Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulation 2021

This section applies if the holder of a GHG authority—

carries out a scientific or technical survey of an area of the authority; or

reprocesses raw data obtained from a survey mentioned in paragraph (a).

The holder must give the chief executive in the required way a scientific or technical survey report for the survey within 12 months after the completion day for the survey.

The report must contain the following information—

a description of the location of the area surveyed;

a geological summary of the area surveyed;

the type of survey carried out;

an index of previous scientific or technical surveys, of the same type as the survey for which the report is given, carried out in the area surveyed;

the objectives of the survey;

the activities carried out for the survey, including, for example, the days on which the activities were carried out;

the methods and equipment used for acquiring and processing, or reprocessing, data;

an interpretation of the processed or reprocessed data derived from the survey;

spatial information showing the location of—

the area surveyed; and

where any measurements were made or samples were taken for the survey;

any other information stated in the relevant direction for the report.

The report must be accompanied by each of the following in digital form—

the raw data obtained from the survey;

the processed or reprocessed data derived from the survey.