The Civil Defence Force wishes to inform the public that it is taking a series of actions for the preparation and submission of the External Emergency Plan of the VLPG PLANT LTD unit covered by the interpretation of Directive 2012/18/EU (SEVESO III) located in Larnaca District.
The main objective of the External Emergency Plans is to implement the necessary actions and measures to minimize the impacts and damages that may be caused to people, environment and property located in the area that may be affected by a large-scale accident at the unit under consideration.
An important part of the Plan is the provision of the necessary information to the public, the agencies and authorities involved in the area where the facility is located, the coordination of actions of the incident suppression teams, as well as the clean-up and restoration of the environment after suppression.
The External Emergency Plan shall contain technical and organisational information on the facility which is considered necessary for the suppression of a large-scale accident, as well as a description of the surrounding area. There is a brief record of the activities and tasks of all services that will be active in the response to the incident, as well as the procedures to be followed.
Pursuant to Regulation 52A(4) of Decree 97/2006, the Civil Defence in accordance with Regulation 52A(4) of Decree 97/2006 shall consult the public on the External Emergency Plan under consideration.
Any interested person may submit to Ms Athena Prastitou at larnacacivildefence@yahoo.com, within 28 days, any views or suggestions in relation to the External Emergency Plan, which will be published on the Civil Defence website. The VLPG PLANT LTD External Emergency Plan being developed will be based on the same structure and philosophy of existing External Emergency Plans {e.g. EKO LOGISTICS LTD}, which are available to the public for inspection at the offices of the Larnaca Regional Civil Defence Directorate (P.D.P.A.), 6207 Tuzhane Street, Larnaca (formerly Camp Petrakis Kyprianou) or at the offices of the General Civil Defence Command (G.C.D.).23 John Kennedy 23, 1st Floor, 2314, Lakatamia, Nicosia.
Interested parties may also contact the Civil Defence offices in Larnaca, at telephone number 24802034.
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