Victorian Consolidated Regulations

GREENHOUSE GAS GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 9

    (1)     For the purposes of section 94(j) of the Act, a monitoring and verification plan included in an injection and monitoring plan prepared by the holder of an injection and monitoring licence must include—

        (a)     details of—

              (i)     the characteristics of the geological formation into which a greenhouse gas substance is proposed to be injected; and

              (ii)     any geological or other conditions that may influence containment of an injected greenhouse gas substance; and

        (b)     a description of—

              (i)     the existing environment above, on and below the surface of the ground; and

              (ii)     any resource above, on and below the surface of the ground that a person is entitled to extract or use under a resource authority; and

        (c)     details of the equipment proposed to be used to monitor the behaviour of injected greenhouse gas substances and where the equipment is to be located; and

        (d)     details of—

              (i)     the monitoring techniques, whether above, on or below the surface of the ground, that the holder of the injection and monitoring licence proposes to use to monitor the behaviour of any injected greenhouse gas substance and its effect on the environment; and

              (ii)     the length of time that each technique is to be used; and

              (iii)     how often each monitoring technique is to be carried out; and

        (e)     details of the methods to be used for—

              (i)     differentiating injected greenhouse gas substances from naturally occurring greenhouse gas substances; and

              (ii)     differentiating between 2 or more kinds of injected greenhouse gas substances; and

        (f)     details of—

              (i)     how the actual behaviour of injected greenhouse gas substances is to be verified against the expected behaviour of injected greenhouse gas substances; and

              (ii)     how often the actual behaviour of injected greenhouse gas substances is to be verified against the expected behaviour of injected greenhouse gas substances; and

        (g)     details of—

              (i)     how the effect of injected greenhouse gas substances on naturally occurring liquids or gases is to be verified against the effect (if any) that the holder of the injection and monitoring licence expected; and

              (ii)     how often the effect of injected greenhouse gas substances on naturally occurring liquids or gases is to be verified against the effect (if any) that the holder of the injection and monitoring licence expected.

    (2)     For the purposes of section 111(2)(a) of the Act, a monitoring and verification plan must specify that a report under section 111(1) of the Act on the outcome of all monitoring and verification activities carried out under the licence must be provided every month.