Regular Inspection

Maintenance and Management of Hazardous Material Facilities

All owners of hazardous material facilities are obligated to maintain the technical standards of their location, structure, and equipment, and must regularly inspect their hazardous material facilities themselves.
In addition, the owners of the hazardous material facilities shown below are required to conduct regular inspections, create inspection records, and retain these records for a certain period of time. (There is no obligation to report to the fire department, but these documents may be requested.)

Facilities Subject to Regular Inspections

Applicable Hazardous Material Facilities	Quantity of hazardous materials stored or handled
Manufacturing Plant	Items with a specified quantity that is a multiple of 10 or those with underground tanks
Indoor Storage	The multiple of the specified quantity is 150 or more
Outdoor Tank Storage	The multiple of the specified quantity is 200 or more
Outdoor Storage	A multiple of the specified quantity is 100 or more
Underground Tank Storage	All
Mobile Tank Storage Facility	All
Fuel Handling Station	Those with underground tanks
Transfer Handling Office	All
General Handling Office	Items with a specified quantity that is a multiple of 10 or those with underground tanks

(Note) The following hazardous material facilities are excluded

• Hazardous material facilities that establish safety regulations based on the provisions of Article 19, Paragraph 1 of the Mine Safety Act
• Hazardous materials facility that establishes safety regulations in accordance with Article 28, Paragraph 1 of the Explosives Control Act
• General handling facility that only refills containers with Class 4 hazardous materials, where the specified quantity is a multiple of 30 or less, and the flash point is 40 degrees or higher.
• Among the transfer handling facilities, those with a pipeline extension exceeding 15 km and a maximum operating pressure related to the pipeline of 0.95 MPa or more, and those with a pipeline extension between 7 km and 15 km.

Regular Inspection Record

• Guidelines for Regular Inspections of Manufacturing Facilities (PDF 196.2KB)

Facility Related

• Cover (Except for Loadable Mobile Tank Storage Facilities) (PDF 47.1KB)
• Cover (Mobile Tank Storage Facility) (PDF 44.5KB)

Please attach the inspection sheets for each facility and equipment with the above file as the cover.

• Manufacturing and General Handling Locations (PDF 7.9MB)
• Indoor Storage (Single-story building) (PDF 85.3KB)
• Indoor Storage (Non-single-story) (PDF 86.0KB)
• Indoor Storage (with other usage parts) (PDF 80.4KB)
• Outdoor Tank Storage (Fixed Roof) (PDF 34.8KB)
• Outdoor Tank Storage (Floating Roof) (PDF 37.9KB)
• Underground Tank Storage (PDF 146.3KB)
• Mobile Tank Storage (PDF 14.4KB)
• Outdoor Storage (PDF 51.5KB)
• Fuel Handling Station (Outdoor) (PDF 199.9KB)
• Fuel Handling Station (Indoor) (PDF 214.4KB)
• Fuel Handling Station (Outdoor Self-Service) (PDF 235.2KB)
• Fuel Handling Station (Indoor Self-Service) (PDF 243.2KB)
• Transfer Handling Office (PDF 278.0KB)
• General Handling Office (Spray Coating) (PDF 212.9KB)
• General Handling Office (Quenching) (PDF 213.1KB)
• General Handling Facility (Consumption Facility for Hazardous Materials such as Boilers and Burners) (PDF 237.0KB)
• General Handling Office (Filling Facility) (PDF 175.1KB)
• General Handling Office (Refill Facility) (PDF 155.5KB)
• General Handling Office (Hydraulic Equipment, etc.) (PDF 223.7KB)

Equipment Related

• Indoor (Outdoor) Fire Hydrant Equipment (PDF 201.5KB)
• Water Spray Fire Extinguishing Equipment (PDF 215.6KB)
• Foam Fire Extinguishing Equipment (PDF 2.4MB)
• Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguishing Equipment (PDF 139.5KB)
• Halogenated Fire Extinguishing Equipment (PDF 156.0KB)
• Powder Fire Extinguishing Equipment (PDF 161.7KB)
• Automatic Fire Alarm System (PDF 41.3KB)
• Cooling Water Sprinkler System (PDF 278.0KB)
• Water Curtain Equipment (PDF 291.9KB)