Explosives Regulations, 2013 — 60
Information 60 (1) An applicant for a division 1 factory licence or a satellite site certificate must complete, sign and send to the Chief Inspector of Explosives the application form provided by the Department of Natural Resources. The application must state whether a licence or a certificate is requested and must include the following information: (a) the name, address, telephone number and email address of both the applicant and a contact person; (b) each type of explosive to be manufactured; (c) if the application is for a satellite site certificate, the number of the applicant’s division 1 factory licence and the dates on which the operations at the satellite site will begin and end; (d) the address of the factory or satellite site; and (e) the name, address, telephone number and email address of a contact person at the factory or satellite site. Plans and sketches (2) The application must include the following documents: (a) a factory site and area plan or a satellite site and area plan that shows (i) the topography of the site, (ii) the location of every process unit, factory magazine and raw material storage facility, and every building or structure that contains such a unit, magazine or facility, (iii) the location of any other building or structure, and (iv) the distance in metres between each process unit, factory magazine, raw material storage facility, building and structure; (v) the area surrounding the site that is exposed to the hazards (for example, debris or blast effect) that could result from an ignition of the explosives to be manufactured or stored at the site, (vi) each vulnerable place within that area, and (vii) the distance in metres between each vulnerable place and each process unit, factory magazine and raw material storage facility; (b) layout sketches, diagrams or drawings that show (i) the workplace areas, storage areas and emergency exits of every process unit, factory magazine, raw material storage facility and every building or structure that contains such a unit, magazine or facility, (ii) the equipment to be used in each process unit, including piping and instrumentation diagrams and equipment layout drawings, and (iii) the manufacturing operations to be carried out, including process flow sheets or process schematic drawings. Site description (3) The application must include the following information about the factory or satellite site: (a) its geographical coordinates; (b) the size of, and construction materials used for, each building at the site and all lighting, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, electrical installations, grounding and measures for protection from fire and lightning; (c) a description of all site and building security features (for example, fencing, barriers and warning signs); (d) a description of the principal manufacturing equipment to be used and its safety features; (e) a description of each mobile process unit to be used; (f) a description of any other mobile equipment, including transport units, to be used and how the equipment will be powered; and (g) a description of any safety features at the site to be put in place to minimize the likelihood of harm to people or property (for example, diking, sumps, blowout panels, means of blast containment, barriers, alarms or pressure relief and control systems). Client site (4) If the manufacture of explosives is to be carried out at a client site, the application must include the following information: (a) the name, address, telephone number and email address of a contact person at the client site; (b) a description of the client site; (c) the distance in kilometres between the factory and the client site; and (d) the distance in kilometres between any satellite site and the client site. Explosives description (5) The application must include a description that sets out, (a) for each explosive to be manufactured at the factory, a satellite site or a client site, (i) its product name and its UN proper shi