Approval process for petrochemical storage areas
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In the design of storage areas, the storage and transportation specialists play a leading role, with most of them serving as project managers. Let’s discuss together the approval process for petrochemical storage areas: the individual reports that need to be submitted at various stages of the design process, and which (what level of) **departments are responsible for giving approval. After the construction is completed, which departments need to conduct a review and acceptance before the project can finally pass the final inspection.
This post was last edited by maysee on 2015-10-21 at 11:41. The general process for obtaining approval for the construction of petrochemical storage areas: 1. Feasibility study. (Performed by the enterprise or an entrusted intermediary service agency) 2. Site selection for the project. (Enterprises go to the planning or construction authorities to obtain a project site selection approval letter and a land use planning permit.) 3. Project approval or registration. (Submitted by the enterprise to the Development and Reform Commission for project approval or registration) 4. Conduct an environmental impact assessment. 5. Approval for environmental impact assessment (conducted by a qualified intermediary service agency commissioned by the enterprise). (The environmental protection agency approves the environmental impact report) 6. Prepare pre-assessments for safety and occupational disease hazards. (Enterprises entrust qualified intermediary service agencies) 7. Review of the safety pre-assessment report. (Expert review) 8. Decision on the review of the pre-assessment report for occupational disease hazards. (Health department) 9. Filing of the safety pre-assessment report. (Companies must register with the safety supervision department) 10. Safety review. (Safety supervision department conducts a safety review) 11. **Approved. (After passing the safety review, the safety supervision department issues an approval letter.) 12. Apply for a business license. (The enterprise shall go to the industrial and commercial administration department to obtain a business license with the approval document.) 13. Obtain a land use certificate. (Handled by the enterprise at the land administration department) 14. Conduct preliminary design. (Commissioned by the enterprise to a qualified design unit) 15. Preliminary design review. (Reviewed by the fire department, health department, and safety supervision department) 16. Construction drawing design. (Entrusted by the enterprise to a qualified design firm) 17. Apply for a construction project planning permit. (Enterprise applies for a construction project planning permit) 18. Apply for a construction permit. (Enterprises apply to the construction department for a construction permit) 19. Fire safety inspection. (After the completion of a construction project, the fire department conducts an inspection for completion approval.) 20. Obtain a permit for the use of special equipment. (Handled by the enterprise at the quality supervision department) 21. Trial production. (Environmental protection department’s approval for the trial production period) 22. Completion acceptance. (The health department, environmental protection department, and work safety supervision department conduct inspections.) 23. Apply for a work safety license. (Applied for by manufacturing enterprises to the provincial work safety authorities) 24. Application for a production license for industrial products. (Enterprises apply to the provincial quality supervision departments for the products listed in the catalog issued by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.) Some of the steps mentioned above can be omitted depending on the administrative region and the nature of the enterprise; feel free to add any details that may be missing!
Great material, thanks to the original poster.
This post was last edited by hnan on 2015-10-21 at 21:45. 1. Feasibility study. (Performed by the enterprise or an entrusted intermediary service agency) 2. Site selection for the project. (Enterprises go to the planning or construction authorities to obtain a project site selection approval letter and a land use planning permit.) 3. Project approval or registration. (The enterprise applies to the Development and Reform Commission for project approval or registration.) Is project registration simply done by the development and reform department at the county level or in the development zone holding a review meeting after the feasibility study is completed, after which a registration certificate is issued? 4. Conduct an environmental impact assessment. 5. Approval for environmental impact assessment (conducted by a qualified intermediary service agency commissioned by the enterprise). (The environmental protection agency approves the environmental impact report) 6. Prepare pre-assessments for safety and occupational disease hazards. (Enterprises entrust qualified intermediary service agencies) 7. Review of the safety pre-assessment report. (Expert review) 8. Decision on the review of the pre-assessment report for occupational disease hazards. (In the health department,) after the engineering design institute prepares the reports for environmental impact assessment, safety assessment, and pre-assessment of occupational safety, it is necessary to commission a third party to conduct evaluations, along with holding separate expert review meetings?
Environmental impact assessments, safety assessments, and occupational health evaluations are generally carried out by third-party agencies after the project’s feasibility study report has been completed and approved. Once the report is ready, the project owner submits it to the regulatory authorities for review; thereafter, an expert review meeting is held, with participation from the project owner, the assessment agency, and sometimes also the design agency. After the assessment report is reviewed by the experts, the third-party agency makes necessary revisions, and then the project owner submits the relevant documents to the regulatory authorities to obtain approval. These procedures are generally completed before the initial design (basic design) of a project begins, and sometimes they are carried out simultaneously with the initial design.
Reference can be made to the following regulations: the \"Measures for the Approval and Management of Investment Projects\", the \"Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China\", the \"Regulations on Environmental Protection Management for Construction Projects\", the \"Measures for the Supervision and Management of Safety in Chemical Construction Projects\", the \"Interim Measures for the Supervision and Management of Occupational Health in Construction Projects in Accordance with the Principle of ‘Three Simultaneities’\", and the \"Regulations on Fire Safety Supervision and Management for Construction Projects\", among other regulations.