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Page 1 of 67 MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, 2025

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PART IX — MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM WASTE MANAGEMENT
63. Waste Management Plan (WMP)
64. Utilisation of the services of NMDPRA Accredited Waste Managers
65. Inventory of Waste and Impacted Sites
66. Produced Formation Water (PFW) management
67. Point Source Registration

PART X — GREEN HOUSE GAS (GHG) MANAGEMENT

68. Green House Gas (GHG) management
69. Methane and other GHG emissions monitoring

PART XI — LABORATORY OPERATIONS
70. Accreditation of laboratories
71. Performance evaluation of laboratories

PART XII — INDUSTRY CHEMICAL AND PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
72. Petroleum liquids or natural gas or its derivatives quality monitoring
73. Certification of industry chemicals and products
74. Toxicity tests of industry chemicals and products

PART XIII — EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT
75. Spill or Release Contingency Planning (SRCP)
76. Mystery spills
77. Spill or release reporting, investigation and clean-up
78. Groundwater Pollution from Leakages of Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) or Aboveground Storage
Tanks (ASTs)
79. Liability and documentation of spills/leakages
80. Remediation and restoration of impacted area
81. Use of spill management and remediation chemicals or products

PART XIV — DECOMMISSIONING AND ABANDONMENT
82. Decommissioning and Abandonment Plan
83. Pre-existing Plan
84. Duty to submit a Plan by existing licensee.
85. Duty to submit a Plan by new licensee.
86. Annual contribution to the decommissioning and abandonment fund
87. Timeline for review of annual contribution
88. Decommissioning and abandonment philosophy
89. Approval of a Plan
90. Provision to update a Plan