Buffer zones residential areas

The Bhopal plant of Union Carbide was built originally 1.5 miles from the nearest housing (see below under Case Histories ). Over time, a residential area grew up next to the plant. This demonstrates the need to prevent hazardous plants from being located close to residential areas and to prevent residential areas from being established near such plants.4 If possible, the cost of a plant should include an adequate buffer zone unless other... 

The Amuay refinery was started as a Creole Petrolerrm Corporation in 1950. No doubt much of the community grew around the site as the years passed, without thinking technically of a blast buffer zone between the facility and the residential area. 

For workplaces placed close to the coinmunity or involving non-employees (such as shoppers) in a workplace, this approach includes appropriate measures to protect them. A safety case has been nm, for example, for a public swimming pool using cylinders of chlorine for water treatment. A safety case nm on the Bhopal pesticide plant in India would have identified the problem of a lack of buffer zone due to poor, if not non-existent, enforcement of local govermnent residential area planning. As it was, in 1986 too mat r residents were living too close to the plant. 

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