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(i) location and main infrastructure map of all land areas relevant to the 
programme, 
(ii) the relative location, geographical information system, type, and status of 
any other adjacent facilities (such as high-tension power lines, pipelines, 
midstream installations and facilities) which would have to be taken into 
consideration, 
(iii) information about any commercial activity in the area, and 
(iv) any other background information relevant to consideration of the 
decommissioning and abandonment programme; 
(e) description of items to be decommissioned and abandoned, inclusive of 
diagrams, covering —   
(i) support structure for fixed installations at the time of removal (type, size, 
arrangement and weights), 
(ii) land-based loading facilities relevant to the decommissioning and 
abandonment programme, and 
(iii) any other installed items; 
(f) removal and disposal methods stating —   
(i) the removal and disposal option, describing the removal method and the 
disposal route, recognising any potential trans-frontier shipment of 
wastes, considering that installations and structure on land, except for 
buried transportation pipelines and gathering lines, shall be completely 
removed and the environment restored to its original condition, 
(ii) an indication of how the principles of the waste hierarchy will be met as 
well as complying with waste regulations, the extent to which the 
installation or any part of it, including the topsides and the materials 
contained within it, will be re-used, recycled, or scrapped, 
(iii) details of any cleaning or removal of waste materials, including cleaning 
methods, cleaning agents and disposal of residues, 
(iv) a clear outline of how the disposal of any radioactive material, including 
Low Specific Activity (LSA), Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material 
(NORM), will be addressed, 
(v) water level (clearance) above any remaining waste of concern, and 
(vi) predicted degradation, movement, and stability of any remains;