Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie Ageing plan in France Programme for the prevention of accidents related to the ageing of installations

2 Ageing is the accumulation of changes an equipment is subject to. These changes can be the effect of time only, or can be related to the equipment’s operating conditions. Ageing monitoring, for an industrial equipement, involves early detection of ageing evidence and effective control of the actions taken to deal with ageing. Definition of ageing

3 Contents  Aims of the programme  Obligations for operators  Implementation of the programme

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie Aims of the programme

5 Lessons learnt from accidents  Ambès accident (11 Jan. 2007)  Crude oil tank rupture in a petroleum storage plant  Pollution of the Garonne river

Lessons learnt from accidents  Donges accident (16 Mar. 2008)  Pipe leak in an oil refinery  Pollution of the Loire river  Total cost of repairs and de-pollution operations = 50 M€

7 Lessons learnt from accidents  Plaine de la Crau accident (7 Aug. 2009)  Oil transportation pipe leak  Pollution in a nature reserve in the Camargue region  And also : some near accidents and several alarming inspection results

8 A collectively defined programme  First talks between the French administration, industry representatives and experts in 2009  Programme publicly announced by the French government in January 2010  Involves 38 measures in 6 separate fields

9 Main objectives 1.Identification of the most critical equipments in terms of technological risk and environmental risk 2.Implementation of a monitoring with periodical inspections, adapted to the equipment type and operating conditions  Possible use of technical guides   Outcome : updated regulations

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie Obligations for operators

11 Concerned equipments types  Seveso operators required to identify potential sources of major accident or environmental pollution in case of rupture or breach, among :  Flammable or toxic liquid storages  On-site pipes connected to these storages  Fundament of storages and pipe rack support (civil engineering)  Transportation pipes  Pressurized equipments  Safety instrumentation

12 Obligations  For each piece of equipment :  Initial state assessment obligation  Monitoring procedures to be implemented  Post-inspection results and corrective actions

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie Implementation of the programme

14 Technical guides  Methodology defined in technical guides  Guides written by industry experts between 2010 and 2012  Officially recognized by the French administration

15 Due dates  Initial state assessments and definition of monitoring plans (at equipment and site levels) required by end of :  2011 for the earliest deadlines  2014 for the latest  Monitoring plans define actions beyond 2014  Example for storage tanks :  Routine inspection every year  Detailled inspection every 5 years  Detailled internal inspection during operation stop every 10 years  Repairs and corrective actions when needed

16 Enforcement  200 controls per year in 2011, 2012 by Seveso inspectors to check operators awareness of the ageing programme  Mainly on Seveso sites  No sanctions (pedagogy)  Teaching all actors about the programme (eg. presentations)  200 controls per year planned between 2013 and 2017 to check fulfillment of obligations  Non-Seveso sites also targeted  Sanctions to be applied if obligations not fulfilled by operators

17 Feedback  Programme elaboration  Unique technical cooperation within working groups  First large-scale programme relying on technical guides from the industry  First analysis (2011  2013)  Operators  Huge workload required to identify all equipments in scope  SMEs often need to externalize monitoring because of tasks complexity  Inspectors  Huge workload required to identify all plants targeted by the programme (especially for non-Seveso sites)  Technical training sometimes needed to check enforcement of the methodology described in guides  Positive overall feedback : new programmes relying on technical guides being launched in other fields

Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, et de l'Énergie Thank you for your attention