Key Benefits:
Publics concerned: operators of facilities classified for environmental protection under section 1532 of the classification facility nomenclature.
Purpose: Establishment of the general requirements for wood storage facilities under the registration regime under section 1532 relating to storage of similar wood or combustible materials not made by wet (immersion or aspersion).
Entry into force: the provisions of this Order come into force on the day after its publication.
Notice: This Order sets out the technical rules that must be implemented by operators of facilities under the registration regime under section 1532 to prevent and reduce the risk of accidents or pollution.
References: the text can be found on the website Légifrance (http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr).
Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy,
In light of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000, establishing a framework for community water policy;
Considering Directive 2006/11/EC of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by certain hazardous substances spilled into the aquatic environment of the Community;
Considering Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 December 2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006;
Considering the environmental code, including articles L. 211-1, L. 220-1, L. 511-2, L. 512-7, D. 211-10, D. 211-11 and R. 211-94;
Vu le Mining codeincluding article L. 411-1;
Vu le Decree No. 94-469 of 3 June 1994 wastewater collection and treatment Articles L. 372-1-1 and L. 372-3 of the Community Codeincluding article 6;
Vu le Decree No. 96-1010 of 19 November 1996 for devices and protection systems intended for use in explosive atmospheres;
Considering the decision of 20 April 1994 on the declaration, classification, packaging and labelling of substances;
Considering the decision of 23 January 1997 on the limitation of noises emitted in the environment by facilities classified for environmental protection;
Considering the amended decision of 21 November 2002 on the reaction to fire of construction and development products;
Considering the 14 February 2003 decision on the performance of roofs and roof coverings exposed to an outdoor fire;
Considering the amended Decree of 22 March 2004 on fire resistance of products, construction elements and works;
In view of the decision of 29 September 2005 on the assessment and consideration of the probability of occurrence, kinetics, effects intensity and severity of the consequences of potential accidents in the hazard studies of licensed facilities;
In view of the July 7, 2009 Decision on Air and Water Analysis Procedures in CEPAs and Reference Standards;
In view of the decision of 25 January 2010 on methods and criteria for the assessment of the ecological state, chemical state and ecological potential of surface water under sections R. 212-10, R. 212-11 and R. 212-18 of the Environmental Code;
Having regard to the amended decision of 4 October 2010 on accidental risk prevention in licensed facilities classified for environmental protection;
Considering the opinion of the professional organizations concerned;
In light of the opinion of the Higher Council for Technology Risk Prevention of 20 November 2012,
Stop it!
This Order sets out the requirements for classified facilities under 1532.
The provisions applicable to existing facilities and the conditions of their entry into force are specified in annex II.
These provisions apply without prejudice to specific requirements which may be accompanied by the registration order under the conditions set out in Articles L. 512-7-3 and L. 512-7-5 of the Environmental Code.
For the purpose of this Order, the following means:
"Access to installation": opening linking the private or public service route and the site's interior sufficiently sized to allow the entry of emergency equipment and their implementation;
"Protection bands": tapes placed on sealing coatings along the separative walls between cells, intended to prevent the spread of a sinister from one cell to another by the roof;
" Cell": part of a covered compartmentalized storage, subject to the constructive provisions of articles 11 and 12;
"Covering": all elements based on the structure of the building;
"High of a building": height at the ridge, i.e. height at the highest point of the roof of the building (excluding separative walls above the roof);
"Dangerous substances": substances or mixtures referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 referred to above;
"Mezzanine": height surface that occupies not more than 50% of the surface of the lower cell level and does not have a closed space. Beyond this limit, the surface is considered a level;
"Level": surface of the same floor available for storage or other activity;
"Products of first processing of wood": products from the cutting of round wood by sawing, rolling, cutting or grinding;
"Products of second processing of wood": products using the products from the first processing of wood by applying complementary machining, assembly, processing or finishing operations;
"Related Products of First Timber Transformation": Timber Falls or Residues from First Timber Transformation Operations;
"Related products of second processing of wood": wood drops or residues from second processing of wood;
"covered storage": storage sheltered by a roofed construction;
"Closed storage": storage sheltered by a roofed construction and closed on at least 70% of its perimeter;
"Open Covered Storage": Covered storage that does not meet the definition of closed cover;
"Storage of products likely to release flammable dust": bulk storage of pellets and related products of second processing of wood, except for a particular demonstration by the operator justifying the absence of the risk of flammable dust release during the handling of products (e.g., storage of wood dust in silos);
Mass storage: products (sacs, pallets, etc.) stacked on each other;
"Bulk storage": bare products placed on the ground in piles;
" Structure": elements that contribute to the stability of the building, such as poles, beams, floors and carrying walls;
"Surface support": elements attached to the structure intended to support the roof of the building;
"mix zone": area adjacent to the release point where concentrations of one or more pollutants may exceed environmental quality standards;
"Regulated Areas of Emergence":
― the interior of buildings inhabited or occupied by third parties, existing on the date of the filing of records, and their closest external parts (course, garden, terrace), other than those of buildings located in areas intended to receive artisanal or industrial activities;
―constructible areas defined by urban planning documents that are opposable to third parties and published on the date of the filing of records;
― the interior of buildings inhabited or occupied by third parties that have been established after the date of the filing of records in the constructible areas defined above, and their closest external parts (course, garden, terrace), excluding those of buildings located in areas intended to receive artisanal or industrial activities.
The facility is established, completed and operated in accordance with the plans and other documents attached to the application for registration.
I. ― The operator shall prepare and maintain a record with the following documents:
a copy of the application for registration and the accompanying file;
― Updates to the Recording Record dated with emphasis on modifications to the facility;
― the registration order issued by the prefect and any prefectural order relating to the installation;
- a record of all accident or incident reports and their suites as provided for in section R. 512-69 of the Environmental Code.
II. ― The operator shall be at the disposal of the inspection of classified facilities the following documents:
- the general plan for workshops and storage that locate areas at risk (see article 8);
– the safety data sheets of the products present in the installation (see article 9);
- the register indicating the nature and quantity of dangerous products held (see article 9);
- the cleaning register (see A of Article 10 II);
- evidence of compliance with fire-fighting means (see article 14);
- the elements justifying the conformity, maintenance and verification of electrical installations (see articles 15 and 16);
- the evidence of conformity of the Lightning Protection Facility (see article 17);
the audit document of the work carried out (see article 22);
- the periodic inspection and maintenance register (see article 23);
- operating instructions (see Article 24);
― the effluent collection network plan (see Article 30);
― the register of hazardous waste generated by the facility (see article 43).
III. ― The file is completed by the following documents for new facilities:
- the technical descriptions and characteristics of the additional equipment installed at the level of storage facilities that may release flammable dust (cf. C and D of Article 10 II);
- supporting evidence of the characteristics of constructive devices to limit the risks of fire or explosion (see article 11);
― temperature and humidity readings (cf. III of Article 25);
― when the rejection occurs in a collective purification plant, the authorization of the station manager (see section 26);
- the record of water sampling measurement results (see article 28);
- the latest results of noise measurements (see article 40);
This file is subject to inspection of classified facilities.
