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GUIDEFORMAJORHAZARDFACILITIESPROVIDINGINFORMATIONTOTHECOMMUNITYMARCH2012WesternAustraliaSAFEWORKSafeWorkAustraliaisanAustralianGovernmentstatutoryagencyestablishedin2009.SafeWorkAustraliaconsistsofrepresentativesoftheCommonwealth,stateandterritorygovernments,theAustralianCouncilofTradeUnions,theAustralianChamberofCommerceandIndustryandtheAustralianIndustryGroup.SafeWorkAustraliaworkswiththeCommonwealth,stateandterritorygovernmentstoimproveworkhealthandsafetyandworkers’compensationarrangements.SafeWorkAustraliaisanationalpolicybody,notaregulatorofworkhealthandsafety.TheCommonwealth,statesandterritorieshaveresponsibilityforregulatingandenforcingworkhealthandsafetylawsintheirjurisdiction.ISBN978-0-642-33386-5[PDF]ISBN978-0-642-33387-2[RTF]CreativeCommonsExceptforthelogosofSafeWorkAustralia,SafeWorkSA,WorkCoverTas,WorkSafeWA,WorkplaceHealthandSafetyQLD,NTWorkSafe,WorkCoverNSW,ComcareandWorkSafeACT,thiscopyrightworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial3.0Australialicence.Toviewacopyofthislicence,visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/au/Inessence,youarefreetocopy,communicateandadapttheworkfornoncommercialpurposes,aslongasyouattributetheworktoSafeWorkAustraliaandabidebytheotherlicenceterms.ContactinformationSafeWorkAustraliaPhone:+61261215317Email:info@safeworkaustralia.gov.auWebsite:www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au1TABLEOFCONTENTS1.INTRODUCTION22.IDENTIFYINGTHEAFFECTEDAREA43.THEPROVISIONOFINFORMATIONTOTHECOMMUNITY63.1Whotoprovideinformationto63.2Informationforlocalcommunity–general63.3Informationforlocalcommunity–majorincident84.HOWTOCOMMUNICATE104.1Pre-incidentcommunication104.2Emergencycommunication10APPENDIXA–WHSREGULATIONS11APPENDIXB–DEFINITIONS13GUIDEFORMAJORHAZARDFACILITIES|PROVIDINGINFORMATIONTOTHECOMMUNITYTABLEOFCONTENTSGUIDEFORMAJORHAZARDFACILITIES|PROVIDINGINFORMATIONTOTHECOMMUNITY2TheobjectiveoftheWorkHealthandSafety(WHS)Regulationsistopreventmajorincidentsoccurringatmajorhazardfacilities(MHFs)andtoprotectpersonsfromtheeffectsofsuchmajorincidentsshouldoneoccur.PersonsmaybeattheMHFormembersofthelocalcommunityaroundtheMHF.Tohelpachievethisobjective,theoperatorofaMHFmustprovidethelocalcommunity(andthelocalauthorityinwhichthefacilityandsurroundingareaislocated)withinformationabouttheMHF,itsoperations,howthecommunitywillbenotifiedifamajorincidentoccursandwhatthecommunityshoulddoifamajorincidentoccurs.ThepurposeofthisGuideistohelpMHFoperatorscomplywiththeirobligationstoprovidethelocalcommunitywithinformationabouttheirfacilityandtheactionstotakeifamajorincidentoccursatthefacility.ItwillassistMHFoperatorsin:„identifyingtheextentoftheareasurroundingtheirfacilityforwhichtheymustprovidethecommunityandlocalauthoritywithinformation„determiningwhatinformationtoprovidetothelocalcommunityandlocalauthority„determiningwhoinparticulartoprovidetheinformationto.ThisGuideformspartofasetofguidancematerialforMHFsthatincludesinformationon:„NotificationandDetermination„SafetyAssessment„SafetyManagementSystems„DevelopingaSafetyCaseOutline„PreparationofaSafetyCase„SafetyCase:DemonstratingtheAdequacyofSafetyManagementandControlMeasures„Information,TrainingandInstructionforWorkersandOthersattheFacility„EmergencyPlans.WHATDOTHEWHSREGULATIONSREQUIRE?TheoperatorofalicensedMHFmustprovidespecificinformationtothelocalcommunity.Theoperatormustalsotakeallreas...