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WorksheetsCOMAH Regs
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
S.I. No. 209 has replaced the Seveso II Directive (96/82/EC), S.I. No. 208 regulations and came into effect from?
1st June 2015
1st July 2016
1st of August 2014
1st of May 2019
The Seveso II Directive (96/82/EC), S.I. No. 208 of 2015 was replaced by?
S.I. No. 209 of 2015
S.I No. 209 2019
S.I. No. 208 of 2016
S.I. No. 208 of 2017
What prompted the adoption of legislation on the prevention and control of major industrial accidents involving dangerous substances?
Seveso in 1976
Seveso in 1986
COMAH in 2015
Depending on the quantities or types of goods being stored or manufactured on site Under sites are designated as either?
Upper tier or lower tier sites
Upper class or lower class sites
Category 1 tier or Category 2 tier sites
Who is identified as the Central Competent Authority (CCA)under regulation 4 of the COHAH regulations
HSA
HSE
EPA
Who is responsible for the external emergency planning for incidents, which might potentially occur on a Seveso site?
Local Competent Authorities
The site owner
The site occupier
The EPA
Who are the Local Competent Authorities?
Gardai
HSE
Local Authority
All of the above
In compliance with these regulations and due to the nature of the risks involved who act as the lead agency for all Seveso planning within Dublin?
DFB
HSE
DCC
EPA
DFB lead interagency External Emergency Plan (EEP) development, reviews and exercises at a number of Seveso sites under what regulation of the COMAH regs?
17
18
19
15
DFB develops and presents Seveso Annual Reports to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). This is done so on behalf of?
All Local Competent Authorities
The EPA
The HSE
Part 1 of the COMAH Regs 2015 relates to?
Preliminary and General
General Duties
Major Accident Prevention Policy and Safety Report
Emergency Plans for Upper Tier Establishments
Part 2 of the COMAH Regs 2015 relates to?
General Duties
Preliminary and General
Major Accident Prevention Policy and Safety Report
Emergency Plans for Upper Tier Establishments
Part 3 of the COMAH Regs 2015 relates to?
Major Accident Prevention Policy and Safety Report
General Duties
Emergency Plans for Upper Tier Establishments
Preliminary and General
Part 4 of the COMAH Regs 2015 relates to?
Emergency Plans for Upper Tier Establishments
Major Accident Prevention Policy and Safety Report
General Duties
Preliminary and General
Regulation 1 of the COMAH regs is?
Citation
Interpretation
Application
Regulation 2 of the COMAH regs is?
Interpretation
Citation
Application
Regulation 3 of the COMAH regs is?
Application
Interpretation
Citation
Regulation 4 of the COMAH regs is?
Establishment of the competent authorities
Commencement
Amendments
Regulation 5 of the COMAH regs is?
Commencements
Amendments
Establishment of competent authorities
Regulation 6 of the COMAH regs is?
Amendments
Commencement
Establishment of competent authorities
Regulation 7 of the COMAH regs is?
General duties of operators
Amendments
Domino effect
Regulation 8 of the COMAH regs is?
Notifications
General duties of operators
Domino effects
Regulation 9 of the COMAH regs is?
Domino effects
General duties of operators
Notification
Regulation 10 of the COMAH regs is?
Major accident prevention policy
Safety report
Modification of installation, establishment or storage facility
Regulation 11 of the COMAH regs is?
Safety report
Modification of installation, establishment or storage facility
Major accident prevention policy
Regulation 12 of the COMAH regs is?
Modification of installation, establishment or storage facility
Major accident prevention policy
Safety report
Regulation 13 of the COMAH regs is?
Objectives of Emergency plans
Implementation of Emergency plans
Internal Emergency Plans
Regulation 14 or the COMAH regs is?
Implementation of Emergency plans
Objectives of Emergency plans
Internal Emergency Plans
Regulation 15 of the COMAH regs is?
Internal Emergency Plans
External Emergency Plans
Objectives of Emergency plans
Regulation 16 of the COMAH regs is?
External Emergency Plans
Internal Emergency Plans
Objectives of Emergency plans
Regulation 17 of the COMAH regs is?
Review, testing and reporting of external Emergency Plans
External Emergency Plans
Objectives of Emergency plans
Under COMAH Regulations 2015 Part 4, Regulation 16, External Emergency Plans, who is required to supply all necessary information and to whom is it supplied?
The operator of the establishment to the LCA
The LCA to the HSA
The operator of the establishment to the HSA
According to regulation 17 External Emergency Plans have to be reviewed and, where necessary, updated as often as the circumstances require, but in any event at intervals not exceeding?
3 years
5 years
10 years
According to regulation 11, the operator of an establishment is required to prepare and submit a safety report, in writing, to whom?
Central Competent Authority
Local Competent Authority
HSA
According to regulation 10, the preparation of a Major Accident Prevention Policy document (MAPP) only applies to Upper Tier establishments
False
True
According to regulation 9 a Domino effect is described as?
A group of establishments where risk is increased because of the geographical position and the proximity
Where risk is increased because of the location of a group materials stored at an establishment
A group of establishments where risk is increased because of the environmental / weather conditions
According to regulation 7, duties imposed on all operators applies to all establishments and there is no differentiation between the operators of upper-tier and lower-tier establishments
True
False
The COMAH Regulations do not apply to; (Choose 4)
Any property occupied by the Defence Forces
Hazards created by ionising radiation originating from substances
The transport of dangerous substances and directly related intermediate temporary storage by road, rail, internal waterways, sea or air
The offshore exploration and exploitation of minerals. Waste land-fill sites, including underground waste storage
Onshore underground gas storage in natural strata, aquifers, salt cavities and disused mines and chemical and thermal processing operations
What makes a lower tier establishment become an upper tier establishment?
Dangerous substances are present in quantities equal to or in excess of the quantities listed in Column 3 of Part 1 or in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1
The establishment covers a greater area in excess of the quantities listed in Column 3 of Part 1 or in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1
The establishment is in proximities to other establishments in excess of the quantities listed in Column 3 of Part 1 or in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1
According to regulation 17, External Emergency Plans must be tested at a maximum interval of?
3 years
1 year
2 years
5 years
Who undertakes the public consultation process which is part of the SEVSO III / COMAH Regulations in conjunction with other LCA's?
DFB
EPA
HSA
Gardai
In the first quarter of the year LCA's present SEVESO Annual Reports to the CCA. These must be completed by? (DFB in the case of Dublin)
February 28th
March 28th
April 28th
March 1st
Under Regulation 16 an LCA must produce an External Emergency Plan upon receipt of relevant information from the site operator. This must be done within?
6 months from receipt of info from site occupier
12 months from requirement notification from CCA
12 months from receipt of info from site occupier
2 years from requirement notification from CCA
LCA's must submit a report to the CCA on their activities under regs 16 and 17 within how long before the calendar end?
2 months
1 month
3 months
2 weeks
The purpose of the COMAH regulations is to lay down the rules for the prevention of major accidents involving dangerous substances and to seek to limit the consequences to;
Human health and the environment
The site and surrounding buildings
The environment and water courses
Life and property
