Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 1 INFORMATION AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS FOR PROTECTION ZONE CONSENT

1.  The following is required—

(a) a site map;

(b) a substance location plan;

(c) a substance specification statement;

(d) a safety and emergency statement; and

(e) where the controlled substance is to be used in a manufacturing, treatment or other industrial process, a process specification statement.

2.  The site map required by paragraph 1(a) shall be a map reproduced from, or based upon, an Ordnance Survey map with a scale of not less than 1 to 10,000, which identifies the site to which the application relates and shows National Grid lines and reference numbers.

3.  The substance location plan required by paragraph 1(b) shall be a plan of the site to which the application relates, drawn to a scale of not less than 1 to 2,500, which identifies—

• (a)

  any area of the site intended to be used for the storage of the controlled substance;

  (b)

  where the substance is to be used in a manufacturing, treatment or other industrial process, the location of the major items of plant involved in that process in which the substance will be kept or used;

  (c)

  access points to and from the site.

4.  The substance specification statement required by paragraph 1(c) shall contain details of the controlled substance, its density and solubility in water, the maximum quantity (by volume or weight as appropriate) of it proposed to be kept or used, the manner in which it is to be kept or used and details (including its cubic capacity) of any vessel to be used for its storage.

5.  The safety and emergency statement required by paragraph 1(d) shall contain the following information—

(i) a description of the potential sources of an incident which might result in some or all of the substance entering, leaching or being discharged into the land within the site to which the application relates, any neighbouring land or any inland waters in the vicinity thereof;

(ii) a description of the conditions or events which could be significant in bringing such an incident about;

(iii) a description of the measures taken or proposed to be taken to prevent, control or minimise the consequences of any such incident to the inland waters in the vicinity; and

(iv) the emergency procedures laid down for dealing with such an incident at the site.

6.  The process specification statement required by paragraph 1(e) shall contain a general description of the process, a description of the major items of plant which will contain the substance and a statement of the maximum quantity (by volume or weight as appropriate) which is liable to be kept or used in the major items of the plant.