49Reportable incidents, notification periods and reporting deadlines

49 Reportable incidents, notification periods and reporting deadlines

(1) Each of the following is a reportable incident in relation to an identified greenhouse gas storage formation specified in a greenhouse gas injection licence: (a) an event: (i) that is set out in Part B of the site plan in relation to the formation in accordance with subclause 6(3) of Schedule 2; and (ii) that causes or has the potential to cause a serious situation to exist in relation to the formation; (b) the existence in relation to the formation of a serious situation: (i) of the kind mentioned in paragraph 379(1)(a) of the Act (which is about a greenhouse gas substance injected into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation having leaked, or leaking, from the formation); and (ii) involving a leakage of greenhouse gas substance to the seabed; (c) an event that causes the existence in relation to the formation of a serious situation: (i) of the kind mentioned in paragraph 379(1)(b) of the Act (which is about there being a significant risk that a greenhouse gas substance injected into the formation will leak from the formation); and (ii) involving a risk of leakage of greenhouse gas substance to the seabed; (d) a leakage of a greenhouse gas substance, from the bore of a well that forms part of the operations carried out under the licence, that causes or has the potential to cause a serious situation to exist in relation to the formation.

Note: For paragraph (d), wells that form part of the operations carried out under a greenhouse gas injection licence may include injection wells, monitoring wells and pressure management wells.

(2) The following table sets out notification periods and reporting deadlines for reportable incidents in relation to identified greenhouse gas storage formations specified in greenhouse gas injection licences.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Notification and reporting deadlines for reportable incidents</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:23.76%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>For a reportable incident mentioned in …</span></p></td><td style="width:32.4%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>the notification deadline is …</span></p></td><td style="width:35.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>and the reporting deadline is …</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.6%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:23.76%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(1)(a)</span></p></td><td style="width:32.4%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The end of 3 days beginning on the day after the day the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td><td style="width:35.26%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The end of 10 days beginning on the day after the day the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:23.76%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(1)(b)</span></p></td><td style="width:32.4%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2 hours after the time the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td><td style="width:35.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The end of 3 days beginning on the day after the day the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:23.76%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(1)(c)</span></p></td><td style="width:32.4%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2 hours after the time the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td><td style="width:35.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The end of 3 days beginning on the day after the day the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:23.76%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Paragraph</span><span> </span><span>(1)(d)</span></p></td><td style="width:32.4%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>24 hours after the time the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td><td style="width:35.26%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The end of 5 days beginning on the day after the day the licensee becomes aware of the occurrence of the incident</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>