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On July 24th, 2019, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) issued a public consultation on two guidelines on security risk management of chemical parks and hazardous chemical enterprises (CL News [1]). And on August 16th, China’s MEM officially released two guidelines [2] namely, Guideline on Security Risk Investigation and Management of Chemical Parks (Trial) and Guideline on Security Risk Investigation and Management of Hazardous Chemical Enterprises.
According to MEM, chemical parks and hazardous chemical enterprises should improve their security risk management system, undertake key responsibilities related to security risk investigation and management, and establish a long-term mechanism for security risk investigation and management by studying and comparing the requirements stipulated by the two guidelines.
The Guideline on Security Risk Investigation and Management of Hazardous Chemical Enterprises specifies that hazardous chemical enterprises should take full advantage of the security risk analysis methods or the combination of multiple methods, such as Security Checking Label (SCL), Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), etc.
The Guideline on Security Risk Investigation and Management of Hazardous Chemical Enterprises also regulates the form and frequency of security risk investigation and management. The form of security risk investigation and management includes everyday investigation, comprehensive investigation, professional investigation, seasonal investigation, key period investigation and investigation before holidays, as well as parallel investigation of accidents and diagnostic investigation by foreign experts, etc. Hazardous chemical enterprises should organize at least one comprehensive investigation and professional investigation semiannually. The site inspection interval for equipment operating personnel should be less than 2 hours, and the site inspection interval for equipment operating personnel concerning with the production and storage device of “Two Key Points and One Major Issue” (refer to the hazardous chemical technology and hazardous chemicals for key inspection, and major hazardous resources inspection by competent authorities) should be less than one hour.
Hazardous chemical enterprises can conduct individualized security risk investigation using the security risk checklist attached to The Guideline on Security Risk Investigation and Management of Hazardous Chemical Enterprises. There are 9 hidden risk checklists and more than 350 checking items and relevant regulatory references included in the security risk checklist and the details of the checklist can be assessed here:
Security hidden risk checklist for security foundation management
Security hidden risk checklist for design and general view
Security hidden risk checklist for pilot production management
Security hidden risk checklist for equipment operation
Security hidden risk checklist for equipment safety
Security hidden risk checklist for instrument
Security hidden risk checklist for electricity
Security hidden risk checklist for fire and emergency
Security hidden risk checklist for special management of key hazardous chemicals
In addition to the guidelines issued by the MEM at national level, the provincial government of Jiangsu also issued a consultation on risk assessment guide for industrial parks (see CL News [3]) and a safety risk warning list for chemical enterprises (see CL News [4]) in order to guide chemical enterprises and parks in Jiangsu Province to conduct risk assessment and management, implement safe production, and prevent and resolve safety risks effectively.
