34Monthly report of recordable incidents

34 Monthly report of recordable incidents

(1)  In this regulation –

recordable incident for an operator, means an incident, arising from a petroleum activity, that –

(a) breaches an environmental performance objective or an environmental performance standard; and

(b) is not a reportable incident.

(2)  If a recordable incident occurs in a particular calendar month, an operator must give a written report of the recordable incident to the Minister in accordance with this regulation.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.

(3)  A written report under subregulation (2) must –

(a) relate to a calendar month; and

(b) be given as soon as practicable after the end of a calendar month, but not later than 15 days after the end of the relevant calendar month; and

(c) contain details of –

(i) all recordable incidents that occurred during the calendar month; and

(ii) the material facts and circumstances relating to the recordable incidents that the operator knows or is able, by reasonable search and enquiry, to find out; and

(iii) the action taken by the operator to avoid or mitigate any adverse environmental impacts of the recordable incidents; and

(iv) the corrective action taken, or proposed to be taken, by the operator to prevent similar recordable incidents.