I. ― The storage limits are located at a minimum distance from the site limits calculated so that the lethal effects within the meaning of the above-mentioned 29 September 2005 stop are contained in the site enclosure in the event of a fire taking into account the most unfavourable configuration with respect to potentially stored fuels using the FLUMILOG calculation method (referred to in the document of the IINERIS method "Example description of the warehouse
Closed storage cells are located at a minimum distance of 20 metres from site limits.
For a product storage facility that can release flammable dust, the distance from the site limits cannot be less than 20 metres or the height of the installation.
The distance from storage to the limits of the site also allows compliance with the provisions of Article 13 relating to the accessibility of emergency equipment.
II. ― Storages are located more than 30 metres from the parts of the facility referred to in section 8 that may produce toxic effects or explosions in the event of a storage fire, unless the operator puts in place equipment that warrants its relevance so that these products and facilities are protected from such dominos effects. The demonstration elements are made available for inspection of classified facilities.
Storage facilities for products that are likely to release flammable dust in accordance with the provisions of Article 5, II, Article 10, V, Article 11, II, Article 15 and III, are not subject to the previous paragraph.
III. ― A covered storage does not include, does not surmount or is overcame from premises inhabited or occupied by third parties. It is forbidden in the basement, that is, below the so-called reference level.
The reference level is that of internal road to the site located at the foot of the building and serving the construction usable by fire and rescue equipment. If there are two pathways at different levels, the reference level is determined by the lowest route.
Without prejudice to urban planning regulations, the operator shall adopt the following provisions, necessary to prevent theft of dust and other materials:
- the traffic lanes and parking areas of the vehicles are fitted in case of need (gradients, coatings, etc.) and properly cleaned;
– vehicles leaving the facility do not cause dust or mud to be deposited on the traffic lanes. For this purpose, provisions such as the washing of the wheels of the vehicles are provided if necessary;
– surfaces where possible are engazed or vegetated;
– vegetation screens are set up, if possible.
Facilities are maintained clean and maintained at all times.
The premises of the facility, under the control of the operator, are designed and maintained in good condition of cleanliness. Release emissaries and their periphery are the subject of special care.
The operator shall identify, under its responsibility, the parts of the facility that, because of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the material being implemented, stored, used or produced, are likely to cause a claim that may have direct or indirect consequences on the interests referred to in section L. 511-1 of the Environmental Code.
The operator determines for each part of the facility the nature of the risk (fire, explosion, toxic).
The product handling, handling and storage areas are part of this census. In particular, areas of handling, handling and storage of products that may release flammable dust are identified among areas at risk of explosion.
The operator has a general plan of storages indicating these different areas.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Labour code, the operator has documents that allow it to know the nature and risks of hazardous products present in the facility, in particular safety data sheets.
The drums, tanks and other packagings bear in very legible characters the name of the products and, where appropriate, the hazard symbols in accordance with the labelling of hazardous substances and mixtures regulations.
The operator maintains a record of the nature and quantity of the inmate hazardous products to which a general storage plan is attached. This registry is available to fire and rescue services.
I. ― General on the cleanliness of facilities:
The premises are maintained clean and regularly cleaned, in particular to avoid clusters of hazardous or polluting materials and dust. Cleaning equipment is adapted to the risks posed by products and dust.
Facilities are disposed of any equipment or product that is not necessary for the operation of the facility, including flammable materials, empty packagings, oils, lubricants, etc.
II. ― Additional provisions for storage facilities of products that may release flammable dust:
A. - The installations are regularly disposed of dust covering the floor, walls, supporting structures, cable paths, sheaths, pipes, appliances and equipment, in order to minimize their risk of flight.
The frequency of cleaning is determined under the operator's responsibility and specified in the organisational instructions. The cleaning dates are indicated on a register held at the disposal of the inspection of classified facilities.
Cleaning is, wherever possible, made using vacuum cleaners or suction plants. The appliance used for cleaning has all the safety features necessary to avoid fire and explosion and is suitable for products and dust. The use of other cleaning devices such as brooming or exceptionally compressed air is subject to special instructions.
B. ― Dust-emitting sources (elevator or carrier jets) are hooded as technically as possible. They are watertight or equipped with vacuum and dusty air transport pipes.
The operator ensures that air currents are avoided over this type of installation.
C. ― Arrangements are made to limit the dust emissions of suction systems, to avoid an explosion or a fire in a dust removal facility and to limit their spread and consequences when they occur (e.g., network splitting, installation of explosion decoupling devices arranged in such a way as not to produce human-level projection in the event of an explosion, explosion-proofing devices, and
D. ― Mechanical equipment/materials are protected against dust penetration, they are properly lubricated.
The disbanding, elevators, carriers or engines are connected to devices that allow the immediate detection of an operating incident and are connected to a sound or visual alarm.
The operation of the handling equipment is ensured to the operation of the removal facilities if they exist: these equipments only start if the removal systems work, and, in the event of a stop, the circuit passes immediately in the drain phase and stops once the drain is completed or after a possible time-frame suitable for operation.
The chain and screw carriers are equipped with load detectors, lifters are equipped with strap-deport detectors and belt carriers are equipped with strip-deport sensors. In addition, tape carriers and elevators are equipped with rotation controllers. These sensors stop the installation after a possible temporization limited to a few seconds.
The bearings are equipped with temperature detectors with alarm in the first threshold, and in the second threshold, drain and stop the installation concerned.
Carrier belts comply with the NF EN ISO 340, April 2005 version, or the NF EN 12881-1, July 2008 version, and NF EN 12881-2, June 2008 version (smuggling of flame). This provision is applicable to existing facilities in the event of replacement of a carrier band.
If the transport of the products is carried out by air, the size of the pipes is calculated to ensure a speed greater than 15 m/s to avoid deposition or execution.
The lift sheaths are equipped with eyes or access hatches. They can only be opened by qualified personnel.
The filters are under caissons that are protected by vents leading to the outside.
The storage of dust recovered by these facilities is carried out outside the storage facilities, outside of any hazardous areas identified in section 8.
The evidence of fire resistance properties is retained and maintained at the disposal of the inspection of classified facilities.
The provisions of I to III apply to covered storages, with the exception of those that may release flammable dust.
I. ― The operator conducts a technical study demonstrating that the constructive provisions ensure that the ruin of an element (murs, roof, poles, beams) as a result of a disaster does not result in the chain ruin of the structure of the building, including the surrounding storage cells, their overlapping devices, or the collapse of the structure to the outside of the burning cell. This study is carried out with the construction of the building and is available for inspection of classified facilities.
The exterior walls are made of A2 s1 d0 materials.
The whole structure is a minima R 15. For single ground floor depots of more than 12.50 metres high, the structure is R 60, unless the building has an automatic fire suppression device. For storages covered on two or more levels, floors are EI 120 and floor structures R 120 at least.
