Vince, Ivan

Major Accidents to the Environment : A Practical Guide to the Seveso II Directive and Comah Regulations

Foreword vii Preface ix Author Biographies xi Part 1 Major Accidents to the Environment 1(108) Technical Aspects 3(40) Ivan Vince Bob Sargent Niall Ramsden Tony Moore Introduction 3(1) Risk assessment 4(9) Prevention and mitigation 13(10) Fire or flood? 23(8) Emergency planning 31(12) Legal Aspects 43(42) Daniel Lawrence Caryl Walter Introduction 43(2) Key duties and obligations under the COMAH regime 45(2) Overview of the types of liabilities that may arise 47(12) Information disclosure obligations 59(2) Criminal liability 61(4) Civil liability -- third party claims 65(2) Some further practical considerations relating to third party claims and enforcement action 67(1) Transboundary pollution arising from major accidents 68(3) Conclusion 71(14) Insurance Aspects 85(24) Valerie Fogleman Introduction 85(1) Types of insurance policies 85(1) Construction of insurance policies 86(1) Employers' liability policies 87(1) Public liability policies 87(9) Property policies 96(1) Directors' and officers' policies 97(1) Professional indemnity policies 98(1) Environmental insurance policies 98(3) Financial security for damage caused by major accidents to the environment 101(3) Case studies 104(5) Sandoz, Schweizerhalle, Switzerland 105(1) Bartoline, Beverley, East Yorkshire 106(2) Donana National Park, Spain 108(1) Part 2 Appendices 109(190) 1. The COMAH Regulations 1999, amended 2005 (extracts) 111(8) 2. Substances dangerous for the environment (in the context of Seveso II/COMAH) 119(32) 3. Major hazard incidents with environmental consequences -- MHIDAS records, 1987--2007 151(18) 4. Guidance on the interpretation of MATTE for the purposes of the COMAH Regulations 169(14) 5. Environmental consequences of chemical accidents -- report of OECD Special Session (extracts) 183(8) 6. Environmental risk assessment in support of COMAH and PPC, paper reproduced from Hazards XVIII (Calder, J. and Capewell, J. (2004) IChemE Symposium Series No. 150, pp. 919--33) 191(18) 7. Regional inventory of MATTE risk spots, Tisa catchment area (ICPDR report extracts) 209(22) 8. Lessons learned from some recent MATTEs, paper reproduced from HAZARDS XVI (Whitfield, A., 2001. COMAH and the environment -- lessons learned from major accidents 1999--2000. Hazards XVI, IChemE Symposium Series 148, pp. 799--809) 231(14) 9. MATTE case studies -- European Environment Agency report (extracts) 245(14) 10. MATTE risks from water reactive materials. Paper reproduced from HAZARDS XVIII (Fernie, L., Wright, P. and Kapias, T., 2004. Water reactive materials -- incorporation into safety and environmental risk assessments. Hazards XVIII, IChemE symposium Series No. 150, pp. 739--50) 259(16) 11. Emergency response plan for full-surface tank fires 275(4) 12. Managing fire, water and major spillages -- PPG18 279(12) 13. Penalties for conviction under HSWA (including COMAH) 291(4) 14. Penalties for conviction under the Environment Protection Act, 1990, the Environment Act, 1995 and the Water Resources Act, 1991 295(4) Index 299