Section 17 - Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulations 2020 - Leak-related actions

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17 Leak-related actions

(1) A system operator of a storage system must, within 7 days after becoming aware that the storage system is not providing full and continuous containment, notify an infrastructure owner of the storage system of the matter.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(2) An infrastructure owner of a storage system must –

(a) notify the Director, in the approved form, that the storage system is not providing full and continuous containment; and

(b) ensure that an environmental site assessment is commenced on the parcel of land on which the storage system is situated –

within 14 days after any or all of the following circumstances arise:

(c) notification is received by the infrastructure owner under regulation 14(2)(a) ;

(d) a leak investigation carried out under regulation 16(4) indicates that the storage system is not providing full and continuous containment;

(e) notification is received by the infrastructure owner under subregulation (1) ;

(f) petroleum is being or has been lost from the storage system and an infrastructure owner becomes aware of the loss;

(g) an infrastructure owner becomes aware by another means that the storage system is not providing full and continuous containment.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.