20Decommissioning of monitoring wells

20 Decommissioning of monitoring wells

(1)  In this regulation –

Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia means the Minimum construction requirements for water bores in Australia (Third edition), published in February 2012 by the National Water Commission, as amended or substituted from time to time.

(2)  A responsible person in relation to a storage system must ensure that, if a monitoring well in respect of the storage system is –

(a) unsuitable for the purposes for which it was installed; or

(b) to be rendered permanently incapable of further use for the purposes for which it was installed –

the well is decommissioned in accordance with –

(c) the Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia; and

(d) EPA guidelines, if any, issued in relation to decommissioning of monitoring wells.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.