Filling and storage of LPG cylinders at Port Botany
13AB Filling and storage of LPG cylinders at Port Botany
The filling of gas cylinders with liquefied petroleum gas and the storage of the filled gas cylinders at Port Botany.
The cylinders must be filled and stored on a dedicated area paved with concrete or bituminous surfaces.
A hazard analysis prepared in accordance with the Hazardous Industry Planning Advisory Paper No 6: Hazard Analysis, dated January 2011 and published on the Department’s website, by a person approved by the Planning Secretary must demonstrate that—
the development meets the applicable risk criteria set out in the Hazardous Industry Planning Advisory Paper No 4: Risk Criteria for Land Use Safety Planning, dated January 2011 and published on the Department’s website, and
the development will not cause—
an increase in the individual risk levels shown in the Port Botany LUSS, Figure 2, or
societal risk to exceed the ALARP band shown in the Port Botany LUSS, Figure 9.
The hazard analysis must be prepared in relation to the most hazardous substance proposed to be stored in the tanks.
A fire safety study must be prepared in accordance with the Hazardous Industry Planning Advisory Paper No 2: Fire Safety Study Guidelines, dated January 2011 and published on the Department’s website, by a person approved by the Planning Secretary.
A hazard and operability study must be prepared in accordance with the Hazardous Industry Planning Advisory Paper No 8: HAZOP Guidelines, dated January 2011 and published on the Department’s website, by a person approved by the Planning Secretary.
The development must—
be ancillary to an existing facility for bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas at Port Botany, and
not operate as a gas bottle exchange for the public, and
comply with—
AS/NZS 1596:2014, The storage and handling of LP Gas, and
AS 4332—2004, The storage and handling of gases in cylinders, and
the recommendations, if any, made by the studies in relation to the development, and
be carried out on the site of a bulk liquid storage facility, and
not have previously been carried out on the site, whether or not as complying development.
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