Regulation 13 Post-closure obligations

(1)

This regulation applies after the storage site has been closed and until the licence is terminated.

(2)

The operator must continue to—

(a)

monitor the site in accordance with the provisions in the storage permit included by virtue of regulation 8(d) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;

(b)

comply with its reporting and notification obligations in accordance with the provisions in the storage permit included by virtue of regulation 8(d) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (with the exception of the obligation in the provision included by virtue of sub-paragraph (5)(b)); and

(c)

comply with its obligations to take corrective measures in accordance with the provisions in the storage permit included by virtue of regulation 8(d) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2.

(3)

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.

(4)

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.

(5)

The closure of the storage site is without prejudice to the obligations of the operator—

(a)

under legislation F1which before IP completion day implemented Articles 5 to 8 of the Environmental Liability Directive; and

F2(b)

relating to the offset of emissions which are leakage under climate change legislation (if any).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 13(5)(a) substituted (1.12.2021) by The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/354), regs. 1, 7(a)
F2: Reg. 13(5)(b) substituted (1.12.2021) by The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/354), regs. 1, 7(b)