Land-use planning and the SEVESO II directive in the Czech Republic Pavel Danihelka Pavel Forint

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Land-use planning and the SEVESO II directive in
the Czech RepublicPavel DanihelkaPavel Forint
LabR!SK
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Legislative contextof SEVESO II Directive
transposition into Czech legislation

• Act No. 353/1999 Coll., on the prevention of
  major accidents caused by selected dangerous
  chemical substances and chemical preparations

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Regulations associated to the Act no.353/1999
Coll.

• Decree no.6/2000 Coll. about the method of
  evaluation of the Programme of major accident
  prevention
• (January 2000)

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Regulations associated to the Act no.353/1999
Coll.

• Decree no. 7/2000 Coll. about the scope and the
  way of the reporting of the major accident
  (January 2000)

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Regulations associated to the act no.353/1999 Sb.
Decree no.383/2000 Coll. about the external
operation plans zones determining and scope and
the way of emergency planning for major
accidents. (November 2000)
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Legislative context

• Act 82/2004 Coll SEVESO Actualization
• Year 2005 preparation of new actualization
  including Land-Use Planning
• Large experience with LUP, but limited with LUP
  and Seveso facilities

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Czech Seveso Facilities

• ? Lower tier 70
• ? Upper tier 69

Situation on 17th September 2002
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Present situation in major accident prevention

• SEVESO II implementation in progress
• Increasing interest of population in accident
  prevention
• Sources smaller than SEVESO II are also
  significant
• Evaluations of dangerous substances transport
  accidents missing

LUP not involved directly in existing facilities
evaluation
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Safety Reports Evaluation

• District Office
• Ministry of Environment,
• Czech Environment Inspection,
• Fire Rescue Brigade,
• Hygiene and Public Health Service
• Ocupation Health and Safety Institute
• Municipalities
• Czech Mining Office (where applicable)
• are involved in the evaluation of safety reports
  and emergency planning (undirectly LUP too)

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Public Participation
Safety documentation has to be discussed with the
inhabitants in the emergency planning zone and
general public The District authority
determines the zone of External Operation Plan
and makes relevant information for the
inhabitants accessible Till now limited
experience only wit EOP
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LUP experience case study I
Already under LUP upper tier (explosives)
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Case Study II ZDB Bohumin metallurgy
reconstruction made based on risk analysis
Storage of NaClO and acids No possibility to
change land use RESULT Investment to reconstruct
--- before reconstruction --- after reconstruction
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Case study III Steelwork Trinec
- Prepared in ArcView 3.0 GIS
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Case Study III Steelwork Trinec

• 150 years history
• economical problems
• more than14 unemployment
• principal economy of region
• RESULT
• risk accepted
• pressure on risk management
• in near surrounding no new housing allowed

Danger carbon monooxide pipeline storage
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Land use planning case study IV
Chemopark Previous facility divided to tents of
subjects, areal of free public access and 3
Seveso establishments Underestimated problem of
LUP
Roznov p.R., Area of previous TESLA Com.
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Lasting questions Unclassified facilities
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Lasting questions Transport accident sources
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Lasting questions Highly populated areas and
existing facilitiesExample HF storage and
transport
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Lasting questions

• Preferences? Who will move or shall not be
  accepted? Facility? Inhabitants? Other bussines?
• Which endpoint will be used?
• Security and right-to-know principles conflict

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CONCLUSIONS

• LUP is necessary tool, but still not clear rules
• Societal discussion needed before decission
• Non-Seveso sources are difficult to include
  without legislative changes

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Thank you for your attention