PART 7.5. REFINERY AND CHEMICAL PLANTS [7850. - 7873.]

Part 7.5 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1632, Sec. 1.

§§ 7850–7873 · 21 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General §§ 7850–7853 · 4 sections

   • § 7850 This part shall be known and cited as the California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990.
   • § 7851 The Legislature finds and declares that because of the potentially hazardous nature of handling large quantities of chemicals and recent disasters involving…
   • § 7852 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part, that the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board and the Division of Occupational Safety…
   • § 7853 For the purposes of this part: (a) “Biofuel” means biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable aviation fuel, or other liquid products derived from alternative…
2. CHAPTER 2. Process Safety Management Standards §§ 7855–7873 · 17 sections

   • § 7855 The purpose of this chapter is to prevent or minimize the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, flammable, or explosive chemicals. The establishment…
   • § 7856 (a) By March 31, 2014, the board shall adopt process safety management standards for refineries, chemical plants, and other manufacturing facilities, as…
   • § 7857 The process safety management standards shall include provisions dealing with the items prescribed by Sections 7858 to 7868, inclusive, of this chapter.
   • § 7858 The employer shall develop and maintain a compilation of written safety information to enable the employer and the employees operating the process to identify…
   • § 7859 The employer shall perform a hazard analysis for identifying, evaluating, and controlling hazards involved in the process. The employer shall provide for the…
   • § 7860 (a) The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each…
   • § 7861 (a) Each employee whose primary duties include the operating or maintenance of a process, and each employee prior to assuming operations and maintenance duties…
   • § 7862 (a) The employer shall inform contractors performing work on, or near, a process of the known potential fire, explosion, or toxic release hazards related to…
   • § 7863 The employer shall perform a prestartup safety review for new facilities and for modified facilities for which the modification necessitates a change in the…
   • § 7864 The employer shall establish and implement written procedures and inspection and testing programs to maintain the ongoing integrity of process equipment. These…
   • § 7865 The employer shall develop and implement a written procedure governing the issuance of “hot work” permits. “Hot work” includes electric or gas welding,…
   • § 7866 The employer shall establish and implement written procedures to manage changes, except for replacements in kind, to process chemicals, technology, and…
   • § 7867 The employer shall establish a written procedure for investigating every incident which results in, or, as determined by board criteria, could reasonably have…
   • § 7868 The employer shall establish and implement an emergency action plan. The employer may use the business plan for emergency response submitted pursuant to…
   • § 7870 Notwithstanding the availability of federal funds to carry out the purposes of this part, the division shall annually fix and collect reasonable fees for…
   • § 7872 (a) As used in this section and in Section 7873, “turnaround” means a planned, periodic shutdown, total or partial, of a refinery process unit or plant to…
   • § 7873 (a) As used in this section, “trade secret” means a trade secret as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 7924.510 of the Government Code or Section 1061 of…