27Reports on installation

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.