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B 799 Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 107

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PART VI — LABORATORY OPERATIONS
22.  The Authority shall accredit third-party and in-house laboratories
rendering operational and consultancy services to the midstream and
downstream petroleum industry.
23.  The Authority shall conduct regular analytical performance
evaluations by means of reference samples, proficiency testing programmes
and inter-laboratory tests on all laboratories in the midstream and downstream
petroleum industry.
PART VIII — INDUSTRY CHEMICAL AND PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
24.  The Authority shall evaluate industry chemicals and products intended
for use in the midstream and downstream petroleum industry to ascertain the
hazard and risk potentials as prescribed in guidelines issued by the Authority.
25.—(1) Prior to its use, industry chemicals or products shall be subjected
to toxicity test on standard aquatic organisms under Nigerian environmental
conditions as prescribed in guidelines issued by the Authority.
(2) Tests and investigations on midstream and downstream industry
chemicals or products shall be conducted only by laboratory facilities approved
by the Authority.
(3)  A licensee or permit holder shall obtain an approval for any industry
chemical or product intended for deployment in midstream and downstream
petroleum operations.
(4)  A licensee or permit holder shall seek the consent of the Authority
prior to deployment of the industry chemical or product.
(5)  A licensee or permit holder shall submit to the Authority for approval
its industry chemicals or products management programme for all new and
existing facilities in accordance with guidelines issued by the Authority.
(6)  A licensee, permit holder or chemical vendor shall periodically submit
inventories of industry chemicals or products deployed in their operations in
accordance with guidelines issued by the Authority.
(7)  Results of the tests and other production chemistry investigations on
use of industry chemicals and products shall be submitted to the Authority for
review and approval.
PART IX — EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT
26.—(1) A licensee or permit holder shall submit its current Spill or
Release Contingency Plan (SRCP) document to the Authority within the last
quarter of each calendar year for review.
Accreditation
of
laboratories
Performance
evaluation of
laboratories
Certification
of industry
chemicals
and products
Toxicity
tests of
industry
chemicals
and
products
Spill or
Release
Contingency
Planning
(SRCP)