Protection of the Environment Operations (Underground Petroleum Storage Systems) Regulation 2019
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15 Storage system to have leak detection system
15 Storage system to have leak detection system
(1) The person responsible for a storage system must not use the storage system, or authorise or permit the use of the storage system, unless a leak detection system has been installed on the storage site in accordance with this clause.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units (in the case of an individual) and 400 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).
(2) In the case of a leak detection system consisting of groundwater monitoring wells, the number and location of the wells to be installed on a storage site is to be determined by a duly qualified person with a view to maximising the likelihood that the wells will intercept contaminated groundwater, whatever the groundwater flow conditions.
(3) In the case of an alternative leak detection system, that system is to be endorsed by a duly qualified person as being an appropriate system for leak detection for the storage site.