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Liquid Waste and Pollution
News Release from: WRc | Subject: UM1208 Guidelines
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 November 2003
WRc and Serco to update hazardous
guidelines
With 92 percent of accidental spillage of flammable liquids being unconfined and with the potential to reach a drainage system, the UM1208 Guidelines are being reviewed and updated
With 92 percent of accidental spillage of flammable liquids being unconfined and with the potential to reach a drainage system, the WRc Group together with Serco Assurance has initiated a project to review and update the UM1208 Guidelines for the identification of flammable atmospheres arising in the water industry This new project will enable a full review of the risk analysis for the participants in early 2004 as well as offering a review of historic guidance first issued to the UK industry in 1993
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This guidance will also assess other regulations and European directives that affect this area, thus providing the most comprehensive system in over a decade.
Phil Wildbore of WRc comments "One aspect of the new regulations is to zone potentially explosive locations.
The Serco report identified nearly 500 incidents, between 1990 and 2003, when flammable liquids were spilled.
There were 102 different materials and the majority flowed into the drainage system.
Releases from static installations increased five fold compared with the original Flammable Liquids into Drainage Systems (FLIDS) time frame".
He added "We are pleased that this joint proposal will update and improve the risk assessment methods to ensure that the industry can benefit from our combination of risk assessment skills and knowledge of operating practice and conditions within the industry".
Participants will have a comprehensive practical and technically acceptable methodology including assessments for the latest types of construction and protocols for flammable sources other than petrol.
The project is being shadowed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), so that the new methodology will have regularity "approval".
Participants will also receive guidance for new designs, existing asset improvements, and operational best practice while offering reassurance of compliance with new/imminent standards and legislation.
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