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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL (UNDERGROUND PETROLEUM STORAGE SYSTEMS) REGULATIONS 2020 (S.R. 2020, NO. 4) - REG 14

Loss monitoring for small storage systems

(1)  A system operator of a small storage system must not allow the small storage system to be in use unless a small storage system loss-monitoring procedure is carried out in respect of the system.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.
(2)  If a small storage system loss-monitoring procedure carried out under subregulation (1) in respect of a storage system detects, in a tank in the storage system, a variation in petroleum volume of more than 2% of the tank capacity, a system operator of the storage system must –
(a) notify an infrastructure owner of the storage system, within 7 days after the results of the procedure are received by the system operator, that the storage system is not providing full and continuous containment; and
(b) if petroleum may have been lost from the storage system, ensure that further petroleum is not lost from the storage system; and
(c) ensure that the storage system is not allowed to be in use until the tank is repaired or replaced in accordance with regulation 11 .
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.



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