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Chemicals

Checklist System for Safety Reports

Instructions for preparation and inspection of a safety report (SR) in accordance with UNECE CONVENTION ON THE TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS and the EU Directive 96/82/EC (SEVESO II) by a consistent Checklist System

Based on the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents and EU Directive 96/82/EC (SEVESO II), this unified guideline system provides important definitions, valuation systems and background information for drawing up and reviewing safety reports.read more

Chemicals, Economy | Consumption

Evaluation of the Possibilities of a Stronger Involvement of the Chemicals Sector in a Green Economy

This project analyses the contributions of the chemicals sector to a Green Economy (GE). For this purpose, it analyses existing national, European, and international legislations, programmes and voluntary initiatives in the topic areas of environment and health (E&H), chemical safety (CS), and sustainable chemistry (SC) and their contribution to a GE. As a result of this analysis the project p...read more

Climate | Energy

Submission under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol 2016

National Inventory Report for the German Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990 - 2014

As a Party to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), since 1994 Germany has been obliged to prepare, publish and regularly update national emission inventories of greenhouse gases. In February 2005, the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. As a result, for the first time ever the international community of nations is required to implement binding action objectives and instruments f...read more

Economy | Consumption, Air

Innovative techniques – best available techniques in selected sectors

Sub-project 1: Large combustion plants (revision of BAT reference document as from 2010)

This report was created to aid the revision process of the BAT reference document "Large Combustion Plants" (LCP). It includes the summary of the national data collection of 50 LCPs in Germany. In addition to this, a first evaluation was carried out. Directions on how to use and interpret the presented data are given in chapter 2 and 5. To cover the topics of load flexibility and start-up/shutdown...read more

Chemicals

Checklists for the Investigation and Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites in Flood Risk Areas

These checklists provide a tool to efficiently assess the potential risk of contamination by water pollutants in flood risk areas. They also include guidelines for initial investigations at contaminated sites to generate the data needed to decide on the next steps.read more

Chemicals

Checklists for Refineries

Part 2

Accidents at refineries pose a particular risk for water bodies and groundwater. Hence, efficient safety management is essential. The guidelines for refineries consist of two parts. Part 1 contains recommendations on general safety management issues as well as checklists for assessing relevant measures. Part 2 contains recommendations for technical measures to ensure the safety of production plant...read more

Chemicals

Checklists for Refineries

Part 1

Accidents at refineries pose a particular risk for water bodies and groundwater. Hence, efficient safety management is essential. The guidelines for refineries consist of two parts. Part 1 contains recommendations on general safety management issues as well as checklists for assessing relevant measures. Part 2 contains recommendations for technical measures to ensure the safety of production plant...read more

Chemicals

Checklists of Environmental Risk Identification

Chemical Industry

These checklists offer chemical producers a practicable basis for early identification and management of environmental risks. They include a number of sub-checklists, depending on type of company and installation, including suggestions for improvements, as well as forms for annual safety checks which the companies themselves can carry out.read more