Health And Social Care Level 3 Unit 2 D1

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discharges from all sources (i.e., gaseous, liquid and solid) and oil-related project development. ii. The. The Oil and Gas Pipelines Regulations require a pipeline licensee to implement emergency plans to ensure prompt and remedial action to protect the environment. iii. The adage of a dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful d The Petroleum (Drilling and Production) Regulations require licensees and lessees to adopt precautions to prevent pollution and dispose of waste from petroleum operations in accordance with applicable regulations, as may be approved by the Department of Petroleum Resources. Some of the consequences for breaches of key environmental laws are as follows: i. Under the Oil …show more content…
ii. The. Any party that fails to comply with the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment Act is liable on conviction to: i. a fine of N100,000 or five years’ imprisonment in the case of an individual; and a fine of between N50,000 and N1,000,000 in the case of a corporation. iii. The adage of a dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful d Under the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency Act, a party that fails to report an oil spillage to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency within 24 hours is liable to a daily penalty of N500,000. Further, failure to clean up the impacted site can result in a penalty of N1,000,000. iv. The minister of petroleum has powers to revoke an authorization for failure to comply with applicable laws, including environmental regulations. EGASPIN also imposes fines for various environmental infractions and the obligation to pay compensation to affected persons and remediate any environmental