Separative walls between two cells are REI 120; These walls are extended laterally to the exterior walls on a width of 1 meter or 0.50 meter in the projection of the façade, in the continuity of the wall. Separative elements between cells exceed at least 1 metre the vessel's cover to the right of crossing. The roof is covered by a protective strip on a minimum width of 5 meters on both sides of the separative walls. This strip is made of A2 s1 d0 materials or has on surface a metal sheet A2 s1 d0.
The separative walls between a cell and a technical room are REI 120 up to the roof sub-face or a free distance of 10 meters is respected between the cell and the technical room.
The soil of storage areas and premises is incombustible (class A1 fl).
The openings carried out in the separative walls (bays, conveyors, sheaths, electrical cables and pipes, doors, etc.) are equipped with closure or billing devices ensuring a degree of fire resistance equivalent to that required for these walls. Manoeuvrable closures are associated with a device ensuring their automatic closure in the event of a fire, whether on either side of the wall. Thus the doors located in a wall REI 120 have an EI2 120 C ranking. Doors meet a C2 durability class.
Thermal insulators (or insulation if only one) are class A2 s1 d0. Otherwise, the "support + insulation" system is class B s1 d0 and meets one of the following conditions:
- the single insulation has a PCS less than or equal to 8.4 MJ/kg;
― the thermal insulation is composed of several layers, the first (in contact with the cover holder), a thickness of at least 30 millimetres, of density greater than 110 kg/m3 and mechanically fixed, has a PCS less than or equal to 8.4 MJ/kg and the upper layers are made of insulations justifying in thickness of 60 millimetres of a class D3 s. These upper layers are intersected with the right of each cantonment screen by an insulating PCS less than or equal to 8.4 MJ/kg.
The roof cover system meets the BROOF class (t3).
Materials used for natural lighting meet the d0 class.
II. • The maximum surface of the cells is 3,000 square metres in the absence of an automatic fire-extinguishing system and 6,000 square metres in the presence of an automatic fire-extinguishing system adapted to the nature of the stored products.
In the event that a cell has several mezzanines, the operator demonstrates, through a study, that these mezzanines do not pose an additional risk, including that they do not interfere with defumation in the event of a fire.
III. ― Access to storage facilities allows rapid response from outside storage cells or from a space free from the effects of the disaster that can be an adjacent cell. Their minimum number allows any point of a storage building not to be remote from more than 50 meters of one of them and 25 meters in the building parts forming cul-de-sac. They are at least two, in two opposite directions, in each storage cell with a surface greater than 1,000 square meters.
IV. ― If there is a heating system or a battery charging facility in the trolleys, they are located in a space exclusively reserved for this purpose, outside the storages covered or isolated by a REI 120 wall. Any communication between the local and the covered storages is made either by a sas equipped with two E 60 C door blocks, or by an EI2 120 C door and C2 durability class.
Outside the boiler room are installed:
a valve on the feeding of burners to stop the arrival of the fuel;
– a circuit breaker stopping the operation of the fuel pump;
– a sound and visual warning device in the event of the malfunction of the burners, or another equivalent efficiency alert system.
No air flammable gas piping is present in storage facilities. A minimum distance of 10 metres from these pipes is respected for external storage of products upstream of the second processing of wood. It is 25 metres for other outdoor wood storages, or greater than the value of the distance allowing not to subject these pipes to dominos effects within the meaning of the 29 September 2005 order generated by these external storages. This distance is determined using the FLUMILOG calculation method referenced in Article 5 I.
Battery charging is prohibited outside the charging facility in the event of risks associated with gas emanations. In the absence of such risks, for non-automated storage, a refill area can be arranged by storage cell, provided that it is 3 metres away from any fuel material and is protected against short-circuit risks. In the case of automated storage, it is not necessary to develop such a zone.
V. ― Storages of products that are likely to release flammable dust are equipped with walls or roofs with a burst pressure of less than or equal to 100 mbar, with an area at least equal to that of the roof.
Their tunnels and tunnels of carriers are designed to facilitate any maintenance, repair or cleaning of the carrier elements.
Storages are designed to reduce the number of areas that promote dust build-ups such as horizontal flat surfaces (excluding soils), wall coverings or soils that can not easily be dusted, piping entanglements, remote areas that are difficult to reach, weathered, etc.
The loading and unloading areas of the products are located outside the storage capacity unless they are designed to carry out the transfer operations of the products only by equipment equipped according to Article 15 II.
These loading and unloading areas are cleaned as provided in section 10 and are:
- be sufficiently disaggregated so as to avoid a concentration of dust of 50 g/m3 (this solution can only be adopted if it does not create any inconvenience for the neighborhood and nuisance for sensitive media);
- be equipped with dust, dust removal, dust removal and filtration systems under the conditions provided for in Article 10 II.
The carrying structures of buildings that contain the storage of products that can release flammable dust are made with materials whose minimal reaction characteristic is class A1 (incombustible). The operator is able to justify that the design of these buildings avoids a chain collapse of the structure.
The roof cover system meets the BBROOF class (t3).
Materials used for natural lighting meet the d0 class.
VI. ― Offices and social premises, with the exception of the so-called dock offices, are located in a closed space not less than 10 metres from the storage cells. This distance may be less than 10 metres if the social offices and premises are isolated by a wall to the underside of the roof and intercommunication doors equipped with a door farm, all of which are REI 120, without these premises being contiguous with cells where dangerous materials are present.
It is also possible that offices are located inside a cell. In this case, without prejudice to the provisions of Labour code, for these offices with the exception of the so-called dock offices:
– the ceiling is REI 120;
– the floor is also REI 120 if the offices are located on the floor.
Offices and social premises are remote from the storage facilities of products that may release flammable dust from a distance at least equal to the height of the installations, without being less than 10 metres. If the facility height is greater than 10 metres, this distance is not less than 20 metres.
The provisions of I to III apply to fire-risk premises identified in IV of Article 11 and to closed-covered storages, with the exception of those that may release flammable dust that comply with the provisions of IV.
I. ∙ Township:
Storage cells are divided into defum cantons with a maximum area of 1,600 square metres and a maximum length of 60 metres.
Each cantonment screen is DH 30 with reference to the standard NF EN 12 101-1, version June 2006, and has a minimum height of 1 meter. The distance between the bottom of the screen and the closest point to the storage is greater than or equal to 1 meter. The high level of storage is at least 0.5 metres below the low level of the cantonment screens.
II. - Defumage:
Smoke cantons are partly equipped with natural smoke and heat evacuation devices (DENFC).
The useful surface of a DENFC shall not be less than 1 square metre or greater than 6 square metres. There must be at least one outlet for 250 square meters of roof area.
DENFCs are not located on the roof within 7 metres of the firewalls separating storage cells.
Smoke disposal devices are composed of automatic and manual control outlets. The useful surface of all of these outlets is not less than 2% of the area of each defrosting canton.
