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CDOIF
Chemical and Downstream Oil
Industries Forum
CDOIF is a collaborative venture formed to agree strategic areas for
joint industry / trade union / regulator action aimed at delivering
health, safety and environmental improvements with cross-sector
benefits.
Understand
the
types of
Environmental
Receptors
(Section 3.1)
Determine
the
MATTE Thresholds
that apply
to
Environmental
Receptors
(Section 3.2)
Evaluating
the
risk
from
the
establishment
to
the
Environmental
Receptors
(Section 4)
Completing a Cost
Benefit Analysis
in
support of an ALARP
demonstration
(Section 5)
DETR
(1999) MATTE
Table Definitions
(Appendix 2)
Key guidance
relating
to
environmental
risk
assessment
(Appendix 1)
MATTE Tolerability
Tables
(Appendix 4)
Guidance on
completing a
risk
assessment
(Section 6)
Tables
to assess
MATTE potential
(Appendix 5)
Information Sources
(Appendix 3)
Is CBA Required?
(Section 5)
Yes
No
Figure 1 – Using this guidance
When preparing environmental risk assessments, operators of both Top and Lower Tier
sites can usefully refer to Section 13 of the Safety Report Assessment Manual. This
provides the structured approach the CA uses to assess and inspect environmental risk
assessment for the purpose of demonstrating All Measures Necessary. It thus provides
Guideline – Environmental Risk Tolerability for COMAH Establishments v1.0
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