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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA 2022 DRAFT DATE: 10/06/2022 GENERAL

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PENALTIES 
  
  
A.           General HSEC Infraction 
United States 
Dollars ($) 
i. 
Use of non-accredited contractors to render any HSEC related 
service in the midstream downstream petroleum oil and gas industry 
25,000.00  
ii 
Failure to respond to Authority on HSEC related issues within stipulated 
timeframe 
100,000.00  
iii. 
Making false representation to the Authority on any HSEC related 
issue 
25,000.00  
    
  
  B.           Environmental Permit 
  
i. Failure to register point sources 
 (250)/point 
source/day  
    
  
  C.            Environmental Studies 
  
i 
No Environmental Screening Study Report to determine Suitability of 
Project Concepts 
25,000.00  
ii Altering Environmental Status prior to requisite Environmental Studies 
50,000.00  
iii. Commencing field data gathering without approved Scope of Work 
25,000.00  
iv Commencing construction without authorization 
100,000.00  
v Failure to conduct requisite or statutory study 
150,000.00  
vii 
Delayed submission of Biological Monitoring report (more than six 
months after the final field data gathering 
25,000.00  
    
  
  D.           Waste Management 
  
i. 
Noncompliance with submission of Waste Inventory Notes and 
Manifest 
10,000/month  
ii Unapproved discharge or disposal of wastes  
200,000.00  
iii. 
Use of containers not fit for purspose in waste collection, storage and 
transportation 
20,000.00  
v Indiscriminate storage of waste within and outside operation areas. 
50,000.00  
vii Operating under an expired permit. 
100,000.00