Section 40 - Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulations 2020 - Keeping of records when storage system in use, &c. | Zoe
Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulations 2020
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40 Keeping of records when storage system in use, &c.
(1) A system operator of a storage system must keep the following records in relation to the storage system:
(a) details of the ownership of the storage system, including any contractual arrangements relevant to the management of the storage system;
(b) contact details for all infrastructure owners of the storage system, all landowners of the storage system and all persons who are associated with the management of the storage system;
(c) details, including dimensions, capacity and location, of the storage system;
(d) details of any leak investigation carried out under regulation 16 and action taken as a result of the investigation;
(e) copies of all correspondence between the system operator and the Director.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2) An infrastructure owner of a storage system, must keep the following records in relation to the storage system:
(a) details of the ownership of the storage system;
(b) details, including dimensions, capacity and location, of the storage system;
(c) the storage system designs and installation plans;
(d) site plans for the storage system and any other storage system that was formerly on the parcel of land on which the storage system is situated, including site drainage plans;
(e) details of all repairs and replacements of components of the storage system;
(h) copies of all groundwater-monitoring well installation reports obtained under regulation 27(2) by an infrastructure owner;
(i) results of all equipment integrity tests conducted in relation to the storage system, including each test conducted in accordance with regulation 10(1) , regulation 11(5) or regulation 11(7) ;
(j) copies of all correspondence between the infrastructure owner and the Director.
(4) A landowner in respect of a storage system must keep the following records in relation to the storage system:
(a) details of the ownership of the storage system;
(b) contact details for all infrastructure owners of the storage system, all system operators of the storage system and all persons who are associated with the management of the storage system;
(c) details, including dimensions, capacity and location of the storage system;
(d) the storage system designs and installation plans;
(e) site plans for the storage system and any other storage system that was formerly on the parcel of land on which the storage system is situated, including site drainage plans;
(f) details of all repairs and replacements of components of the storage system;
(g) a copy of a notification given to the landowner under regulation 30 ;
(a) during the period in which the storage system is in use or has not been decommissioned; and
(b) for a period of 10 years after the day on which decommissioning of the storage system is completed in accordance with Part 6 .
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(6) A person is not required to keep a record specified in subregulation (1) , (2) or (4) if the record was created before 31 March 2010 and the person has taken reasonable steps to obtain the record but has not been able to do so.