Paragraph 4 Post-closure obligations

(1)

After the storage site has been closed and until the licence is terminated, the operator must continue to—

(a)

monitor the storage site in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2,

(b)

comply with its reporting and notification obligations in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (with the exception of sub-paragraph (5)(b)), and

(c)

comply with its obligations to take corrective measures in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.

(2)

However, for those purposes any reference to the monitoring plan or the corrective measures plan is to be read as a reference to the post-closure plan.

(3)

The operator must seal the storage site and remove the injection facilities in accordance with its obligations under Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998.