Foreword

The OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response – Third Edition aim to provide guidance, applicable worldwide, to support public authorities and industry in taking appropriate actions to prevent chemical accidents and to mitigate the adverse effects of accidents that do nevertheless occur. The second edition was published in 2003.

This publication is the result of a collaborative effort under the supervision of the OECD Working Party on Chemical Accidents. The development of this Third Edition was most particularly conducted by a steering group of experts composed of: Roland Fendler, Federal Environment Agency, Germany (retired), Pavel Forint, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic (retired), Deanne Grant, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Mark Hailwood, State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Rachel McCann, Health and Safety Executive, United Kingdom, Torill Tandberg, Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection, Maureen Wood, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, and Bill Gulledge, American Chemistry Council, representing Business at OECD, Marie-Ange Baucher and Bertrand Dagallier, OECD.

The document was edited by Eleonore Morena.

The report is published under the responsibility of the OECD Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee.

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