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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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Mandatory Environmental Risk Register Approvals 
 
8. Except where project peculiarities demand further modification as may be 
determined by the Authority, the following approvals shall be required for 
midstream and downstream  petroleum development projects: 
 
a) Project Concept Screening (PCS) prior to grant of Licence to Establish (LTE). 
b) Preliminary Environmental Risk Assessment (PERA) prior to Licence to 
Construct (LTC). 
c) Environmental Risk Register (ERR) subject to financial contribution to the 
Midstream and Downstream Environmental Remediation Fund. 
d) Environmental Management Plan (EMP) shall form the environmental basis 
for project implementation and issued prior to Licence to Operate (LTO).  
Environmental Evaluation Study (EES) 
 
9. An EES shall be conducted every Five (5) years from the date of 
commencement of operations of the facility in line with the Environmental 
Guideline and Standards for Midstream and Downstream Operations, 
provided that where the Authority considers it expidient based on available 
information and data, it may direct that an EES be conducted at any time.  
 
Post Impact Assessment (PIA) 
 
10. At the discretion of the Authority, a Post Impact Assessment shall be 
conducted following the clean-up after any incident such as refined or 
unrefined petroleum, hazardous materials spillages, explosion etc. has 
occurred, to ascertain the impact of the incident on the environment with a 
view to the restoration or remediation of same and for payment of 
compensation where applicable. The PIA shall commence not more than 1 
week from the date the clean-up is certified. 
 
Biological Monitoring of Recipient Medium 
 
11. (i) Biomonitoring of recipient medium shall be conducted every five (5) years 
with samples taken during the wet and dry season.  
(ii) 
Where there is a discharge from facility operation into a recipient water 
body, a biological evaluation of effluent toxicity based on the bioassays 
shall be conducted every 3 months.  Only effluents with demonstrated low 
risk of lethal and sublethal toxicity action against sensitive species shall be 
permitted for release into the recipient water body. 
(iii) 
Notwitstanding (I) and (II) above, the Authority may direct a  biological 
monitoring of the recipient medium to be conducted where in its opinion 
there is a significant impact on the environment.