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

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

Chapter 9 : Operations and Management

Management of operations

113. Hydraulic fracturing fluid disclosure

 

(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]