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Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001)RulesGas Act Rules, 2021Chapter 2 : Applications and Objections to Licence Applications14. Application for registration of a gas activity |
| (1) |
| (a) | Owners of operations involving the activities contemplated in section 28(1) of the Act must apply to the Energy Regulator for registration. |
| (b) | The application for registration must be made in writing and in the form specified in Annexure G and must contain all information specified therein. |
| (2) |
| (a) | In addition to sub-rule (1) above, owners of operations involving gas production must provide the following information for each mine and/or factory – |
| (i) | actual gas production quantities in gigajoules per gas specification for the last calendar year; |
| (ii) | planned gas production quantities in gigajoules per gas specification for the current calendar year; |
| (iii) | where production has not commenced, planned gas production quantities in gigajoules per gas specification for the first year of operation; |
| (iv) | the information required in (i) and (ii) above regarding gas intended for own use; |
| (v) | gas from wells in the earth or coal seams, a copy of an independent reservoir engineer's assessment of proven and recoverable gas reserves in trillions of cubic feet and the basis for the reserves determination; |
| (vi) | for a landfill project, provide the number of landfills, a sitemap indicating their relative positions and for each landfill provide – |
| (aa) | a detailed description including, the age, the estimated remaining productive life, the dimensions (in m), the size (in m3); |
| (bb) | the number of production wells and a description of the gas collection piping (e.g. length, size, capacity); |
| (cc) | the details of the network reticulating the gas for consumption; |
| (dd) | the details of the gas migration control system, including the number of wells, landfill monitoring measures and the gas flaring system; |
| (ee) | measures taken to mitigate against ground contamination, both for monitoring, preventing and remedying; and |
| (ff) | provisions towards retiring the landfills and towards land rehabilitation. |
| (vii) | for the manufacture of synthetic or artificial gas or the manufacturing of any gases in the refining process, a description of the process(es), including: |
| (aa) | the nature and composition of the gas; |
| (bb) | details of the feed material and by-products I waste products; |
| (cc) | the details of the process flow, including design and actual production capacities; |
| (dd) | a description of the key process units, including the design, maximum and normal operating conditions; and |
| (ee) | details of the network reticulating the gas for consumption. |
| (3) |
| (a) | In addition to sub-rule (1) above, owners of operations involving gas importation must provide the following information to the Energy Regulator— |
| (i) | actual gas quantities imported in gigajoules per gas specification and the gas sources for the last calendar year; |
| (ii) | planned gas quantities to be imported in gigajoules per gas specification and the gas sources for the current calendar year; |
| (iii) | where importation has not commenced, planned gas importation quantities in gigajoules per gas specification for the first year of operation; and |
| (iv) | the information required in (i) and (ii) above regarding gas intended for own use. |
| (4) | An applicant for registration in terms of this Rule may request confidential treatment of information submitted as part of its application, in which case the full registration application must be submitted together with— |
| (a) | the request for confidential treatment of information in the form specified in Annexure A in accordance with Rule 4 of these Rules; and |
| (b) | the intended non-confidential version of the application for registration. |
| (5) | The provisions of Rule 7(3), (4), (5), (7) and (8) apply to all applications made under this Rule 14 with changes required by context. |
