Article 19. Industrial safety declaration

In order to ensure the protection of the population and territories from accidents at hazardous production facilities and to inform state bodies, self-government bodies of citizens and the public about the state of industrial safety, an organization operating a hazardous production facility develops a declaration of industrial safety.

For hazardous production facilities where they are manufactured, used, processed, formed, stored, transported, destroyed, hazardous substances specified in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of clause 1 of article 4 of this Law, in quantities equal to or exceeding the maximum standards established by the Cabinet of Ministers Republic of Uzbekistan, the development of an industrial safety declaration is required.

The industrial safety declaration should include a comprehensive assessment of the risk of an accident at a hazardous production facility, an analysis of the adequacy of measures taken to prevent an accident, ensure the preparedness of the organization operating the hazardous production facility for the operation of a hazardous production facility, as well as to localize and eliminate the consequences of the accident.

The industrial safety declaration is developed as part of the design documentation for the construction, expansion, reconstruction, technical re-equipment, conservation and liquidation of a hazardous production facility and is approved by the head of the organization operating the hazardous production facility.

The industrial safety declaration is specified or developed again in the case of applying for a license for activities related to the operation of a hazardous production facility, changes in the information contained in the industrial safety declaration, or in case of changes in industrial safety requirements.

The head of the organization operating the hazardous production facility, which approved the industrial safety declaration, is responsible in the established manner for the completeness and accuracy of the information contained therein.

The industrial safety declaration is developed and provided to state bodies, public associations and citizens in the manner established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.