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Manufacture, Storage & Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989

(Amended 1994, 2000)

Objective :Providing procedures and safeguards for handling of hazardous chemicals at a site (industry, isolated storage, pipeline) and lay down requirements for the industry and authorities to

manage chemical emergencies.


(Amended 1994, 2000)

Provisions Notification of Major Accidents (Rule 5), Site Notification (Rule 7), Updating of Notification (Rule 8), Safety Reports and Safety Audit Reports (Rule

10), Onsite Emergency Plan (Rule 13), Submission of Data to Authority for Offsite Plan

(Rule 14), Disclosure of Information (Rule 16), Hazardous Chemicals Import Rules (Rule 18).


(Amended 1994, 2000)

List of Specific Chemicals/CriteriaHazardous Chemicals covered in the rules are:

• Any chemical which satisfies any of the criteria laid down in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and is listed in Column 2 of Part 2 of this Schedule;

• Any chemical listed in Column 2 of Schedule 2;

• Any chemical listed in Column 2 of Schedule 3; where,• Schedule 1 part 1 gives criteria for identifying toxic, flammable and

explosive chemicals and part 2 lists 684 hazardous chemicals

• Schedule 2 lists 25 chemicals and 5 categories along with two sets of threshold quantities as qualification for applicability of various rules to isolated storages.

• Schedule 3 lists 179 chemicals (part 1) and 6 categories (part 2) along with two sets of threshold quantities as qualification for applicability of various rules to industrial installations.


(Amended 1994, 2000)

Monitoring/Implementation Mechanism

Concerned Authorities identified and their roles & responsibilities defined in Schedule 5 (Rule 3) for monitoring and implementation.

Occupier to prepare safety report and get safety audit conducted and submit report to concerned authority (Rule 10). Concerned authority to review and monitor implementation of recommendations of the audit.

Occupier to prepare and submit an on-site emergency plan (Rule 13 & Schedule 11)


(Amended 1994, 2000)

Monitoring/Implementation Mechanism

Notification of Major Accident by occupier to concerned authority, which after full analysis send requisite information to MoEF. (Rule 5).

Concerned authority shall prepare and keep up-to-date an off-site emergency plan containing details specified in Schedule 12 and carries out mock trial once in a year (Rule 14)

Concerned authority shall serve an improvement notice in case a person has contravened the provisions of these rules, requiring that person to remedy the contravention (Rule 19).


(Amended 1994, 2000)

Database/Reports Generated

List of MAH Units

Safety Reports/Safety Audit Reports

On-site Emergency Plans

Off-site Emergency Plans

List of Hazardous Chemicals imported into the Country

List of Major Accidents involving Hazardous Chemicals

THE CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS (EMERGENCY PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE)

RULES, 1996

Objective : Providing administrative structure at different levels (central, state, district and local) for effective planning, preparedness and response to chemical accidents.


RULES, 1996

Provisions :

Constitution & Functions of Central Crisis Group (CCG)

Constitution of Central Crisis Group Alert System

Constitution & Functions of State Crisis Group (SCG)

Constitution and Functions of District & Local Crisis Groups (DCG & LCG)


RULES, 1996

List of Specific Chemicals/CriteriaHazardous Chemicals covered in the rules are:

• Any chemical which satisfies any of the criteria laid down in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and is listed in Part 2 of this Schedule;

• Any chemical listed in Column 2 of Schedule 2;

• Any chemical listed in Column 2 of Schedule 3; where,• Schedule 1 part 1 gives criteria for identifying toxic, flammable and

explosive chemicals and part 2 lists 430 hazardous chemicals

• Schedule 2 lists 25 chemicals and 2 categories along with threshold quantities.

• Schedule 3 lists 179 chemicals (part 1) and 3 categories (part 2) along with threshold quantities


RULES, 1996

Monitoring & Implementation Mechanism CCG monitors the post accident situation arising out of major

chemical accident, conducts post accident analysis, review district offsite emergency plans and review the progress report of SCG.

SCG reviews the offsite emergency plans in the state, monitor post accident situation and review the progress report of submitted by DCG.

DCG reviews the onsite emergency plans prepared by occupiers, monitor chemical accidents and conduct full scale mock trial of chemical accident each year

LCG educates the population likely to be affected in a chemical accident and conduct one full scale mock trial of a chemical accident every six months.


RULES, 1996

Database/Reports/Output State/District wise list of MAH Units

List of Chemical Accidents

Publish directory of experts/contacts for chemical emergency management under the Central Crisis Group Alert System - RED BOOK

On-site Emergency Plans by the Occupier

Off-site Emergency Plans by the District Authorities

Public Awareness by the Central/State/District authorities through workshops/seminars/pamphlets, etc.

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