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| | Clause 38, page 45, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | “(4A) | The Secretary of State shall, before the award of licences in relation to the use of |
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| | | deep-level land for onshore oil and gas exploration, issue additional planning |
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| | | guidance introducing a presumption against such developments within or under |
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| | | protected areas and functionally linked land.” |
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| | Clause 39, page 45, line 32, leave out “any substance” and insert “substances |
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| | approved by the Environment Agency” |
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| | Clause 39, page 46, line 2, after “use”, insert “, subject to the conditions laid out in |
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| | Clause 39, page 46, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | | (a) | The right of use shall be conditional on operators undertaking site-by-site |
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| | | measurement, monitoring and public disclosure of existing and future |
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| | | (b) | in this section, “fugitive emissions” shall mean releases arising from, but |
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| | | not limited to, flaring, venting, storage and transportation leakages.” |
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| | | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | | “Exploitation of petroleum on deep-level land: cumulative impacts |
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| | | The Secretary of State should amend the National Planning Policy Framework to |
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| | | require planning authorities to consider the cumulative impacts of exploiting |
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| | | petroleum on deep-level land.” |
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| | | To move the following Clause— |
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| | | | “Underground access: environmental protection |
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| | | (1) | All sites extracting petroleum under the provisions of section 38 must— |
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| | | (a) | carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment; |
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| | | (b) | ensure that independent inspections are carried out of the integrity of |
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| | | (c) | publicly disclose the chemicals used for the extraction process, and the |
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| | | proportions in which they are used on a well-by-well basis; |
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| | | (d) | consult with the relevant water company; and |
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| | | (e) | carry out monitoring over the previous 12 month period. |
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| | | (2) | The Secretary of State shall by regulations specify what data shall be required |
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| | | (3) | Regulations under subsection (2) must specify as required data the levels of |
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| | | methane in the groundwater and ecological studies, that data shall include but is |
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| | | not limited to levels of methane in the groundwater and ecological studies. |
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| | | (4) | Regulations under subsection (2) must be made by statutory instrument and may |
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| | | not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by |
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| | | a resolution of each House of Parliament.” |
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| | Clause 39, page 46, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | | “( ) | Before a well design is commenced or adopted in connection with the |
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| | | exploitation of petroleum the right of use requires the Health and Safety |
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| | | Executive to inspect the well so as to satisfy itself that— |
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| | | (a) | so far as is reasonably practicable, there can be no unplanned escape of |
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| | | fluids from the well; and |
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| | | (b) | risks to the health and safety of persons from it or anything in it, or in |
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| | | strata to which it is connected, are as low as is reasonably practicable. |
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| | | ( ) | Where the Health and Safety Executive is satisfied that a condition in subsection |
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| | | ( ) is met, it shall give notice to the Secretary of State. |
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| | | ( ) | The Secretary of State shall publish the information received from the Health and |
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| | | Safety Executive in accordance with sub-paragraph ( ).” |
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| | Clause 36, page 39, line 10, after “industry”, insert “and the co-ordination of the |
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| | transportation and storage of CO2” |
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