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Emergency Planning Regulations
As well as the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 there are also a number of Regulations that place a duty on the local authority to produce emergency plans to meet identified, specific risks. These are:
Control Of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
Derived from a previous set of regulations; the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1984 (CIMAH), these regulations are part of European legislation, the Seveso II directive and its successors.
There are two levels of application of COMAH, low tier and top tier. Low tier sites are required to submit a safety case and on-site emergency plans to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Top tier sites are not only required to submit a safety case and on-site plan, but must also provide the local authority with information to enable it to produce an off-site emergency response plan.
Pipeline Safety Regulations 1996 (PSR)
These Regulations apply to pipelines carrying hazardous substances above specified pressures. The plans require the operator to supply information to the local authority in order for it to produce emergency response plans to any incident originating from the pipeline. Wiltshire currently has 7 pipelines with an approximate total length of 110 Km.
Major Accident Control Regulation (MACR)
MACR are the military equivalent of the COMAH Regulations. These regulations require a safety case and on-site emergency plan produced by the site operator and an off-site emergency plan produced by the local authority. The basis behind the regulations was that the plans should be as good as if not better than the COMAH plans.
Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Public Information Regulations (REPPIR) 2001
The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 establishes a framework of emergency preparedness measures to ensure to ensure that members of the public are:
properly informed and prepared, in advance, about what to do in the unlikely event of a radiation emergency occurring, and
provided with information if a radiation emergency actually occurs.
For further information on the above regulations see the links on the right.
Contact Details
By Post
Emergency Planning Unit
Wiltshire County Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
BA14 8JD
By Email
emergencyplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
01225 713159
By Fax
01225 713156
By Hand
County Hall, Trowbridge
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5pm