The action of a security command cannot be reversed by another command.
In normal operation, rearming (closed) is possible from the building floor, from the defumeration area or from the cell to defumerate in the case of a building divided into several cantons or cells.
DENFC manual controls are easily accessible from building or storage cells. These manual opening controls are installed in accordance with NF S 61-932, December 2008.
The DENFCs, with reference to the standard NF EN 12 101-2, dated October 2003, have the following characteristics:
- Type B opening system (opening + closing);
reliability: RE 300 (300 safety cycles) class;
- classification of snow overload at the opening: SL 250 (25 daN/m2) for altitudes below or equal to 400 metres and SL 500 (50 daN/m2) for altitudes between 400 and 800 metres. Class SL 0 is usable if the location area is not likely to be snowed or if constructive provisions prevent snow accumulation. Above 800 metres, the outlets are SL 500 and installed with constructive provisions preventing snow accumulation;
ambient temperature class T(00);
– heat exposure class B 300.
In the presence of an automatic extinguishing system, the automatic opening devices of the outlets are set so that the opening of the defumming organs cannot occur before the automatic extinction is triggered.
III. ― Fresh air:
Fresh air intakes of an area equal to the surface of the most large canton, cell per cell, are carried out either by openings on the façade or by mouths connected to ducts or by the doors of the cells to be deactivated giving on the outside.
IV. ― Special case of product storages that may release flammable dust:
Overcell galleries, overcell spaces, handling towers and storage cells of products that can release flammable dust are equipped in part high of devices for the natural evacuation of smoke, combustion gas, heat and unburned products in the event of fire.
When these devices are made up of permanent openings, they are continuously distributed either on the perimeter of the part of the building to defum containing these storages or on its two larger opposite lengths.
When these devices are not made up of permanent openings, they are made up of automatic and manual control outlets (DENFC), conforming to the standard NF EN 12101-2, version December 2003. In normal operation, their rearming (closed) is possible from the floor of the premises or from the defensive zone. Their manual opening controls are located near the access and installed in accordance with the NF S 61-932, December 2008.
The useful opening surface of all outlets, including natural smoke and heat evacuation devices, is not less than 1% of the area of the premises.
When the de-swelling devices have not been the subject of a test report for the qualification of their aeraulic efficiency, a penalizing coefficient of 0.5 is assigned to the geometric de-swelling surface.
Air pipes do not cause air circulation in stored products.
They are arranged on a surface equivalent to the useful surface of the outlets.
The opening surface taken into account for the air supply is as low as possible, below the height of the surfaces taken into account for the natural evacuation of smoke and heat.
These devices are continuously distributed either on the perimeter of the building to be deactivated or on its two opposite sides with the largest lengths.
All of these provisions are justified by a certificate of conformity, issued by a competent person in respect of defuming.
The provisions of this section do not apply to storage cells that are not equipped with access to personnel in storage.
I. Accessibility:
The operator shall provide fire and rescue services:
– plans of the premises with a description of the hazards for each local with special risks and the location of fire protection means;
– specific instructions for access to rescue with procedures to access all locations.
The facility has at least access at all times to allow fire and rescue services to be operated.
Vehicles whose presence is related to the operation of the facility station without causing any discomfort for the accessibility of emergency equipment from the external traffic lanes to the installation, even outside the operating and opening hours of the facility.
II. ― Accessibility of equipment near installation:
At least one "machine" track is kept clear for traffic on the perimeter of the facility and is positioned so that it cannot be obstructed by the collapse of any or part of this facility or occupied by the extinction waters.
This "machine" track respects the following characteristics:
- the useful width is at least 6 metres, the free height at a minimum of 4.5 metres and the slope below 15%;
- in the inner radius bends below 50 metres, a minimum R inner radius of 13 metres is maintained and a S = 15/R metres overwidth is added;
– the track is resistant to the bearing force calculated for a 320 kN vehicle with a maximum of 130 kN per axle, with a minimum distance of 3.6 metres;
― each point in the perimeter of the installation is at a maximum distance of 60 metres from that track;
― no obstacle is available between access to the installation or "scale" lanes defined in IV and the "machine" lane.
In the event of the impossibility of setting up a "machine" track allowing traffic on the entire perimeter of the installation and if all or part of the track is stale, the last 40 meters of the part of the stale track are of a minimum useful width of 7 meters and a reversing area within a circle of 20 meters in diameter is expected at its end.
III. ― Displacement of emergency equipment inside the site:
In order to allow the crossing of emergency equipment, any section of "machine" track of more than 100 linear meters has at least two so-called cross-roads, judiciously positioned, presenting the same grades of slope, bearing and free height as the "machine" track and having:
– a minimum useful width of 3 meters in addition to the "machine" track;
– a minimum length of 15 metres.
IV. ― Laddering:
For any installation located in a building of height greater than 8 metres, at least one façade is served by at least one "scale" track allowing the circulation and stationing of the air scales. This "scale" path is directly accessible from the "machine" track defined in II.
From this path, a ladder accessing at least the entire height of the building can be arranged. The track also respects the following characteristics:
― the useful width is at least 4 meters, the length of the parking area at least 10 meters, the slope at a maximum of 10%;
- in the inner radius bends below 50 metres, a minimum R inner radius of 13 metres is maintained and a S = 15/R metres overwidth is added;
- no air obstacle hinders the manoeuvre of these scales vertically across the entire track;
- the distance to the façade is 1 meter minimum and 8 meters maximum for parking parallel to the building and less than 1 meter for parking perpendicular to the building;
– the track is resistant to the carrying force calculated for a 320 kN vehicle with a maximum of 130 kN per axle, with a minimum distance of 3.6 metres and a minimum punching resistance of 88 N/cm2.
In addition, for any installation located in a multi-level building with at least one floor located at a height greater than 8 metres from the level of emergency access, on at least two facades, this "scale" path allows access to openings.
These openings allow at least one access per floor for each façade with a "scale" track and have a minimum height of 1.8 metres and a minimum width of 0.9 metres. Obturation panels or frames that make these access open and remain accessible from outside and inside. They are easily identified from outside by emergency services.
V. ∙ Establishment of the hydraulic system from the equipment:
From each "machine" or "scale" track is provided access to the exits of the building or to the installation by a stabilized path of at least 1.8 metres wide.
The unloading docks are equipped with a 1.8 metre wide and slope ramp of less than or equal to 10%, allowing access to each cell unless there are single-foot access.
I. ― The facility is equipped with appropriate fire-fighting capabilities, including:
a means to alert fire and rescue services;
- one or more fire appliances (e.g. water, poles) equipped with connection sockets with a nominal diameter of 100 or 150 millimetres (DN100 or DN150) conforming to the standards in place to allow the fire and rescue service to feed on these devices. These fire appliances are installed in such a way that any point in the limits of the hazardous areas of the facility identified in section 8 of this Order is within 100 metres of a device to provide a minimum flow rate of 60 cubic metres per hour. The aircraft are remote from a maximum of 150 metres (the distances are measured by the tracks practicable to fire and rescue equipment).
