Seveso sites are all sites identified as source for a "potential major industrial hazard" (mainly big chemical plant - and it doesn't include the military or nuclear facilities). It is named after the Seveso disaster of 1976 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveso_disaster> (Seveso is a town in Italy) which had a big media coverage and important impact on health in the area (many animals were slaughtered, and many people affected).
As far as i understand, the seveso directive is based on different threshold (the threshold depends on the chemical element, the stability of the product, ...). If it is below the first threshold, it is not a Seveso site (not at big risk), if it pass the first threshold it is "Low" (low risk) and if it pass the second threshold it is ranked as "High" (high risk). Le ven. 8 nov. 2019 à 10:45, Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> a écrit : > On 11/8/19 03:34, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > What is a Seveso site? The link to the directive on Wikipedia says: > > > > “a European Union > > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union> directive > > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(European_Union)> aimed at > > controlling major chemical accident hazards. Seveso III is implemented > > in national legislation and is enforced by national chemical safety > > authorities.” > > > > Are these chemical hazard sites? Inspection sites? > > My first guess is it's at least roughly analogous to a Superfund site in > the US. > > -- > Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> > http://www.rantroulette.com > http://www.skqrecordquest.com > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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