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Network Statement 2014 - ProRail

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(parties who are co-responsible for compliance with the permit regulations) of a railway yard will findall the provisions with which they must comply.The restrictions and obligations laid down in the environmental permit can concern:• The handling - including the parking - of wagons with dangerous goods, in particular when loadedin tank wagons and tank containers.• The performance of operations that may place a noise load on the environment.• Measures to prevent soil contamination. The stabling of railway vehicles intended for scrapping istreated as the ‘storage of waste substances’.• The provision of data prior to and following operations (to be) carried out at a railway yard. Withrespect to the data to be provided after operations: see appendix 8.• The installation and use of facilities at the railway yard.• Codes of conduct for users.• Obligations to report on user volume, incidents, measures, target regulations, etc.Table 3.5Description of the Permit Management System (VBS)CategoryNotesApplicationPermit Management System (VBS)FunctionVBS is a web-based application that provides insight into the environmental permitsacquired by <strong>ProRail</strong> for the railway yards under its management.FacilityAccess to the VBS application by means of an allocated username and password.ApplicationVia the Servicedesk Infrastructure information (infrainformatie@prorail.nl).Delivery timeMaximum 1 working week.Delivery termsThe data may not be used for any other purpose than for which they have beenprovided by <strong>ProRail</strong>. The images may not be copied externally by the user or soldon to third parties. The railway undertaking is responsible for keeping up to date onformal publications concerning permits.User conditionsInternet connection and a software program to open PDF files.Availability / Reliability • Availability: 95% uptime.• Reliability: <strong>ProRail</strong> strives to enter environmental permit into VBS within 5 daysof the permit becoming irrevocable.Exceptional situationsIt may occur that <strong>ProRail</strong> is granted an environmental permit that also has implications for tracks thatfall outside the management of <strong>ProRail</strong>. In that case, <strong>ProRail</strong> will make arrangements with themanager of those tracks in order to ensure compliance with the permit conditions.Another possibility is that tracks and sites that fall under the management of <strong>ProRail</strong> fall within thescope of application of an environmental permit granted to a party other than <strong>ProRail</strong>. In that case<strong>ProRail</strong> will inform the railway undertaking about the conditions of the permit that are relevant to therailway undertaking.3.4.2.2 Noise on route sections<strong>ProRail</strong> must each calendar year submit a compliance report to the Minister of Infrastructure and theEnvironment regarding compliance with statutory noise production limits. <strong>ProRail</strong> is moreover requiredunder the terms of the Management Concession to prepare a 5-yearly Noise Map for the Minister. Tofulfil these obligations, <strong>ProRail</strong> requires data from railway undertakings on the average realisedrunning and composition of trains during the day, evening and night periods in the calendar year.<strong>ProRail</strong> will, at the request of the railway undertakings, strive to acquire as much of this data aspossible from its own systems. The railway undertakings are responsible for the data.<strong>ProRail</strong> also requires the categorisation of the passenger stock as defined in the statutory calculationregulations. A distinction is made for freight stock between quiet and non-quiet freight wagons.Regulations to be agreed upon:► <strong>ProRail</strong> requires that every railway undertakings provides annual data on the average realisedrunning and composition of trains during the day, evening and night periods in the calendar year.Further details of this statement are given in appendix 8. <strong>ProRail</strong> also requires that every railway<strong>Network</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> <strong>2014</strong> Combined <strong>Network</strong> - version 1.0 dated 9 January 2013 page 31

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