Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002)

Regulations

Amendment Regulations to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Regulations, 2020

Chapter 9 : Operations and Management

Management of operations

113. Hydraulic fracturing fluid disclosure

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(1)The substances listed in schedule I attached hereto are prohibited from use in the fracturing process.

 

(2)A holder or applicant shall, as part of the impact assessment, submit the following information to the competent authority—
(a)Fluids and their status as hazardous/non-hazardous substances;
(b)Material safety data sheet information;
(c)Volumes of fracturing fluid, including proppant, base carrier fluid and each chemical additive;
(d)The trade name of each additive and its general purposed in the fracturing process;
(e)Each chemical intentionally added to the base fluid, including each chemical, the chemical abstracts service number, if applicable and the actual concentration, in percent by mass;
(f)Possible alternatives;
(g)Possible risk of the above on the environment and water resources and
(h)Remediation required if a pollution incident were to occur.

 

[Regulation 113 inserted by section 2 of Notice No. R. 466 dated 3 June 2015]