rules shall apply to,—

5 · . Notification of Major accident,— (1) Where a major accident occurs on a site , the occupier shall forthwith notify the concerned authority as identified in Schedule 5 of that accident , and furnish there -after to the concerned authority a report relating to the accidents in instalments , if necessary , in Sche -dule 6 .

7 · to 15 shall apply to -

7 · . Notification of sites.—(1) An occupier shall not undertake any industrial activity unless he has submitted a written report to the concerned authority containing the particulars specified in Schedule 7 at least 3 months before commencing that activity or before such shorter time as the concerned authority may agree and for the purposes of this paragraph , an activity in which subsequently there is or is liable to be a threshold quantity or more of an additional hazardous chemical shall be deemed to be a different activity and shall be notified accordingly .

8 · . Updating of the site notification following changes in the threshold quantity-—Where an activity has been reported in accordance with rule 7(1) and the occupier makes a change in it (including an increase or decrease in the maximum threshold quantity of a hazardous chemical to which this rule applies which is or is liable to be at the site or in the pipeline or at the cessation of the activity) which affects the particulars specified in that report or any subsequent report made under this rule . The occupier shall forthwith furnish a further report to the concerned authority .

9 · . Transitional provisions,—Where,—

10 · . Safety reports.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this rule , an occupier shall not undertake any industrial activity to which this rule applies , unless he has prepared a safety report on that industrial activity containing the information specified in Schedule 8 and has sent a copy of that report to that concerned authority at least ninety days befor cornmen ring that activity .

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11 · . Updating of reports under Rule 10.-—(1) Wher© an occupier has made a safety repo-f in accordance with sub-rule (1) of rule 10 he shall not make any modification to the industrial activity to which that safety report relates which could materially affect the particulars in thru report , unless he has made a further report to take account of those modifications and has sent a copy of that report to the concerned authority at least 90 days before making thos e modifications .

12 · . Requirements for further information to be sent to the authority.—(1) Where , in accordance with rule 10 , an occupier has sent a safety report relating to an industrial activity to the concerned authority , the concerned authority may , by a notice served on the occupier , requires him to provide such additional information as is specified in the notice and the occupier shall send that information to the concerned authority within such time as is specified in the notice or within such extended time as the autho -rity may subsequently specify .

13 · . Preparation of on-site emergency plan by the occupier.— (1) An occupier shall prepare and keep up-to-date an on-site emergency plan detailing how major accidents will be dealt with on the sitt* t* on which the industrial activity is carried on and that plan shall include the name of the person vho is responsible for safety on the site and the n'uucs of those who are authorised to take a-iion Yi ,"md -ance with the plan in case of an cme . ornery .

14 · . Preparation of olT~site emergency plans by the authority.—(1) It shall be the duty of the concerned authority as identified in Column 2 of Schedule 5 to prepare and keep up-to-date an adequate off-site emergency plan detaining how emergencies relating to a possible major accident on that site will be dealt with nnd in preparing that plan the concerned authority shnll consult the occupier , an d such other persons as it may deem necessary ,

15 · . Information to be given to persons liable to be affected by a major accident — (1) The occupier shall take appropriate steps to inform persons outside the site either directly or through District Emergency Authority who are likely to be in an area which may be affected by a major accident about ^

16 · . Disclosures of information, — (1) Where for the purpose of evaluating information notified under rule 5 or 7 to 15 , the concerned authority discloses that information to some other person , that other person shall not use that information for anv purpose except for the purpose of the concerned authority disclosing it , and before disclosing the information the concerned authority shall inform that other person of his obligations under this paragraph .

17 · . Collection , Development and Dissemination of Information. — — (1) This rule shall apply to nn industrial activity in which a hazardous chemical which satisfies any ot the ciiteria laid down in pait I "fSchedule 1 and is listed in Column 2 ot Part II ol this Schedule is or may l>c involved .

18 · . Import of hazardous chemicals.—(1) This rule shall apply to a chemical which satisfies any oC the criteria laid down in Part I of Schedule 1 and is listed in Column 2 of Part II of this Schedule .

19 · . Improvement notices.-(1) If the concerned authority is of the Opinion that a person has contravened the provisions of these rules , the concerned authority shall serve on him a notice (in this para reierred to as "an improvement notice") requiring that person to remedy the contravention or , as the case may be , the matters occasioning it within such period as may be specified in the notice .

