As of 1 January 2021, organisations intending to register major hazard facilities (MHFs) in the Russian state MHF registry, are required to follow the revised registration procedure. The adoption of the revised registration procedure does not impact any existing and valid registrations.
The adopted registration procedure applies to all organisations intending to operate any MHIs in the Russian Federation.
The competent authority that is responsible for registering MHIs is the Federal Service on Ecological, Technological and Atomic Supervision (RosTechNadzor).
In order to register a major hazard installation in the state registry, the operator must submit certain information to the competent authority. The information includes:
a) the name and location of the major hazard installation (facility);
b) hazardous properties of the major hazard installation (facility);
c) hazard class of the major hazard installation (facility);
d) classification of the major hazard installation (facility);
e) the types of activities for which a license is required to operate the major hazard installation (facility);
f) full name, address of the location of the operating organization, position, surname, first name and patronymic (if any) of the head, the date of signing the document by the head of the operating organization;
g) details of the major hazard installation (facility) and the registration authority;
h) the name of the site, site, workshop, building, structure that are part of a hazardous production facility;
i) a brief description of the hazards of the hazardous production facility; etc.
As the evidence of registration, the competent authority issues a Registration Certificate to the operator. The revised form of the Certificate has also been approved.
Law: Order No. 471 of 30 November 2020 on Requirements for Registering Major Hazard Installations in the State Registry