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Wehrbereichsverwaltung West
Außenstelle Wiesbaden
Öffentlich-rechtliche Aufsicht der Bundeswehr für
Arbeitssicherheit u. Technischen Umweltschutz
Equipment of the US-Guest Forces requiring
supervision (Überwachungsbe- dürftige Anlagen)
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Military District Administration Supervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
(Bundeswehr)
Stephan Snethlage Administrative Specialist at
Wiesbaden Branch II 7 AOR Occupational safety /
hazardous substances, Monitoring the guest forces
stationed in the Federal States of Hesse,
Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland
Wehrbereichsverwaltung West, Außenstelle
Wiesbaden Dezernat II 7, Moltkering 9, 65189
Wiesbaden, civ.phone [phone]
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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Subjects

• Legal basis with priority on requirements of
  Industrial Safety Ordinance (BetrSichV)
• Tasks of supervision under public law (SUPL) with
  emphasis on jet fuel storage installations (JFSI)

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection

• Agreements
• NATO SoFA
• Supplementary Agreement (SA) of 03 Aug 1959
  between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty
  regarding the Status of their Forces with
  respect to Foreign Forces stationed in the
  Federal Republic of Germany
• Agreement to Revise the Supplementary Agreement
  (RSA) of 3 Aug 1959 referring to the NATO
  SoFA of 18 Mar 1993 (in German ZANTS)
• Protocol of Signature to the Supplementary
  Agreement

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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection

• Important articles of SA to NATO SoFA
• Article 53 (1) (operation of facilities,
  systems, equipment)... German law shall apply in
  connection with the use of accommodation made
  available to a force
• The competent German authorities and the
  authorities of a force shall consult and
  co-operate ...
• Article 56 (1) (safety and occupational
  health) German labor law, including
  industrial safety law (Arbeitsschutzrecht), as
  applicable to civilian employees working with the
  German Armed Forces, shall apply to employment of
  civilian labor with a force or a civilian
  component ...

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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Supervision under public law (SUPL)
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Military District Administration Supervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection

• Jurisdictions

WBV North
WBV East
WBV West
Wiesbaden Stuttgart München
WBV South
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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection

• SUPL regional contacts
• WBV South ASt. München, Tel 089 / 1249-2149,
  -223
• POC BDir Leschok, TROAR Witschas
• E-Mail KlausWitschas_at_bundeswehr.org
• WBV South, Stuttgart, Tel [phone]
• POC BDir Lang, TROAR Lück
• E-Mail GünterLück_at_bundeswehr.org
• WBV West ASt. Wiesbaden, Tel [phone]
• POC RDir Dr. Wesselmann, TROAR Snethlage
• E-Mail StephanSnethlage_at_bundeswehr.org

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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection

• SUPL / WBV monitoring topics (supervision
  under public law)
• Industrial safety,
• Accident prevention,
• Equipment safety,
• Hazardous substances,
• Radiation control,
• Medical products,
• Emission control

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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
General monitoring tasks of SUPL in the US -
Guest Forces ?

• Inspections based on Occupational Safety Law
  22 (Arbeitsschutzgesetz, ArbSchG)
• US-Units, agencies
• Equipment which needs supervision

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Industrial Safety Ordinance BetrSichV, 27 Sep
2002
Ordinance to simplify justice in the provision of
safety and health supplying occupational means
and their use during work activities, safe
operation of equipment which needs supervision
and the organization of safe operations
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Military District AdministrationSupervisory
authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
US - Units and administrations mainly affected by
the regulations of POL - storage
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Scope of BetrSichV 1 para. 2

• Pressurized equipment
• - Pressure vessels and steam boilers,
• - Filling plants (systems under pressure),
• - Internally pressurized pipes for flammable,
  highly flammable, extremely flammable,
  corrosive, toxic or highly toxic gases, vapors or
  fluids,
• Elevators (continuous elevators for persons,
  construction-site hoists also used for elevating
  persons, or mill-type rope hoists),
• Equipment / plants in potentially explosive
  atmospheres,
• Storage and handling flammable fluids (flammable,
  highly flammable or extremely flammable fluids)
• - Fuel storage plant (volume above 10 000
  liters),
• - Filling installations, handling more than 1
  000 l/h,
• - Fuel filling stations and airfield refueling
  installations and
• - Discharging stations, handling more than 1 000
  l/h.

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safety and technical environmental protection
Particular duties of the operator concerning
equipment requiring special supervision 13
para. 1 BetrSichV ? Approval process 13
para. 1 BetrSichV in conjunction with Pamphlet of
German MOD department WV IV 5 of 14 March 2003.
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Cases with impact on safety requiring an approval
process 13 para. 1 BetrSichV

• Assembly /mounting,
• Installation,
• Operation,
• Significant modification,
• Change in type or operating conditions.

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Administrative permission process before
activating a fuel storage installation /air field
refueling station

• Apply for a permit at SUPL
• Expertise of a certified monitoring company prior
  to the first time operation
• SUPL granting the permission to the applicant

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection

• Who has to play the role
• of the a p p l i c a n t ?
• Who is the responsible
• a u t h o r i t y ?

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
1st Step Apply for a permit Required documents
Application to the regional water authority
Quantity of stored fuel
Fuel type
Site plan
Plant description
Bildquelle Landkreis Miltenberg/Landratsamt
Miltenberg
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
2nd Step check / survey performed by
accredited company, Certificate

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
3rd Step SUPL granting the permission of
operating the plant to the applicant

• SUPL inspecting the fuel storage plant on post
• Validating all necessary documents, expertise and
  certificates
• Validating the documentation about the required
  assessment of dangerous explosive atmosphere
• Check the presence of all necessary safety
  documents, like e.g. operating manual, standard
  operating procedure (Betriebsanweisungen)

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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Air field refueling plant components
Picture 1 Cavated flat bottom tank under
construction
Picture 2 Welded steel tank cylinder, excavated
to dispose
Bildquelle USAFE , Jet Fuel Storage
Installations, January 1993
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Air field refueling plant components
Picture 3 Pump house under construction
Picture 4 Pit cover, welded steel tank cylinder
Bildquelle USAFE , Jet Fuel Storage
Installations, January 1993
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Air field refueling plant components
Picture 5 Filter / separator in distribution room
Picture 6 Detail view Filter / separator in
distribution room
Source USAFE , Jet Fuel Storage Installations,
January 1993
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Air field refueling plant components
Picture 7 Cut off valve in distribution room
Picture 8 Connection pit, pantograph
Source USAFE , Jet Fuel Storage Installations,
January 1993
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authority under public law for occupational
safety and technical environmental protection
Questions ?