20 · . Power of the Central Government to modify the Schedules.—The Central Government may , at any time , by notification in the Official Gazette , make suitable changes in the Schedules .

1 · . Acetone

2 · . Acetone Cyanohydrine

3 · , Acetyl Chloride

4 · . Acetylene (Ethync)

5 · . Acrolein (2-Propenal)

6 · . Acrylonitiile

7 · . Aldicarb

8 · . . Aldrin

9 · . Alkyl Phthulato

10 · . Allyl Alcohol

11 · . Allylamine

12 · . Alpha Nuphthyl Thiourea (Antu)

13 · . Aminodiphenyl,-4

14 · . Aminophcnol-2

15 · . Amiton

16 · . Ammonia

17 · . Ammonium Nitrate

18 · . Ammonium Nitrates in fertilizers

19 · . Ammonium Sulfamal

20 · . Anabasine

21 · . Aniline

22 · . Anis : dine-p

23 · . Antimony and Compounds

24 · . Antimony Hydride (Stibinc)

25 · . Arsenic Hydride (Arsine)

26 · . Arsenic Pentoxide , (Arsenic) (v) Aclde and Salts

27 · . Arsenic Trioxide , Arsenious (iii) Acids and Salts

28 · . Asbestos

29 · . Azinphos-Elhyl

30 · . Azinphos-Methyl

31 · . Barium A#ide

32 · . Benzene

33 · . Benzidino

34 · . Benzidine Salts

35 · . Benzoquinone

143 · . Dichloroethane

144 · . Dichlorocthyl Ether

145 · . Dichlorophenol , -2 , 4

146 · : Dichlorophenol , -2 , 6

147 · . Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid , -2 , 4 (2 , 4-DJ

148 · . Dichloropropane , -1 , 2

149 · . Dichlorosalicylic Acid , -3 , 5

150 · . Dichlorvos (DDVP)

151 · . Dicrotophoa

152 · . Dieldrin

153 · . Dicpoxybutane

154 · . Diethyl Peroxydicarbouate

155 · . Diethylene Glycol Dintrate

156 · . Dlethylcne Triamine

157 · . Diethyleneglyeol Butyl Ether/Diethylencgiycol Butyl Acetate

158 · . Dicthylenetrianiine (DETA)

159 · . DiglycJdyl Elher

160 · . Dihydroperoxypropane , -2 , 2

161 · . Diisobulyryl Peroxide

162 · . Dimcfox

163 · . Dimethoale

164 · . Dimethyl Phosphoramidocyanidic Acid

165 · . Dimethyl Phthalate

166 · . Dimethylcaibomyl

167 · . Dime thy In i trosa mine

168 · . Dinitrophenol , Salts

169 · . Dinitrotoluene

170 · . Dintro-o-Cresol

171 · . Dioxane

172 · . Dioxathion

173 · . Dioxolano

174 · . Diphacinone

175 · . Diphosphoramide Octamethyl

176 · . Dipropylene Glycolmethylether

177 · . Disulfoton

178 · . Endosulfan

179 · . findrin

180 · . Epichlorohydrine

181 · . EPN

182 · , , Epoxypropane , 1 , 2

183 · . Ethion

184 · . , Ethyl Carbamate

185 · . Ethyl Ether

186 · . Ethyl Hexanol , -2

187 · , . Ethyl Morcaptan

188 · . Ethyl Mcthacrylate

189 · . Ethyl Nitrate

190 · . Bthylamine

191 · . Elhylene

192 · . Ethylene Chlorohydrine

193 · . Ethylene Diamino

194 · . Ethylene Dibromide

195 · . Ethylene Dichloride

96 · . Ethylcne Glycol Dinitrate

97 · . Ethylene Oxide

199 · . Ethyllhiocyanate

200 · . Fensulphothion

03 · . Fluoroacctic Acid and Salts , Esters , Amides

105 · . Fluorocrotonic Acid , -4 , and Salts , Esters , Amides

206 · . Formaldehyde

209 · . Heptachlor

110 · . Haxachloro Cyclopentadiene

211 · . Hexachlorocydohexane

212 · . Hcxachloiocy cloamothane

213 · , Hexachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxinrl , 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 , 9

