Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:386:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 386 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1120394–1123229

386  Application for site closing certificate
 (1) A greenhouse gas injection licensee may apply to the responsible Commonwealth Minister for a site closing certificate in relation to a particular identified greenhouse gas storage formation specified in the licence.
Note 1: Part 3.8 contains additional provisions about application procedures.
Note 2: Section 427 requires the application to be accompanied by an application fee.
Note 3: Section 429 enables the responsible Commonwealth Minister to require the applicant to give further information.
 (2) An application under this section must be accompanied by:
 (a) a written report that sets out:
 (i) the applicant's modelling of the behaviour of the greenhouse gas substance injected into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation; and
 (ii) information relevant to that modelling; and
 (iii) the applicant's analysis of that information; and
 (b) a written report that sets out the applicant's assessment of:
 (i) the behaviour of the greenhouse gas substance injected into the identified greenhouse gas storage formation; and
 (ii) the expected migration pathway or pathways of that greenhouse gas substance; and
 (iii) the short‑term consequences of the migration of that greenhouse gas substance; and
 (iv) the long‑term consequences of the migration of that greenhouse gas substance; and
 (c) the applicant's suggestions for the approach to be taken by the Commonwealth, after the issue of the certificate, to the monitoring of the behaviour of a greenhouse gas substance stored in the identified greenhouse gas storage formation; and
 (d) such other information (if any) as is specified in the regulations.
 (2A) An application under this section is taken to be accompanied by the report referred to in paragraph (2)(a) if that report is given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister:
 (a) if, as a result of the operation of this section, the application needs to be made within a particular period—before the end of that period; or
 (b) in any other case—before the end of the 10‑day period that began on the day after the application was made.
 (2B) An application under this section is taken to be accompanied by the report referred to in paragraph (2)(b) if that report is given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister:
 (a) if, as a result of the operation of this section, the application needs to be made within a particular period—before the end of that period; or
 (b) in any other case—before the end of the 10‑day period that began on the day after the application was made.
 (2C) An application under this section is taken to be accompanied by the suggestions referred to in paragraph (2)(c) if those suggestions are given to the responsible Commonwealth Minister:
 (a) if, as a result of the operation of this section, the application needs to be made