Melbourne Airport JUHI Safety Case Summary
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Melbourne JUHI 2020 Safety Case Summary Contents 03 09 Glossary Melbourne JUHI Overview 11 Schedule 14 Materials 04 Message from the Melbourne JUHI Manager 12 Melbourne JUHI Safety Case, Summary 13 Safety Management System Safety Assessment 14 Hazard Register 05 Potential Major Incidents Mobil in Australia 15 Control Measures 06 Safety Policy Emergency Shutdown Systems Emergency Response Plan 07 16 Community Response Introduction 08 What is a Major Hazard Facility? What is a Safety Case? 17 Appendix What are Schedule 14 Materials? What is a Potential Major Incident? 20 Need More Information? 2 Glossary APAM Asia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) (APAM) is Mitigation Measures implemented in advance of the owner and operator of Melbourne Airport. an unplanned event aimed at decreasing or eliminating its impacts. ARFF Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting provides aviation rescue firefighting at 26 of Australia’s FRV Fire Rescue Victoria. busiest airports, including Melbourne Airport. MHF Major Hazard Facility. AVGAS Aviation gasoline. Mobil Oil Australia or Mobil Means Mobil Oil Control Measure Measures for prevention or Australia Pty Ltd, the entity that has management mitigation of a potential Major Incident by reducing and operational control of Melbourne JUHI and is the likelihood of a potential Major Incident and/or therefore defined as the designated “operator” of reducing the magnitude or severity of the under the Victorian OHS Regulations 2017. consequences. OHS Regulations Occupational Health and Safety Hazard Any activity, event, procedure, situation or Regulations 2017 (Victoria). circumstance that could cause or could potentially OIMS lead to a Major Incident or could escalate to a Major Operations Integrity Management System, Incident. which is Mobil’s safety management system. Risk Incident A specific event or extended situation that A product of the likelihood of a potential has an undesirable and unintended impact on the Major Incident and the severity of associated safety or health of people, on property, or on the consequences to persons both on site and off site. environment. Safety Case A Safety Case is prepared or revised JUHI Joint User Hydrant Installation (JUHI) under Part 5.2 of the OHS Regulations. The Safety comprises a jet fuel storage facility and pipeline to Case must demonstrate that the facility is operated Melbourne Airport’s various subsurface aircraft and maintained in a safe manner. refuelling points (hydrants). The scope of our Safety Safety Assessment A process of: Case includes just the fuel storage facility. • Identifying Potential Major Incidents and hazards Likelihood A qualitative description of probability (cause) and frequency. • Risk assessment • Control Measures analysis Local community Local community includes • So Far As is Reasonably Practicable Assessment. members of the general public who reside in, or are in management and control of workplaces, or of Schedule 14 material Means a material mentioned places where persons gather for recreational, in Schedule 14 of the OHS Regulations. cultural, or sporting purpose, located in the surrounding area, whose health or safety could So far as is reasonably practicable (SFARP) The be adversely affected by a Major Incident at measure of risk after implementation of control the terminal. measures that eliminate or reduce risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Loss of containment Unplanned release of product to the atmosphere. WorkSafe Victoria The safety regulator in Victoria responsible for assessing Safety Cases and issuing Major incident (MI) An uncontrolled incident, operating licences to major hazard facilities. including an emission, loss of containment, escape, fire, explosion or release of energy, that: a) involves Schedule 14 materials, and b) poses a serious and immediate risk to health and safety. 3 Message from the Melbourne Joint-User Hydrant Installation Manager Safety is Mobil Oil Australia’s (Mobil) core value and we are committed to protecting the health and safety of our workers and the local community. We put safety first in everything we do in operating Melbourne Joint-User Hydrant Installation (JUHI), so that we can achieve our goal of Operational Excellence. Since operations commenced at Melbourne JUHI in Our goal is to operate in a 1970, Mobil has been proactive in identifying operational risks, identifying operational hazards, way that ensures Nobody and implementing measures to address those risks Gets Hurt! and hazards. In keeping with these efforts, the Melbourne JUHI Safety case is the product of an We are committed to ensuring safety at Melbourne The original JUHI facility extensive process that involved a comprehensive JUHI and across