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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL (UNDERGROUND PETROLEUM STORAGE SYSTEMS) REGULATIONS 2020 (S.R. 2020, NO. 4) - REG 27

Reports on installation
(1)  In this regulation –
prescribed datum means the coordinate datum adopted from time to time in directions made under section 15 of the Surveyors Act 2002 .
(2)  An infrastructure owner of a storage system must, within 45 days after all the groundwater-monitoring wells required under regulation 24(3) or regulation 25(2) are installed in respect of the storage system, obtain a groundwater-monitoring well installation report in relation to the wells.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(3)  A groundwater-monitoring well installation report for the purposes of subregulation (2) is a report, in relation to the groundwater-monitoring wells in respect of a storage system, that includes –
(a) a statement that the wells comply with the requirements of regulation 19(2) and regulation 25 ; and
(b) a list of industry standards that have been followed when installing the wells; and
(c) final construction details of the wells; and
(d) coordinates of the wells in eastings and northings and the prescribed datum to which the coordinates relate; and
(e) details of the elevation of ground level at the wells; and
(f) details of the depth to standing-water level from the ground level where the wells are installed; and
(g) results of the groundwater analysis conducted in accordance with regulation 26 including information as to whether petroleum has been detected in water; and
(h) a statement that a sufficient number of suitably located groundwater-monitoring wells, as determined in accordance with regulation 23 , are installed in respect of the storage system.
(4)  If there are any EPA guidelines issued in relation to groundwater-monitoring well installation reports, the groundwater-monitoring well installation report for the purposes of subregulation (2) is to be written in accordance with those EPA guidelines.
(5)  An infrastructure owner must, within 7 days after receiving a groundwater-monitoring well installation report under subregulation (2) , ensure that the Director is notified in the approved form.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.



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