This guide will assist operators of dangerous goods sites in Western Australia to complete a risk assessment under the Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of Non-Explosives) Regulations 2007 (the regulations) and demonstrate minimising risk to people, property and the environment under Section 8 of the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 (the Act). In particular, this guide will assist those storing and handling dangerous goods in quantities exceeding those specified as “manifest quantities” in Schedule 1 of the Regulations to comply with regulation 48 relating to risk assessment.
It will also assist applicants for a dangerous goods site licence to comply with their duty to supply a risk assessment under regulation 26(2)(b).