215 · . Hexametylphosphoramide

216 · . Hexamethyl , -3 , 3 , 6 , 9, 9, -1 . 2 , 4 , 5-Texbroxa -cyclononane

217 · . Hexamethylenediamine

218 · . Hexane

219 · . Hexanitrostlbcne , -2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 6 , 6

220 · . Hexavalent Chromium

221 · . Hydrazino

223 · . Hydrochloric Acid

224 · . Hydrogen

225 · . Hydrogen Bromide (Hydrobromic Acid)

226 · . Hydrogen Chloride (Liquified Gas)

227 · . Hydrogen Cyanide

228 · . Hydrogen Fluoride

229 · . Hydrogen Sdenide

230 · . Hydrogen Sulphido

231 · . Hydroquinone

236 · . Isopropyl Ether

237 · , . Juglono (5-Hydroxynaphthalene-l , 4-Dione)

246 · . Mercapto Benzothiazole

247 · . Mercury Alkyl

357 · . Prupyleti' * Oxide

358 · . 'Pr-jpyJencimine

359 · . Pyrazoxon

360 · Selenium Hexufluoride

361 · . Scmic;ii'b;i7iiJc T lyd rochlo ride

362 · . Sodium Arsenitc

363 · , Sodium Azide

364 · Sodium Chlorate

365 · . Sodium Cyanide

366 · . Sodium Picramate

367 · . SoJium Sclcnitc

308 · . Styrene , 1 , ] , Z, 2-Tetiachloroeihane

369 · . Sulfotep

370 · . Sulphur Dichloride

371 · . Sulphur Dioxide

372 · . Sulphur Tiioxide

373 · . Sulpliuric Acid

374 · . Suiphoxidc , 3-Chloropropyloctyl

375 · . Tellurium

376 · Tellurium Hcxa[luoride

377 · . Tcpp

378 · . Terbufos

379 · . Tetrabromobisphenol-A

380 · . Tetrachloro , 2 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 2 , 5-Cyclohexadienc-l , Dione

381 · . Totrachlorodibcnzo-p-Dioxin, , 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 (TCDDj

382 · . Tetraethtyl Lead

383 · . Tetrafluoroethanc

384 · . TctramethylBnedisulphotetraminc

385 · . Tetramethyl Lead

386 · . Tctranitromelhane

387 · . Thallium & Compounds

388 · . Thionazin

389 · . Thionyl Chloride

390 · . Tirpato

391 · . Toluene

392 · . Toluenc-2-4-Diisocyanate

393 · . Toluidine-0

394 · . Toluene 2 , 6-Diisocyanate

395 · . Trans-1 , 4-Chlorobutene

3 · 1 >h . Tri , -1 (CyclohexylJ Slarinyl-lH-1 , 2 , 4-Trazols

397 · . Triaiuino , -I , 3 , 5 , 2 , 4 , 6-Trintrozenzcnc

398 · . Tribromophenol , 2 , 4 , 6

399 · . Trichloro Acetyl Chloride

400 · . Tiichloro Ethane

401 · . Trichlom Niipthalene

402 · . Tiichloro (chloronicthyl) Silanc

403 · . Trichlorodichlorophenylsilane

404 · . Tiichloroethane , 1 , 1 , 1

405 · . Trichloroethyl Silane

406 · . Tricliloroethylcne

407 · . Trkhloromethnncsulphenyl Chloride

408 · . Trichiorophenol , 2 , 2 , 6

409 · . Trichloropncnol , 2 , 4 , 5

410 · . Triethylamine

411 · . Triethylenemelamine

412 · . Trimelhyl Chlorosilanc

413 · . Trimethylolpropane Phosphite

414 · . Trinitroaniline

415 · . Trinitroaniiole , 2,24 , 6

416 · . Trinitrobenzene

417 · . Trinilrohenzoic Acid

418 · . Trinitrocresol

419 · . Trinitrophenetole , 2 , 4 , 6

420 · , Trinitroresorcinol , 2 , 4 , 6 (Styphn'C AcidJ

421 · . Trintrotoluene

422 · , Triorthocresyl Phosphate

423 · . Triphenylcin Chloride

424 · . Turpentine

425 · . Ura'nium & Comopunds

426 · . Vanadium & Compounds

427 · . Vinyl Chloride

428 · , Vinyl Fluoride

430 · . Warfarin

431 · . Xykne

432 · . Xylidine

433 · . Zinc & Compounds

434 · . Zirconium & Compounds

1 · . Flammable gases :

2 · . 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; 1000 t

3 · , Flammable liquids :

25 · t

200 · t

50 · 000 t

1 · . Installations for the production , processing or treatment of organic or inorganic chemicals using for this purpose , among others :

2 · . Installations for distillation , refining or other processing of petroleum or petroleum products .

