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SCHEDULE - 6
[ See rule 6(2) ]
Composition of the State Crisis Group
1.Chief Secretary Chair person
2.Secretary (Labour) Member-secretary
3.Secretary (Environment) Member
4.Secretary (Health) "
5.Secretary (Industries) "
6.Secretary (Public Health Engg.) "
7.Chairman, State Pollution Control "Board
8.4-Experts (Industrial Safety & Health ) to be nominated by the State Government.
9.Secretary/Commissioner(Transport) "
10.Director (Industrial Safety)/ " Chief Inspector of Factories
11.Fire Chief "
12.Commissioner of Police "
13.One Representative from the "Industry to be nominated by the State Govt.
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Functions of the State Crisis Group
.The State Crisis Group shall be the apex body in the State to deal with major chemical accidents and to provide expert guidance for handling major chemical accidents.
Without prejudice to the functions specified under sub-rule(1), the State Crisis Group shall,-
1.review all district off-site emergency plans in the State with a view to examine its adequacy in accordance with the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals, Rules and forward a report to the Central Crisis Group once in three months;
2.assist the State Government in managing chemical accidents at a site;
3.assist the State Government in the planning, preparedness and mitigation of major chemical accidents at a site in the State;
4.continuously monitor the post accident situation arising out of a major chemical accident in the State and forward a report to the Central Crisis Group;
5.review the progress report submitted by the District Crisis groups;
6.respond to queries addressed to it by the District Crisis groups;
7.publish a list of experts and officials in the State who are concerned with the management of chemical accidents.
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SCHEDULE - 7
[ See rule 8 ]
Composition of The District Crisis Group
1.District Collector Chair person
2.Inspector of Factories Member-Secretary
3.District Emergency Officer Member
4.Chief Fire Officer "
5.District Information Officer "
6.Controller of Explosives "
7.Chief, Civil defense "
8.One Representative of Trade " Unions to be nominated by the District Collector
9.Deputy Superintendent of Police "
10.District Health Officer/Chief " Medical Officer
11.Commissioner, Municipal " Corporations
12.One Representative of "Industry to be nominated by the District Collector
13.Representative of the Department " of Public Health Engineering
14.Representative of Pollution " Control Board
15.District Agriculture Officer "
16.4 Experts (Industrial Safety " & Health) to be nominated by the District Collector.
17.Commissioner (Transport) "
18.Chair-person/Member-Secretary of " Local Crisis Groups
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Functions of the District Crisis Group
.The District Crisis Group shall be the apex body in the district to deal with major chemical accidents and to provide expert guidance for handling chemical accidents;
Without prejudice to the functions specified under sub-rule (1), the District Crisis Group shall,-
1.assist in the preparation of the district off-site emergency plan;
2.review all the on-site emergency plans prepared by the occupier of Major Accident Hazards installation for the preparation of the district off-site emergency plan;
3.assist the district administration in the management of chemical accidents at a site lying within the district;
4.continuously monitor every chemical accident;
5.ensure continuous information flow from the district to the Centre and State CrisisGroup regarding accident situation and mitigation efforts;
6.forward a report of the chemical accident within fifteen days to the State Crisis Group;
7.conduct at least one full scale mock-drill of a chemical accident at a site each year and forward a report of the strength and the weakness of the plan to the State Crisis Group.
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SCHEDULE - 8
[ See rule 8 ]
Composition of the Local Crisis Groups
1.Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ Chair-person District Emergency Authority
2.Inspector of Factories Member-secretary
3.Industries in the District/ Member Industrial area/industrial pocket
4.Transporters of Hazardous " Chemicals ( 2 Numbers)
5.Fire Officer "
6.Station House Officer(Police) "
7.Block Development Officer "
8.One Representative of Civil " defense
9.Primary Health Officer "
10.Editor of local News paper "
11.Community leader/Sarpanch/ " Village Pradhan nominated by Chair-person
12.One Representative of Non- " Government Organisation to be nominated by the Chair-person
13.Two Doctors eminent in the " Local area, to be nominated by the chair-person
14.Two Social Workers tobe nominated by the Chair- person
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Functions of the Local Crisis Group
.The Local Crisis Group shall be the body in the industrial pocket to deal with chemical accidents and coordinate efforts in planning preparedness and mitigation of a chemical accident;
Without prejudice to the functions specified under sub-rule (1), the Local Crisis Group shall,-
1.prepare local emergency plan for the industrial pocket;
2.ensure dovetailing of the local emergency plan with the district off-site emergency plan;
3.train personnel involved in chemical accident management;
4.educate the population likely to be affected in a chemical accident about the remedies and existing preparedness in the area;
5.conduct at least one full scale mock- drill of a chemical accident at a site every six months and forward a report to the District Crisis Group;
6.respond to all public inquiries on the subject.
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