BVT-Merkblatt zu Abwasser- und Abgasbehandlung

Annexes
an equivalent fire-resistance coefficient. The screen has a height of at least 2 m and must exceed
the maximum height of the receptacles or containers stored by at least 0.5 m.
§ 3. The aforementioned minimum separation distances may be diverted from in the environmental
licence, if necessary and in particular on the basis of the results specified in the safety
report or on the basis of a risk analysis drawn up by an expert accredited for the discipline external
safety and risks for serious accidents.
§ 4. Unless specified otherwise in the environmental licence, the stipulations of distances to be
observed do not apply to:
1. products stored in laboratories
2. products for which the total storage capacity for a specific main property per storage facility
is less than the lower limit indicated in category 3 of the corresponding classification section
3. storage facilities as referred to in section 17.4.
Art. 5.17.1.7
§ 1. The necessary measures (e.g. earthing) must be taken to prevent the formation of hazardous
electrostatic charges with the storage and handling of explosive, extremely flammable, highly
flammable and flammable products.
§ 2. The spaces where hazardous products are stored may only be heated by means of appliances
of which the location and use offer sufficient guarantees against any fire hazard or danger
of explosion.
§ 3. In the spaces where hazardous products are stored:
1. no work may be carried out for which the use is required of an appliance that works with naked
flame or which may generate sparks, with the exception of maintenance and/or repair
work, on the condition that the necessary precautions have been taken and subject to instructions
in writing being drawn up and/or initialled by the head of the Prevention and Protection
Department or by the operator
2. a smoking ban applies; this smoking ban must be indicated in clearly readable letters or with
the regulatory signs on the outside of the entrance doors and inside the spaces in question;
the obligation to post the prescribed "no smoking" pictogram does not apply if this pictogram
is posted at the entrance to the enterprise and if the ban on smoking and on open fire applies
for the whole of the enterprise
3. the chimney stacks and the discharge ducts for the extracted vapours and emanations must be
made of non-combustible or self-extinguishing materials.
§ 4. It is forbidden:
1. to smoke, light a fire or store combustible substances above or near the containers, near the
pumps, the piping, the dispensing units, the filling areas and the unloading site for road tankers,
within the bounds of the zoned locations as shown in the zoning plan, and demarcated
according to the general regulations for electrical installations
2. to wear shoes or clothing that may cause sparkover in the places that are not accessible to the
public.
3. to store flammable products in any location within the establishment where temperatures
may exceed 40 °C as a result of heat generated by technological means.
§ 5. The prohibitory rules indicated in § 4 must be made clear using safety pictograms in keeping
with the Labour Welfare Code, to the extent that such pictograms are available.
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