Cabinet Regulation No. 674 of 2004 on Explosive, Fire-Hazardous and Particularly Important Objects wherein Fire Safety, Fire-fighting and Rescue Services shall be Established

Disclaimer: The English language text below is provided by the Translation and Terminology Centre for information only; it confers no rights and imposes no obligations separate from those conferred or imposed by the legislation formally adopted and published. Only the latter is authentic. The original Latvian text uses masculine pronouns in the singular. The Translation and Terminology Centre uses the principle of gender-neutral language in its English translations. In addition, gender-specific Latvian nouns have been translated as gender neutral terms, e.g. chairperson. Translation © 2006 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) Republic of Latvia Cabinet Regulation No 674 Adopted 3 August 2004 Regulations regarding Explosive, Fire-Hazardous and Particularly Important Objects wherein Fire Safety, Fire-fighting and Rescue Services shall be Established Issued pursuant to Section 5, Paragraph two of the Fire Safety and Fire-fighting Law 1. These Regulations prescribe the criteria according to which explosive and fire-hazardous objects shall be included in the list of such explosive, fire-hazardous and particularly important objects wherein fire safety, fire-fighting and rescue services shall be established (hereinafter - list), as well as the procedures by which the referred to objects shall be included in the list (Annex 1). 2. The following explosive and fire-hazardous objects shall be included in the list: 2.1. objects wherein explosive and fire-hazardous chemical substances and chemical products (hereinafter – fire-hazardous substances) are present in such an amount that exceeds the largest qualifying quantity specified in Annex 2 of these Regulations; and 2.2. rail terminals and railway infrastructure objects wherein dangerous cargo are carried and in the territory of which the amount of carried and stored fire-hazardous substances sometimes exceeds the smallest qualifying quantity specified in Annex 2 of these Regulations. 3. The qualifying quantity of fire-hazardous substances in an object where several types of fire-hazardous substances are present (Annex 2) shall be determined by summing up the amount of such fire hazardous substances that are stored in the object for more than two days per year, and assuming that one tonne of the fire-hazardous substances referred to in Clause 1 of Annex 2 of these Regulations is equivalent to two tonnes of the fire-hazardous substances referred to in Clause 2 of Annex 2 of these Regulations or two cubic metres of the fire hazardous substances referred to in Clause 3 of Annex 2 of these Regulations. 4. In order to consider an object as particularly important and to include such object in the list, a natural person or legal person shall submit the relevant substantiated proposal to the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior shall document the referred to proposal in the form of projected legislation and direct such proposal for approval by the Cabinet in accordance with the procedures specified by law. Translation © 2006 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 2 5. Cabinet Regulation No. 540 of 30 September 2003, Regulations regarding Explosive, Fire Hazardous or Particularly Important Objects (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2003, No. 137) is repealed. Prime Minister I. Emsis Minister for the Interior Ē. Jēkabsons Translation © 2006 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 3 Annex 1 Cabinet Regulation No. 674 3 August 2004 Explosive, Fire-Hazardous and Particularly Important Objects wherein Fire Safety, Fire-fighting and Rescue Services shall be Established No. Name of the object Address of the object I. Riga 1. Oil terminal Riga Ezera iela 22 2. Oil depot and warehouses Riga Tvaika iela 7a 3. Riga railway terminal Šķirotava Riga Krustpils iela 81b II. Riga district 4. TEC-2 production unit (thermal power station) Riga district Salaspils rural area Acone 5. Olaine oil depot Riga district Olaine parish 16th kilometre on the Riga-Jelgava highway 6. Inčukalns underground gas storage facilities Riga district Krimulda parish Ragana III. Daugavpils and Daugavpils district 7. Daugavpils railway terminal Daugavpils Otrā Preču iela 8. Line production dispatcher station (LRDS) Ilūkste (oil product depot) Daugavpils district Šēdere parish LRDS Ilūkste IV. Jelgava 9. Jelgava railway terminal Jelgava Stacijas iela 1a V. Liepāja 10. Liepāja railway terminal Liepāja Emīlijas iela 1 VI. Rēzekne 11. »Railway terminal Rēzekne I Rēzekne Lokomotīvju iela 11 Translation © 2006 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 4 No. Name of the object Address of the object VII. Saldus district 12. Oil depot Saldus district Saldus parish Post Office Druva Torņi VIII. Ventspils 13. Chemical substance, chemical products and oil products terminal Ventspils Dzintaru iela 66 14. Oil products terminal Ventspils Dzintaru iela 90 15. Oil products terminal Ventspils Talsu iela 75 16. Ventspils railway terminal Ventspils Depo iela 1 Iekšlietu ministrs Ē. Jēkabsons Translation © 2006 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 5 Annex 2 Cabinet Regulation No. 674 3 August 2004 Qualifying Quantity of Fire-Hazardous Chemical Substances and Chemical Products No. Fire-hazardous chemical substances and chemical products (groups of substances) Unit of measur ement The smallest qualifying quantity The largest qualifying quantity 1. Extremely flammable, highly flammable and flammable chemical substances and chemical products t 5000 50000 or 30000* 2. Liquid combustible chemical substances and chemical products t 10000 100000 3. Explosive gases (in normal circumstances at a normal pressure) m3 10000 100000 Note. * If more than 200 tonnes of other very toxic and toxic chemical substances and chemical products are present in the object, the largest qualifying quantity shall be 30 000 tonnes, accordingly. Minister for the Interior Ē. Jēkabsons