The appliances are powered by an independent network of the industrial water network and guarantee a minimum dynamic pressure of 1 bar without exceeding 8 bars. The flow and quantity of water required for extinction and cooling operations are calculated in accordance with technical document D9 (guide for water dimensioning of the National Institute for Civil Safety Studies, the French Federation of Insurance Societies and the National Centre for Prevention and Protection, September 2001). To meet the calculated requirements, the appliances are powered by the public or private water network, supplemented if necessary by one or more water reserves specific to the site. Each reserve has a truly usable minimum capacity of 120 cubic metres, is equipped with compliant connection outlets and is accessible on an ongoing basis to allow their use by fire and rescue services.
Failing to comply with all the requirements of this paragraph, only a solution that has previously collected the advice of fire and rescue services can be implemented.
The operator is able to justify the effective availability in all circumstances of the quantities and water flows referred to in this paragraph;
– armed fire valves (IRA), located at least close to the origins of the covered storage. They are arranged so that a fireplace can be attacked simultaneously by two lances from two different angles. They are usable during gel periods;
an automatic termination device, where required in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 II of this Order;
- extinguishers distributed inside the facility when it is covered, on the outside areas and in locations with specific risks, close to the clearances, well visible and easily accessible. Extinguishing agents are appropriate to the risks to be combated and compatible with stored materials.
Fire control means are capable of operating effectively regardless of the temperature of the facility and especially during freezing times.
In the event of installation of automatic fire-extinguishing systems, fire-extinguishing systems are designed, installed and maintained regularly in accordance with recognized repositories.
The locations of fire hydrants, RIAs or extinguishers are materialized on soils and buildings (e.g., by means of pictograms).
II. ― For product storage facilities that may release flammable dust with a total capacity of more than 5,000 cubic metres, fire control means are supplemented by at least one dry column to reach the highest point of storage.
I. ― In the parts of the installation referred to in Article 8 and identified as capable of causing an explosion, the electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems conform to the provisions of the Decree No. 96-1010.
The operator maintains a description of the equipment and equipment present in areas where explosions may occur
II. - The provisions of this II shall apply to the storage facilities of products that may release flammable dust.
Devices and protective systems that may cause explosions:
- are at least 1D, 2D or 3D for the group of apparatus II (the letter "D" concerning explosive atmospheres due to the presence of dust) as defined in the Decree No. 96-1010 ;
― or have a leakage corresponding to a minimum IP protection index 5X (deep-protected envelopes) in the case of insulating dust, NF 60-529, June 2000 version, and have a surface temperature equal to the minimum: two-thirds of the cloud ignition temperature and the ignition temperature of 5 millimetres lessed by 75°C.
Materials constituting devices in contact with products are conductive in order to avoid any accumulation of electrostatic loads.
Equipment equipped with internal combustion engines and capable of entering the installations are equipped with sparks.
Vehicle parking is prohibited in facilities.
I. ― Without prejudice to the provisions of Labour code, electrical installations, including pipes, comply with the requirements of Article 422 of NF C 15-100, October 2010 version on fire-risk premises. Electrical pipes are not a possible cause of ignition and are adequately protected against shocks, the spread of flames and the action of the products present in the part of the facility in question.
Metal equipment shall be grounded in accordance with applicable regulations and standards.
The operator shall maintain at the disposal of the inspection of classified facilities the evidence that the electrical installations are carried out in accordance with the applicable rules, maintained in good condition and verified.
The annual audit report by a competent body includes:
- for equipment and equipment present in areas where explosions may occur, the organization's findings as to the conformity of facilities or the measures to be taken to ensure compliance with the provisions of Decree No. 96-1010 ;
― the body's conclusions regarding the conformity of electrical installations throughout the site and, where applicable, the measures to be taken to ensure compliance with the provisions of section 422 of NF C 15-100, version October 2010.
Non-compliances are the subject of a plan of action specifying their timeline; this plan meets the minimum requirements of Labour code.
II. ― In the case of artificial lighting, only electric lighting is allowed.
If the lighting implements technologies that can in case of dysfunction project bursts or hot elements that may be a source of fire (such as hot drops in case of bursting of sodium or mercury vapour lamps), the operator shall make every provision to ensure that all elements are confined to the appliance in case of malfunction.
Electrical sheaths and other electrical pipes are not a possible cause of ignition or leakage and are appropriately protected against shocks, the spread of flames and the action of the products present in the part of the facility in question.
Near at least one exit, is installed a well-reported central switch, allowing to cut the general power supply or each cell.
The heating of the installation and its annexes can only be achieved by hot water, steam produced by a thermal generator or other system with an equivalent degree of safety.
The heating capacity of the dock offices, if available, has the same security assurances as those provided for the premises in which they are located.
In the case of a covered storage, the operator implements the provisions for lightning protection in section III of the above-mentioned Order of October 4, 2010.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Labour code, the premises are properly ventilated to prevent the formation of explosive or toxic atmosphere. The outlet to the atmosphere of the ventilation is placed as far as possible from the buildings inhabited or occupied by third parties and the mouths of external air aspiration, and at a sufficient height given the height of the surrounding buildings in order to promote the dispersion of the gases rejected and at least 1 meter above the ridge.
The form of the evacuation pipe, particularly in the closest part of the outlet to the atmosphere, is designed to maximize the ascent and dispersion of the pollutants in the atmosphere (e.g. the use of hats is prohibited).
Automatic fire detection with operator alarm at all times is mandatory for closed storage facilities, technical premises and offices close to storage.
This detection activates a perceptible alarm at any point in the damaged building.
This detection can be ensured by the automatic extinction system. In this case, the operator ensures that the system allows early detection of any fire start taking into account the nature of the stored products and conducts a technical study to demonstrate it.
The operator lists the detectors with their functionality and determines the maintenance operations to maintain their efficiency over time.
The operator is able to demonstrate the appropriateness of the selected dimensioning for detection devices and, where applicable, extinction.
I. ― Any storage of a liquid that may cause water or soil pollution is associated with a retention capacity that is at least equal to the largest of the following two values:
100% of the capacity of the largest tank;
50% of the total capacity of the associated tanks.
This provision is not applicable to wastewater treatment basins.
For storage of unit capacity receptacles less than or equal to 250 litres, the retention capacity is at least equal to:
- in the case of flammable liquids, 50% of the total capacity of drums;
– in other cases, 20% of the total capacity of the drums;
- in all cases 800 litres minimum or equal to the total capacity when it is less than 800 litres.
II. ― Retention capacity is resistant to products that it may contain and resist the physical and chemical action of fluids. The same applies to its shut-off device which is kept closed.
The leakage of the (or) associated tank(s) may be controlled at any time.
Products recovered in the event of an accident may only be released under conditions consistent with this order or are disposed of as waste.
Containers or containers containing incompatible products are not associated with the same retention.
III. ― When the storage of liquids that may create pollution of the water or soil is in the open air, the retentions are emptied as soon as possible from the rainwaters pouring into it.
IV. ∙ The soil of areas and premises for the storage or handling of hazardous materials for humans or which may create pollution of water or soil is waterproof and equipped so that the washwater and the material may be collected accidentally.
V. ― All measures are taken to collect all waters and flows that are likely to be polluted during a disaster, including water used during a fire, so that they are recovered or treated to prevent pollution of soils, sewers, streams or natural environment. This containment can be achieved by internal or external devices at the facility. Internal devices are prohibited when dangerous substances are stored.
In the event of an external containment device to the installation, the channeled materials are collected, gravelly or through self-sustaining systems, and then converge to this specific capacity. In the event of the use of autonomous lifting systems, the operator is able to justify at any time a rigorous maintenance and maintenance of these devices. Regular tests are also conducted on these equipment.
In case of internal containment, the flow holes are in default closed position. In the event of external containment, the flow holes from these devices are equipped with an automatic shut-off device to ensure this containment when waters that are likely to be polluted are carried. Any means are put in place to avoid the spread of the fire by these flows.
The volume required for this containment is determined as follows. The operator calculates the sum:
– the amount of extinction water needed to fight the fire;
- the volume of product released by this fire;
- the volume of water associated with the weather at 10 litres per square metre of drainage surface to the containment work when the containment is external.
The collected extinction waters are disposed of to the appropriate waste processing channels.
Operations are conducted under the direct or indirect supervision of a person designated by the operator. This person has a knowledge of the dangers and disadvantages caused by the operation of the facility and the products stored, and is aware of the provisions to be implemented in the event of an incident.
People outside the facility do not have free access to facilities.
A height fence greater than or equal to 2 metres is located around the facility, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 13 relating to the accessibility of emergency equipment.
Outside the hours of storage operations, storage monitoring, by guarding or telemonitoring, is put in place. This monitoring is ongoing for closed-covered storages, in particular in order to transmit the alert to fire and rescue services, ensure their on-site reception and allow them access to all locations.
In the parts of the facility identified in section 8, repair or development work may be carried out only after the development of a document or file comprising the following:
- the definition of hazardous activity phases and corresponding specific preventive means;
- the adaptation of equipment, facilities and devices to the nature of the operations to be carried out and the definition of their maintenance conditions;
- the instructions to be given to persons in charge of the work;
– the organization set up to ensure first aid in the event of an emergency;
- when the work is carried out by an external company, the conditions of recourse by the latter to subcontract and the organization established in such a case to ensure the maintenance of security.
This document or file is prepared, based on an analysis of the risks associated with the work, and covered by the operator or by a person appointed by the operator. When the work is carried out by an outside company, the document or record is signed by the operator and the outside company or the persons they have named.
Compliance with previous provisions can be ensured by the development of the prevention plan defined in articles R. 4512-6 et seq. of the Labour Code where this plan is required.
In parts of the facility with fire or explosion risks, it is prohibited to bring fire in any form, except for work that has been the subject of a specific document or record in accordance with the preceding provisions. This prohibition is displayed in apparent characters.
An audit of the successful completion of the work is carried out by the operator or its representative prior to the resumption of the activity. It is registered and is made available for inspection of classified facilities.
The operator ensures or performs the periodic inspection and maintenance of fire safety and control equipment in place (e.g. extinguishments, detection and extinction systems, fire cut-off doors, dry column, fire network) as well as any electrical and heating facilities, in accordance with the existing repositories.
Periodic verifications of these materials are recorded in a register on which follow-ups are also mentioned.
I. ― General Operating Consignees:
Without prejudice to the provisions of Labour code, instructions are established, kept up-to-date and posted in places frequented by staff.
These instructions include:
- the prohibition to bring fire in any form, including the prohibition of smoking in areas with fire or explosion risks;
– the prohibition of any open air burning;
- the obligation to establish a document or record in accordance with the provisions of section 22 for the parties involved in the facility;
– conditions for the conservation and storage of products, including precautions for the use and storage of incompatible products;
- emergency shutdown and installation safety procedures (electricity, fluid networks)
- measures to be taken in case of leakage on a container or piping containing dangerous substances;
- the terms and conditions for the implementation of the segregation devices of the collection network, provided for in Article 20;
- means of extinction to be used in the event of a fire;
- the alert procedure with the telephone numbers of the facility's response officer, fire and rescue services, etc.;
- the obligation to inform the inspection of facilities classified in the event of an accident.
II. ― Additional Consignees for Storage Facilities of Products that May Release Flammable Dusts
The operations of the facilities (starting and stopping, normal operation, maintenance, etc.) and those with dangerous handling are subject to written operating instructions. These instructions include:
- the operating modes;
- the frequency of verification of facilities, safety and limitation and/or treatment of pollution and nuisance generated;
the maintenance program;
― the cleaning dates, the volumes and surfaces to be cleaned, the staff that has the load, the equipment to be used, the procedures of control and cleanliness checks;
- the conditions for the conservation and storage of the products referred to in this II;
– the disposal of foreign bodies within these storages.
All staff, including interim staff, are trained in the application of I and II instructions.
I. ― Covered storage (excluding storages referred to in III):
A minimum distance of 1 metre is maintained between the top of the storage and the base of the roof or ceiling or any heating and lighting system; this distance respects the minimum distance required for the proper operation of the automatic fire suppression system, when it exists.
Materials stored in bulk are also separated from other materials by a minimum space of 3 meters on the open sides or sides.
A minimum distance of 1 metre is respected compared to the walls of the storage space. This distance may be lower for shelving or paletier storage if it is covered by the qualification of the automatic extinction device.
Materials stored in bulk or mass form limited islets as follows:
• the maximum surface of the islets on the ground is 500 square meters;
– the maximum storage height is 8 metres;
– the minimum distance between two islets is 2 meters.
Materials stored in shelving or shearing comply with the following two provisions unless an automatic extinction system is present:
– the maximum storage height is 8 metres;
– the minimum distance between two shelves or two shelves is 2 meters.
The automatic closure of shut-off devices (firewall doors) is not hindered by obstacles.
In addition, for liquid hazardous substances within the meaning of regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 referred to above (with the exception of only corrosive, harmful or irritating) their storage height is limited to 5 metres from the internal soil and preventive and protective means suitable for liquid hazardous substances are put in place.
II. ― External storage:
A minimum distance of 10 metres from the walls of the buildings or their structure is respected for products upstream of the second processing phase of the wood. It is 25 metres in other cases, or greater than the value of the distance allowing the buildings not to be subjected to dominos effects within the meaning of the September 29, 2005 Order generated by the external storages. This distance is determined using the FLUMILOG calculation method referenced in Article 5 I.
The outer storages, whether mass or bulk, form islets that comply with the provisions of the I for covered storages. For products upstream of the second processing phase of wood, these provisions can be adapted as follows:
• the maximum surface of the islets on the ground is 2,500 square meters;
– the maximum storage height is 6 metres;
– the distance between two islets is 10 meters minimum. The distance between two islets can be lower when the two islets are separated by a wall with REI 120 properties overlooking the highest of the two islets of at least 2 meters. Storage is at least 1 metre away from this wall.
III. ― Covered storage of products that may release flammable dust:
Covered storage of products that may release flammable dust is achieved by means of unitary capacities not exceeding 2,000 cubic metres each, remote from each other at least equal to the height of storage facilities without being less than 10 metres.
The operator shall ensure that:
― the storage conditions of the products (storage duration, humidity, temperature, etc.) do not result in fermentations that may cause flammable gas releases or self-ignition;
― the temperature of stored products that can ferment is controlled by suitable and appropriate systems (thermometric waves or thermal cameras);
– products are controlled in moisture before storage so that they are not stored above their maximum moisture percentage.
Temperature and humidity readings are recorded.
IV. ∙ Chemically treated wood storage is prohibited by wet (immersion or aspersion).
The operation of the facility is consistent with the quality and quantity objectives of the waters referred to in Article L. 212-1 of the Environmental Code.
When discharge occurs in a collective purification plant, the operator has an authorization from the station manager specifying the acceptance of effluent.
The sampling is not in an area where permanent quantitative distribution measures have been instituted under Article L. 211-2 of the Environmental Code.
The maximum daily sampling in the public network and/or the natural environment is determined by the operator in its registration application file, but not exceeding 10 m3/day.
Open circuit refrigeration is prohibited.
Water sampling facilities are equipped with a totalizing measuring device. This device is reported weekly. The results are stored on a possible computerized registry and stored in the installation file
In the event of a connection to a public network or on a sheet drilling, the work is equipped with a disconnection device.
The sampling works in watercourses do not interfere with the free flow of water. Only can be constructed in the bed of the watercourse of sampling works that do not require the authorization referred to in Article L. 214-3 of the Environmental Code. The operation of these works is in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 214-18.
All drilling is consistent with the provisions of Article L. 411-1 of the mining code.
During the construction of watersheds, all measures are taken to prevent the transmission of separate water tablecloths and to prevent any introduction of surface pollution, including appropriate adaptation to storage or use of hazardous substances.
In the event of termination of use of drilling, appropriate measures are being implemented to prevent groundwater pollution.
The realization of any new drilling or decommissioning of a drilling is brought to the attention of the prefect with all the elements of assessing the hydrogeological impact.
Direct connections between effluent collection networks to be treated or destroyed and the receiving environment are prohibited, with the exception of accidental cases where the safety of individuals or facilities would be compromised.
Aqueous effluent discharged by facilities is not likely to degrade the facility's networks or to release toxic or flammable products in these networks, possibly by mixing with other effluents. These effluents do not contain substances that hinder the proper operation of the site's processing facilities.
The effluent collection network plan shows the sectors collected, the points of connection, looks, swallows, lifting stations, measuring stations, manual and automatic valves. It is retained in the installation file.
Release points in the natural environment are as small as possible.
Releases allow good effluent diffusion in the receiving environment and minimize the mixing area.
Residual water discharge devices are designed to minimize the disruption to the receiving environment, at the edge of the discharge point, depending on the use of the water in the immediate vicinity and at the end of the receiving environment, and not to hinder navigation.
Each effluent discharge pipe is provided with a sample sampling point and measuring points (debit, temperature, polluting concentration, etc.). These points are designed to be easily accessible and to allow safe interventions.
I. ― Unclean rainwaters that do not alter their original quality are evacuated by a specific network.
II. ― Rainwater that is likely to be polluted, including by runoff on traffic lanes, parking, loading and unloading areas, storage areas and other waterproof surfaces, are collected by a specific network and processed by one or more appropriate treatment devices to treat pollutants in the presence.
These equipment are drained (hydrocarbons and sludges) and cured when the volume of sludge reaches half of the useful volume of the sludge and, in all cases, at least once a year, unless the operator's justification for the carry-over of the sludge is provided on the basis of regular visual inspections recorded and held at the disposal of the inspection. In any case, the postponement of this operation will not exceed two years. Follow-up sheets for the cleaning of deciant-separators of hydrocarbons, the standard compliance certificate, and waste-processing slips destroyed or retired are required for inspection of classified facilities.
III. – The treatment devices referred to in II conform to the standard NF P 16-442, November 2007 or any other equivalent European or international standard.
Direct or indirect discharges of effluent to groundwater are prohibited.
All aqueous effluents are channeled.
Dilution of effluent is prohibited.
The waters released in the natural environment shall comply with the following conditions, subject to the compatibility of the discharges with the pollution levels defined below with the quality and quantity objectives of the waters referred to in Article L. 212-1 of the Environmental Code:
- content of suspended material less than 35 mg/l;
- chemical oxygen content on non-decisive effluent (DCO) below 125 mg/l;
- hydrocarbon content less than 10 mg/l.
Residual waters also meet the following requirements:
― effluent that does not cause persistent dyes in the receiving environment and does not emit odor;
- temperature below 30 °C;
pH between 5.5 and 8.5;
- biochemical oxygen content on non-decisive effluent (DBO5) less than 30 mg/l.
The limit values above apply to average samples, measurements or analyses made over 24 hours.
Waste, waste, effluent and by-products is prohibited.
Dusts, gaseous pollutants or odors are collected at the source and channeled, except in the case of a justified technical impossibility. The collected effluents are released to the atmosphere, after possible treatment, under conditions that allow the discharge to be properly distributed. Storages of pulverulent, volatile or fragrant products, which may lead to diffuse emissions of pollutants in the atmosphere, are confined (recipients, silos, closed buildings, etc.). Handling facilities, transvasion, transport of these products are, unless justified technical impossibility, equipped with capture and suction devices to reduce emissions in the atmosphere. If necessary, the suction devices shall be connected to a effluent treatment facility to comply with the provisions of this Order. The associated equipment and facilities meet the prevention of fire and explosion hazards.
The storage of other bulk products is carried out to the extent possible in closed spaces. In the absence of this, special provisions at both the design and construction level (wind-based installation, etc.) and operation are implemented.
When the storage of pulverulent products is done in the open air, a storage humidification or a spray of additives to limit flares in dry weather is performed.
All necessary steps are taken to ensure that the establishment is not responsible for the issuance of odorous gases that may impair the neighbourhood and harm public health and safety.
Direct or indirect releases to soils are prohibited.
I. ∙ Noise limit values:
The sound emissions of the facility are not at the origin, in the regulated-emerged areas, of an emergence greater than the eligible values defined in the following table:
| Higher than 35 and less than or equal to 45 dB(A) | 6 dB(A) | 4 dB(A) |
| Higher than 45 dB(A) | 5 dB(A) | 3 dB(A) |
The operator shall make all necessary arrangements in the design and operation of its facilities to ensure the proper management of waste and by-products of its undertaking, including:
∙ limit the quantity and toxicity of waste to the source by adopting clean technologies;
― sorting, recycling, recycling waste;
ensuring the treatment or pre-treatment of its waste, including by means of physico-chemical, biological or thermal treatment;
― ensuring, for the ultimate waste whose volume is strictly limited, storage under conditions that prevent pollution and accident risks.
I. ― The operator shall segregate waste (dangerous or non-dangerous) within the facility to facilitate their processing or disposal in specific industries.
Wastes are stored, prior to revalorization or disposal, under conditions that do not pose a risk of pollution (prevention of meteoric water leaching, surface and groundwater pollution, flight and odours) for neighbouring populations and the environment.
Temporary storage, before recycling or disposal of hazardous wastes, is carried out on watertight and protected storage cuvettes of meteoric water.
II. ― All arrangements are made to ensure that waste storage devices are not a source of inconvenience or nuisance for the neighbourhood and do not result in water or soil pollution by runoff or infiltration. Discharge in the natural environment of overflows of storage works is prohibited. Free air storage works are prohibited from accessing unauthorized third parties.
III. ― The quantity stored on the site does not exceed the monthly capacity produced for waste and the capacity produced in six months for by-products or, in case of external processing, a normal batch of shipment to the management facility without being able to exceed one year. The operator assesses this amount and makes the results of this assessment available to the inspection of classified facilities, along with its supporting documentation.
Wastes that cannot be valued are disposed of in regulated facilities in accordance with the environmental code. The operator is able to justify the removal on request of the inspection of classified facilities.
The operator sets up a register characterizing and quantifying all hazardous waste generated by its activities (nature, tonnage, disposal industry, etc.). It issues a tracking slip as soon as it delivers these waste to a third party.
Any open air burn is prohibited.
The Director General of Risk Prevention is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
A N N E X E S
A N N E X E I
TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
The facility is built, equipped and operated so that its operation is not at the origin of vibrations in the surrounding constructions that could compromise the health or safety of the neighbourhood or create a nuisance for the neighbourhood.
The particulate velocity of the emitted vibrations measured by the method defined in this annex shall not exceed the values defined below.
1. Limit values of particulate speed
1.1. Continuous or assimilated sources
Are considered continuous or assimilated sources:
- all machines emitting vibrations continuously;
― sources emitting pulses at fairly short intervals without limiting the number of emissions.
The limit values applicable to each of the three components of the vibration movement are as follows:
| Resistant constructions | 5 mm/s | 6 mm/s | 8 mm/s |
| Sensitive construction | 3 mm/s | 5 mm/s | 6 mm/s |
| Very sensitive constructions | 2 mm/s | 3 mm/s | 4 mm/s |
1.2. Repeated pulse sources
Repetitive pulses are considered to be pulsed sources, with a limited number of pulses at short intervals but greater than 1 s and less than 500 ms.
The limit values applicable to each of the three components of the vibration movement are as follows:
| Resistant constructions | 8 mm/s | 12 mm/s | 15 mm/s |
| Sensitive construction | 6 mm/s | 9 mm/s | 12 mm/s |
| Very sensitive constructions | 4 mm/s | 6 mm/s | 9 mm/s |
2. Construction classification
For the application of particulate speed limits, constructions are classified into three categories according to their level of resistance:
• Resistant constructions: constructions of classes 1 to 4 defined by Circular No. 23 of 23 July 1986 on mechanical vibrations emitted in the environment by installations classified for environmental protection;
• sensitive constructions: constructions of classes 5 to 8 defined by circular 23 of 23 July 1986;
― very sensitive constructions: constructions of classes 9 to 13 defined by circular 23 of 23 July 1986.
The following constructions are excluded from this classification:
- nuclear reactors and their associated installations;
- general safety facilities except for the constructions that contain them;
– dams, bridges;
• water castles;
- large-range transport facilities of gases or liquids other than water and water pipes under pressure greater than one metre;
– storage tanks for gas, liquid hydrocarbons or cereals;
- railway or road tunnels and other underground works of similar importance;
― harbour works such as dikes, docks and works located at sea, including drilling platforms,
for which the study of vibration effects is entrusted to a qualified body. The choice of this body is approved by inspection of classified facilities.
3. Method of measurement
3.1. Basic elements
The movement in one point of a construction is recorded in three rectangular directions, one vertical, the other two directions being defined in relation to the horizontal axes of the work studied without taking into account the azimut.
The sensors are placed on the main element of the construction (window support of a carrying wall, support point on the metal frame or concrete in the case of a modern construction).
3.2. Measuring apparatus
The measuring string to be used allows the recording, depending on time, of the particulate speed in the frequency band from 4 Hz to 150 Hz for the amplitudes of this speed between 0.1 mm/s and 50 mm/s. The chain dynamic is at least 54 dB.
3.3. Operational conditions
The sensors are completely supportive of their support. They are not installed on the coatings (zinc, plaster, tiles, etc.) that can act as vibration filters or cause parasites vibration if these coatings are not well in solidarity with the main element of the construction. Unless specifically justified, a measure of existing agitations outside the operation of the source is performed.
A N N E X E I
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS
EXISTING INSTALLATIONS
The provisions of Appendix II shall apply to existing facilities regularly authorized prior to the effective date of this Order according to the following schedule:
| II of Article 4 (documents of the record, except for those expiring on July 1, 2015) and III of Article 4, last paragraph (dossier à disposition de l'inspection) | II of Article 4 (documents of the record) |
| Article 7 (property of facilities) | A of Article 10, II (property of product storages that may release flammable dust, organizational measures) |
| Article 8 (Risk location) | I of Article 14: paragraphs 2 (e.g. emergency service alert), 9 (e.g. fire extinguishers) and 12 (e.g. fire-fighting facilities) |
| Article 9 (statement of hazardous substances) | I of Article 16, with the exception of the first paragraph (electrical installations, checks and grounding) |
| I of Article 10 (property – generality) | II of Article 16: paragraphs 1 and 2 (electrical lighting) |
| I of Article 13 (Fire accessibility) | Article 17 (landing) |
| II of Article 15: two last paragraphs (vehicles in the storage areas of products likely to release flammable dust) | Article 19 (fire detection) |
| I to IV of Article 20 (retentions) | Article 21: paragraphs 2 (no free access to foreign persons) and 4 (surveillance of off-farm facilities) |
| Article 21: paragraph 1 (monitoring of operating facilities) | II of Article 24 (Special operating requirements for the storage of products that may release flammable dust) |
| Article 22 (travaux) | Article 27: paragraph 3 (open circuit refrigeration) |
| Article 23 (maintenance) | Article 30: paragraph 3 (the collection network plan) |
| I of Article 24 (General Operating Agreements) | II of Article 33 ( pluvial water likely to be polluted) |
| IV of Article 25 (chemically treated wood storage) | |
| Article 36 (cleaning) | |
| Articles 41 to 43 (waste) | |
Done on September 11, 2013.
For the Minister and by delegation:
Director General
risk prevention,
P. White
