23Notice and report of system being decommissioned

23 Notice and report of system being decommissioned

23 Notice and report of system being decommissioned

(1) If a storage system is to be decommissioned, the person responsible for the storage system must notify the relevant local authority of the decommissioning—

(a) in the case of urgent and unforeseen decommissioning—as soon as reasonably practicable after the decision to decommission the system is made, or

(b) in any other case—no later than 30 days before the system is decommissioned or removed.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units (in the case of an individual) and 200 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).

(2) If a storage system is decommissioned, the person responsible for the storage system immediately before the system is decommissioned must ensure that a report for the storage site (prepared in accordance with this clause) is served on the relevant local authority—

(a) no later than 60 days after the system is decommissioned, or

(b) if remediation of the site is required, no later than 60 days after the remediation is completed.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units (in the case of an individual) and 200 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).

(3) A report referred to in subclause (2) must—

(a) be prepared by a duly qualified person in accordance with EPA guidelines, and

(b) describe the processes used to decommission the storage system and assess contamination at the storage site.