38Further assessment of decommissioned storage system

38 Further assessment of decommissioned storage system

(1)  Subregulation (2) applies in relation to a storage system if a decommissioning assessment report obtained in accordance with regulation 36(2)(c) indicates that further assessment is required in order to determine the level of risk posed by any contamination detected in the vicinity of the storage system.

(2)  If this subregulation applies to a storage system, the person who obtained the decommissioning assessment report referred to in subregulation (1) must ensure that, within 4 months after obtaining that decommissioning assessment report –

(a) a further assessment is conducted to determine the level of risk to human health, and to the environment, posed by any contamination detected; and

(b) the further assessment conducted under paragraph (a) is managed by a suitably qualified person; and

(c) he or she obtains a copy of a report, prepared by a suitably qualified person, in relation to the matters referred to in paragraph (a) (a further decommissioning assessment report); and

(d) he or she, after obtaining a further decommissioning assessment report under paragraph (c) , notifies the Director in the approved form.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.