(1)N0 Ammonium Nitrate shall be manufactured or converted except under supervision of a competent person.
Explanation. — The competent person referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be a person with degree or diploma in engineering or graduate in science having minimum five years’ experience in chemical or explOsives industry as an essential qualification and diploma in industrial safety as an optional qualification and shall be employed by the licensee to ensure compliance of safety norms for‘manufacture and conversion of the Ammonium Nitrate.
(2) All operations associated with stevedoring, bagging, handling, transport and use of Ammonium Nitrate in any building or part thereof shall be carried out under the supervision of a person employed by the licenee holder who is conversant with the process thereof and the hazards connected therewith and the provisions of these rules.
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8. Packing of Ammonium N1t1ate«-No person shall impoit,exp01t, transport, possess or sell Ammenium Nitrate unless;
(a) it is duly packed1n a suitable waterproof bag or container or is suitably bagged. by stevedore or converter;
(b) the container 01' package is marked in accordance with the provisions of rule 8;
(c) the packages conform to the relevant standard of Bureau of Indian Standards or other standards accepted and approved by the ChiefController; and
(d) the packages of Ammonium Nitrate for export or import conform to the requirements of the tests as specified under International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (hereinafter referred to as the IMDG Code in these rules) or United Nations recommendations ‘on the transport of Dangerous Goods
9. Marking 0n Ammonium Nitrate packages~—
(1) Each bag 01 container containing Ammonium Nitrate shall be marked in conspicuous indelible characters, by means of stamping or painting with ~
(a) the words “AMMONTUM NITRATE”;
(b) purity in percentage;
(0) the name, address and licence number of manufacturer or converter or importer;
(d) identification number of the package or bar coding;
(e) the net weight of Ammonium Nitrate;
(f) gross weight of the package;
(g) date ot‘bagging and batch number;
(h) name, address, licence number and unique identification number of stevedoring agent, if any“
(2) The bags shall be serially numbered with date of bagging by means of stencilling, barucoding, by RFID tags or any other means by the manufacturer or importer as directed by the Chief Controller.
10. Recovery of Spillage during handiing.——- If any spillage occurs during the process of handling of Ammonium Nitrate at any stage, 2545 Gl/2012—13 98 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART li——SEC. 3(1)} it should be carefully collected and bagged and accounted for and the spillage, if not contaminated, may be transferred expeditiously only to a licensee after proper accounting.
1.1. Speeiai precautions against accident."—
(1) No person shall commit or attempt to commit any act which may tend to cause a fire or explosion in or about any place where the Ammonium Nitrate is manufactured, converted, bagged, stored or transported.
(2) Every person possessing Ammonium Nitrate and every person in charge of or engaged in the import, export, manufacture, conversion, bagging, sale, transport or handling of the Ammonium Nitrate shall at all times comply with the provisions of these Ruies and the conditions of the licence relating thereto and observe all due precautions for the prevention of thefts or accidents by fire or explosion.
(3) The premises used for storage of the Ammonium Nitrate shall not be used for storage of' any other materials including fertilizers. ‘
(4) Every person Shall prevent any other person from committing any such act as is prohibited under sub—rule (1) 12?; Restrietien 1111 unauthorised persons, provision of guards and safety distance 1111' storehouse— \ {1) The licence holder shall at his own expense provide security guards for safe custody of Ammonium Nitrate stored in a storeh ouse.
(2) For the purposes of sub—rule (1), the security guards shall be of such strength as the District Authority may consider it to be sufficient.
(3) The premises used for manufacture of the Ammonium Nitrate or conversion of the melt into solid form of Ammonium Nitrate or Vice versa and the storehouse shall be surrounded by a wall of at [111:1 1h Eve 3(1)] 111111 61111161111 13111111101 ()9 least two metres height of such strength and construction as to effectively prevent entry of unauthorised persons. 1.
(4) (a) The Ammionium Nitrate storehouse shall maintain;
(i) for storage not exceeding 30 MT Safety Distance of 4.5 metres from st01e housse to the compound wall and 45 metres frotm any protected works;
(ii) for st01age exceeding 30 MT, Safety Distance of 9 metres from storehouse to the compound wall and 90 metres from any protected works; '
(b) the storehouse may be adjacent to the baggingunit of the manufacturing, conversion 01 explosives or nitrous oxide manufacturing plants, but shall observe the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) of sub—rule (a) of rule 4.
Note: The safety distance shall be measured from the edge ofthe torehouse.
(5) (a) The storehofuse shall be;
(i) construf ted at ground level without any mezzanine floor, upper 111101 or any basement; I
(ii) with thh floor(plinth) level not less than forty five centimetgres from the ground level and well ventilated;
(iii) with a1 least 23 centimetres thick walls built of brick or stone ntortar, or concrete and with roof of RCC or AsbestQ/s or Fibre or G1 sheet;
(iv) with/‘Vsuffieient numbers of doors made of steel of minij/um three millimetres thick and opening outwards;
(b) Notwitk standing anything contained in subclause (iii) storehouse f stevedore may be a shed without side walls.
(6) Any storehause used for possession for sale or possession for use of Ammonium Nitrate shall have a floor area not less than one square metre per Metric Tonne of Ammonium Nitrate and the 100 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY _ [PARI I]———SEC. 30)] stOIehouse total holding capacity shall not exceed 5000 MT storage: ,
Provided that one stack of bagged Ammonium Nitrate shall not exceed 200 MT and a minimum clearance of two metres shall be maintained between the adjacent stacks and at least 0.6 metre wide gangway shall be maintained between the stacks and the walls 0f the storehouse
Provided further that the maximum staekyheight shall not exceed 2.5metres from the floor level and the same shall be prominently marked on the walls of the storehoUse
(7) The storehouse shall be protected against lightning as per IS 2309
(8) The storage tank meant for storage of Ammonium Nitrate melt shall be —
(i) constructed of stainless steel or any other compatible material according to sound engineering praetice conforming to a national or international code accept d by the Chief Controller and adequately insulated and suEported so as to ensure safety and stability during loading a d unloading of Ammonium Nitrate melt into or from such st rage tank;
(ii) with a secondary containment in the form 0 dyke enclosure made of cement concrete and its holding cap‘ city shall not be less than the capacity of the largest tank situited within such enclosure; 1
(iii)observing Safety Distance of 4. 5 memes within the compound wall and plant facilities and 45 n1etres from any protectedworks;1
(iv) with single storage tank capacity not exceedingNZOOMT; and (V) provided with a suitable hard stand adjacent to t for loading and unloading and such a hard stand shall be located so that its centre maintains a minimum safety distance of 4Smetres all around. ‘ E3, Prohibition of certain acts -— No person shall _.__ 1' [um {Pave 3m] arm amW :amtw 101
(i) provide false or misleading information or declaration in any application made or statement submitted under these rules; or
(ii) falsify, erase 0r fraudulently alter any entry in any log book, document or other record required to be kept or maintained under these rules; or
(iii)change or alter any licence, or other documents issued under these rules.