3 · . Installations for the total or partial disposal of solid or liquid substances by incineration or chemical decomposition .

4 · . Installations for production , processing or treatment of energy gases , for example , LPG , LNG , SNG .

5 · . Installations for the dry distillation of coal or lignite .

6 · . Installations for the production of metals or non-metals by a wet process or by means of electrical energy .

1 · . Ministry of Environment and Forests under Environment (Protection) Act , 1986 .

2 · . Chief Controller Imports & Exports under Import & Export (Control) Act , 1947 .

3 · . Central Pollution Control Board or State Pollution Control Board under Environment (Protection) Act , 1986 as the case may be .

4 · . Chief Inspector of Factories appointed under tha Factories Act , 19*8 .

5 · . Chief Inspector of Dock Safety appointed under the Dock Workers (Safety , Health and Welfare) Act , 1986 .

6 · . Chief Inspector of Mines appointed under the Mines Act , 1952 .

7 · . Atomic Energy Regulatory Board appointed under the Atomic Energy Act , 1972 .

8 · . Chief Controller of Explosives appo inted under the Indian Explosives Act and Rules , 1983 .

9 · , District Collector or District Emergency Authority designated by the State Government Preparation of off-site emergency plans as per Rule 14 .

2 · . Tvne of maior accident

3 · . Description of the major accident

4 · . Emergency measures taken and measures envisaged to be taken to alleviate short term effects of the accident .

5 · . Causes of the major accident .

1 · mined

7 · . Data available for assessing the effects of the accident on persons and environment .

8 · . Steps already taken or envisaged

1 · . The name and address of the employer making the notification .

2 · . The full postal address of the site where the notifiable industrial activity will be carried on .

3 · . The area of the site covered by the notification and of any adjacent site which is required to be taken into account by virtue of bfu) of Schedules 2 and 3 .

5 · . The name and maximum quantity liable to be on the site of each dangerous substance for which notification is being made .

6 · . Organisation structure , namely organisation diagram for the proposed industrial activity and set up for ensuring safety and health-

7 · . Information relating to the potential for major accidents , namely-

8 · . Information relating to the site namely —

9 · . The arrangement for training of workers and equipment necessary to ensure safety of such work .

1 · . The names and the address of the person making the notification .

2 · . The full postal address of the place from which the pipeline activity is controlled , addresses of the places where the pipeline starts and finishes and a map showing the pipeline route drawn to a scale of not less than 1 : 400000

3 · . The date on which it is anticipated that the notifiable activity will commence , or if it is already commenced a statement to that effect .

4 · . The total length of the pipeline , its diameter and normal operating pressure and the name and maximum quantity liable to be in the pipeline of each hazardous chemical for which notification is being made ,

1 · . The name and address of the person furnishing the information .

2 · . Description of the industrial activity , namely—

3 · . Description of the processes , namely—

4 · . Description of the hazardous chemicals , namely—

5 · . Information on the preliminary hazard analysis , namely—

6 · . Description of safety —relevant units , among others;

7 · . Information on the hazard assessment , namely—

8 · . Description of information on organisational systems used to carry on the industrial activity safety , namely—

9 · . Information on assessment of the consequences of major accidents , namely—

10 · . Information on the mitigation of major accidents , namely—

46 · THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

1 · . CHEMICAL IDENTITY

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3 · .

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2 · . PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DATA

3 · . FJRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA

4 · . REACTIVITY DATA

5 · . HEALTH HAZARD DATA

6 · . PREVENTIVE MEASURES

7 · . EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID MEASURE

1 · IRF EXTINGUISHING

8 · . ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/REFERENCES

9 · . MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIERS DATA

10 · . DISCLAIMER

1 · . Name and address of the Importer :

3 · . Description of hazardous chemicals :

4 · . description of purpose of import :

5 · . Description of storage of hazardous chemicals: