DOCUMENTS: - SAFETY
Legislative Decree 626/94 and its amendments, which implemented EU directives, already provided for various elements of the SGS, such as risk assessment, the Protection and Prevention Service, etc.
In Europe, the U.E. 96/82 so-called "Seveso bis" and, in Italy, its decree implementing Legislative Decree 334/99, had foreseen the obligation to adopt the Safety Management System for those establishments, in which they find themselves (not only in normal, but also abnormal and emergency operating conditions, in certain quantities, dangerous substances (such as raw materials, products, by-products, residues, intermediates).
In the USA, companies that operate with specific substances in quantities exceeding established limits must comply with the EPA RMP regulation which provides for the preparation of a "Risk Management Plan" (RMP). More than 66,000 plants were required to implement the RMP by June 1999.
In addition, companies that are subject to the "Program 2" and "Program 3" (v.40 C.F.R.§68.12 and 68.15) must prepare the Security Management System to implement the risk management program.
This general obligation is specified in guidelines that particular industrial sectors, such as American Petroleum Institute (API) and Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), have taken steps to draft.
It seems obvious but it is always important to remember that in our current Company it is not just the Law and the Control Authority that require companies to take all necessary actions to reduce the possibility of any accidents.
Companies do not operate in isolation, and there are different parties that have or may have legitimate interests in the approach that the company has to security problems.
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