MSIHC, RULES, 2000

PROVISIONS UNDER MSIHC RULES 1989

1. Short title and commencement – 5-12-1989

2. Definitions

3. Duties of authorities

4. General responsibility of the occupier

5. Notification of major accident

6. Industrial Activity to which Rules 7 to 15 apply

7. Approval and notification of sites

8. Updating of the site notification

9. Transitional provisions

10. Safety reports

11. Updating of reports under rule 10

12. Further information to be sent to the authority

13. Preparation of on-site emergency plan

14. Preparation of off-site emergency plan

15. Information to be given to persons liable to be affected by a major

accident

16. Disclosures of information

17. Collection, development and dissemination of information

18. Import of hazardous chemicals

19. Improvement notices

20. Power of the central government to modify the schedules

 MSIHC, RULES, 1989

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
– Operation or process given in Schedule 4
involving hazardous chemicals
–Isolated storage (having quantity set out in

Schedule 2
–Pipeline
 THREE TYPES OF SITES (FACTORIES)

“Site" means any location where hazardous

chemicals are manufactured or processed,
stored, handled, used, disposed of and
includes the whole of an area under the
control of an occupier and includes pier, jetty
or similar structure whether floating or not;
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
1. Any chemical which satisfies any of the criteria

laid down in Part I of Schedule 1 or listed in Part 2

of Schedule 1

2. Any chemical listed in column 2 of Schedule 2

3. Any chemical listed in column 2 of Schedule 3

MAJOR ACCIDENT
SCHEDULE 1 : Indicative Criteria and List of Chemicals

SCHEDULE 2 : Isolated storage at Installations other than those covered by

Schedule 4

SCHEDULE 3 : List of Hazardous Chemicals for Application of Rules 5 and 7 to 15

SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 5

SCHEDULE 6 : Information to be Furnished Regarding Notification of a Major Accident

SCHEDULE 7 : Information to be Furnished for the Notification of Sites SCHEDULE 8

: Information to be Furnished in a Safety Report

SCHEDULE 9 : Safety Data Sheet

SCHEDULE 10
NO. OF CHEMICALS IN SCHEDULES
 SCHEDULE I
– Part 1
(a) Toxic chemicals
1. Extremely toxic
2. Highly toxic
3. Toxic
(b) Flammable chemicals
(c) Explosives
– Part II 684 Named Chemicals
•SCHEDULE 2
30 chemicals (along with Threshold Quantity)

 SCHEDULE 3
Part I
179 chemicals are enlisted (along with TQ)
 G 1 - Toxic substances (Low TQ)

 G 2 - Toxic substances (High TQ)

 G 3 - Highly reactive substances

 G 4 - Explosive substances
 MAJOR ACCIDENT HZARDS (MAH)
INSTALLATIONS

Means - Isolated Storage or Industrial Activity

at a site handling (including transport through
carrier or pipeline) of hazardous chemicals
equal to or, in excess of the threshold quantities
specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 and 3
respectively
Part II
G 5 - Flammable substances (6 classes with TQ)
– Flammable gases
– Extremely flammable liquids
– Very highly flammable liquids
– Highly flammable liquids under pressure
– Highly flammable liquids
– Flammable liquids
SCHEDULE 4
Installations for production, processing or treatment of organic
or inorganic chemicals
Installation fro distlln, refining or other processing of petro
products
Installation for the total or partial disposal of solid or liquid
sub by incineration or chem decomposition
Installation for prod, processing , use or treatment of energy
gases
Installation for the dry distill of coal or ignite
Installation for the production of metal or nonmetal by a wet
process or by means of electrical energy
 GUIDE TO THE OCCUPIERS OF MAH INSTALATIONS AS PER MSIHC RULES 1989

IS THE IND. ACTIVITY A PIPELINE OR

START HERE NO
ISOLATED STORAGE OR AN ACTIVITY AS
NO ACTION
PER SCH 4 INVOLVING A HAZ CHEM AS PER
RULE 2
DEMONSTRATE THE SAFE
OPERATION AS PER RULE 4
YES
REPORT MAJOR ACCIDENT YES IS THE CHEMICAL HAVING THE CRITERIA OF NO
WITHIN 48 HOURS AND SUBMIT PART-I AND/OR LISTED IN PART-II OF SCH.1
REPORT SCH.5
YES
MAINTAIN MSDS AND LABEL
CONT. AS PER RULE 17

IS THE TQ  TO
NO IS THE TQ  TO THAT
IS THE CHEMICAL YES THAT GIVEN IN
GIVEN IN COL. 4 OF
LISTED IN SCH. 2 OR 3 COL.3 OF SCH.2,3
SCH. 2 AND 3
AND ITS TQ < THAT BUT < COL 4
GIVEN IN COL. 3
NO
YES

NOTIFY THE SITE AS PER RULE 7 AND UPDATE THE

NOTIFICATION ON CHANGE IN THRESHOLD QTY. AS PER
RULE 8 & 9 PREPARE SAFETY REPORT AND CONDUCT
SAFETY AUDIT AS PER RULE 10 AND SUBMIT
PREPARE ON SITE EMERGENCY PLAN AND CONDUCT MOCK
THE SAME
DRILLS AS PER RULE 13

PROVIDE INFORMATION TO DISTRICT EMERGENCY PROVIDE INFORMATION ON MODIFICATION

AUTHORITY FOR PREPARATION OF OFF-SITE EMERGENCY AS PER RULE 11
PLAN AS PER RULE 14
FURTHER INFORMATION AS PER RULE 12
INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS
AS PER RULE 15
 INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY 2(h)
2(h) (i) 2(h) (ii) 2(h)(iii)
Schedule 4 Schedule 2 Schedule 3
Process/ Isolated storage Pipeline
Operation
30 H.chemicals 30 H.chemical
Schedule 2 Schedule 2
TQ in col.3 TQ in col.4
(Rule 4, 5, 7-9 & 13-15) (Rule 10 - 12)

MAH INSTALLATIONS
 Schedule 4

Schedule 1 Schedule 3 Schedule 3

Toxic Chemicals 179 H. Chemicals 27 H. Chemicals
+ Flammables and +
+ Explosives 6 classes 6 classes
+ 684 H. Chemicals
(Rule 4, 5, 17& 18) (Rule 5, 7, 9 &13 - 15) (Also Rule 10-12)
TQ in col. 3 TQ in col. 4

MAH INSTALLATIONS
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