all our facilities. storage tanks can be seen review of the facilities operations. in the middle left of the photograph of Melbourne Rick Williams Airport shortly after it was This work and the safety systems described in the Melbourne JUHI Manager opened. Safety Case are designed to maintain a safe workplace and culture that supports ongoing safe operations, for both those working here and the surrounding community. While the Melbourne JUHI Safety Case and this Safety Case Summary have been developed to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017, Mobil’s approach to managing safety extends beyond compliance with applicable laws. We strive for operational excellence and are committed to engaging with the communities in which we operate, helping them to understand our business. We believe it is fundamentally important to maintain open lines of communication with the community. We have regular formal and information communications with Hume City Council, ARFF, APAM, FRV and WorkSafe Victoria. We value these relationships and the open communication created by this engagement. 4 Mobil in Australia Mobil Oil Australia is a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Australia, one of Australia’s leading gas and oil companies. In Australia, ExxonMobil operates a refinery in Altona, Melbourne and a number of product distribution terminals and bulk storage facilities around the country, including Melbourne JUHI. Mobil operates the Melbourne JUHI, located at 3-27 Marker Rd, Melbourne Airport, Victoria on behalf of a joint venture consisting of Mobil Oil Australia, Air BP, Viva Energy, and Caltex. Mobil Oil Australia is the operator of the Melbourne JUHI as defined in OHS Regulations. Jet fuel is received into Melbourne JUHI by a From the Melbourne JUHI, aircraft at Melbourne combination of pipeline and truck deliveries. The Airport are supplied with jet fuel via an underground pipeline transfers jet fuel between Somerton fuel hydrant network which extends beneath the Terminal and Melbourne JUHI. Trucks supplying Airport. A small number of aircraft are fuelled by Melbourne JUHI are loaded with jet fuel at a aircraft refuelling tankers loaded at Melbourne number of Terminals in Melbourne and Geelong. JUHI. Melbourne JUHI supplies all Melbourne Airport’s Mobil is committed to maintaining safe and jet fuel and is the second largest JUHI facility environmentally responsible operations at all of its within Australia. sites and focuses on reducing the risk of any potential Major Incident so far as is reasonably practicable at all its sites, including Melbourne JUHI. 5 ExxonMobil’s Safety Policy Melbourne JUHI is operated Accordingly, the Company’s policy is to: • design and maintain facilities, establish in accordance with management systems, provide training and ExxonMobil’s global Safety conduct operations in a manner that safeguards people and property; Policy. This policy requires • respond quickly, effectively, and with care to compliance with all emergencies or accidents resulting from its operations, in cooperation with industry applicable laws and organisations and authorised government regulations. The policy also agencies; • comply with all applicable laws and regulations, requires that facilities are and apply responsible standards where laws and designed to appropriate regulations do not exist; • work with government agencies and others to standards, and are operated develop responsible laws, regulations, and and maintained with standards based on sound science and systematic identification and consideration of risk; • conduct and support research to extend management of safety, health knowledge about the safety effects of its and environmental risks. The operations, and promptly apply significant findings and, as appropriate, share them with employees, Operations Integrity contractors, government agencies, and others Management System (OIMS) who might be affected; • stress to all employees, contractors, and others is Mobil’s safety management working on its behalf their responsibility and system and provides a accountability for safe performance on the job and encourage safe behaviour off the job; structured approach to • undertake appropriate reviews and evaluations of meeting this commitment. its operations to measure progress and to foster compliance with this policy. It is the Company’s policy to conduct its business in a manner that protects the safety of employees, others involved in its operations, customers, and the public. The Company will strive to prevent all accidents, injuries, and occupational illnesses through the active participation of every employee. The Company is committed to continuous efforts to identify and eliminate or manage safety risks associated with its activities. This commitment includes an ongoing improvement of all aspects of our Operations Integrity