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(a) undertaken formal training to ensure that he is competent to use the plant
equipment provided for the operation, and
(b) a valid certificate of medical fitness to dive issued by a doctor in Nigeria who has
trained in hyperbaric and diving medicine, and who is accredited by the Authority.

48. (1) Where a diving bell is being used, there shall be for every diving operation a standby diver
who shall —
(a) descend in the bell to the depth from which work is to be carried out and remain
in the bell to monitor the diver or divers who leave it, and
(b) be in immediate readiness to render assistance to them in an emergency,
(c) in all other cases, be in immediate readiness to dive:
Provided that where there are two divers in the water at the same time who are
near enough to be able to communicate with and to render assistance to each
other in an emergency, each one of them may be regarded as the stand-by
diver for the other.
(2) An extra diver shall be on the surface to render assistance where there is —
(a) a special hazard and, in particular, where a diver is likely to be endangered by
strong current; or
(b) risk of a diver being trapped, or his equipment entangled.

Stand-by divers
PART VI — ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

49. A licensee or permit holder shall establish an Environmental Management System (EMS) for its
petroleum operations, which shall conform to guidelines issued by the Authority.

Establishment Of
Environmental
Management System
50. A licensee or permit holder shall conduct regular Environmental Management Reviews (EMR)
and verifications to evaluate the status and adequacy of its EMS in relation to environmental issues,
regulations and changing circumstances.

Environmental
Management Reviews
51. A licensee or permit holder shall conduct periodic environmental audits to facilitate management
control of environmental practices and to assess compliance with the EMS and regulatory
requirements.
Periodic
environmental
audits
52. A licensee or permit holder shall evaluate and report performance of the management of its
environmental aspects in the format set out in guidelines issued by the Authority.

Evaluation and Reporting
of Environmental