15 Amendments of Angelika NIEBLER related to 2021/0423(COD)
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13 a) ‘quantification’ means operations to determine the value of the quantity of methane emissions. Quantification can be based on direct measurements, engineering estimations, or models using ambient measurements and meteorological data, and should be based on advanced equipment and monitoring methods. Quantities of methane emissions are expressed in mass per time (e.g.kilograms per hour) or volume per time (e.g. standard cubic meters per hour);
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By … [3642 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and by 301 Marchy every year thereafter, operators shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing direct measurements ofquantification of material source-level methane emissions for non de minimis sources operated assets referred to in paragraph 2, complemented by measureassessments of site- level methane emissions, if thereby allowing assessment and verification of the source- level estimates aggregated by sitese are material, confirmed by a representative sample of an alternative quantification method described by CEN standards for operated facilities with methane emissions exceeding [100 tonnes per year] according the reporting of the previous year. As long as no CEN standards provide adequate methodologies allowing such emission assessment methods, they can be performed on a voluntary basis. The competent authority shall authorize the assessment's scope and frequency, which should be based on prior experience with a risk-based methodology or a comparable approach.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In the leak detection and repair programme, the operators shall establish a schedule for the survey for each component and grid segment, whereby the required frequency of the survey for each component and network segment may vary depending on the potential hazard and emission rate of a leak. The competent national authority shall classify the priority of the components and grid segments considering at least the operating pressure, the location of the component, the number of registered leaks in the past, and the level of protection of corrosion.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By … [612 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall carry out a survey of all relevanthigh priority components under their responsibility in accordance with the leak detection and repair programme referred in paragraph 1.
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Thereafter, leak detection and repair surveys shall be repeated every three months. in mid-stream sector will be for compressor station, underground storage LNG-Terminal every 6 months for a minimum leak size searched for of 400g/h and every 12 months of 20g/h. This latter case also applies to the regulating and metering station. For valve stations, leak detection and repair surveys in mid- stream sector will be every 24 months for a minimum leak size searched for of 20g/h. The leak detection and repair program for Distribution System Operators is designed using a performance-based methodology based on the leakage sensitivity of the material the pipelines are made of. Therefore, the surveys shall be repeated every 6 months in the case of grey cast iron, every 12 months in the case of asbestos, every 24 months in the case of ductile cast iron, every 36 months in the case of non protected steel and every 60 months in the case of polyethylene, PVC or protected steel (<= 16 bar). The inspection intervals described above represent the minimum for LDAR campaigns.The CEN standard will further specify and modify methodology for establishing inspection intervals, which can only result in shorter times between inspections than those listed above. Operators may use continuous monitoring systems instead of or in addition to leak detection and repair surveys if the competent authorities approve their use in the context of the leak detection and repair programme mentioned in paragraph 1 and in accordance with the elements outlined in Part 1 of Annex I.Through national/local pipeline integrity management regulations and guidelines, such as those defined in EN 1594, procedures are in place to prevent any leakage for protected steel > 16 bar. Incident related emissions such as third party damage are detected on occurence and repaired as soon as possible.
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Thereafter, leak detection and repair surveys shall be repeated every three monthscontinued according to the schedule in the leak detection and repair programme.
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. In carrying out the surveys, operators shall use devices that allow detection of loss of methane from components of 500 parts per million or morperiodic surveys or in using continuous monitoring, operators shall use detecting devices with the capability to detect the leak size corresponding to the relevant leaks searched for in the mid-stream table and [20g/h] for the downstream table. The type of equipment and methods to detect the associated leak size that must be collected shall be defined by the CEN standard. The competent authorities must validate the detecting devices included in the submitted LDAR program before the standard is available.
Amendment 586 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Operators shall repair or replace all components found to be emitting 500 parts per million or more of methanaccording to paragraph 3 and schedule the repair as part of their repair programme.
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The repair or replacement of the components referred to in the first subparagraph shall take place immediately after detection, or as soon as possible thereafter but no later than five days after detection, provided operatorbut no later than thirty days. Where the repair referred to in the first subparagraph is not successful or possible due to safety, administrative, or technical considerations, the operators shall establish a repair and monitoring schedule for leaks above [20 g/h] no later than [30] days after detection. The repair and monitoring schedule referred to in the second subparagraph shall be set so that the found leakages are repaired without unnecessary delays can demonstrate that safety or technical considerations do not allow immediate action and provided operators establish a repair and monitoring scheduled the environmental impact is minimized, while respecting the safety, administrative and technical considerations. The detailed procedures to do so will be described in the CEN standard or corresponding technical specification document referred in [new paragraph 1].
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The repair or replacement of the components referred to in the first subparagraph shall take place immediately after detection, or as soon as possible thereafter but no later than five days after detection, provided operators can demonstrate that safety or technical considerations do not allow immediate action and provided operators establish a repair and monitoring scheduleprioritised according to the potential hazard and emission rate of the leak. High priority and hazardous methane leaks shall be repaired immediately after detection, or as soon as possible thereafter but no later than thirty days.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Safety, administrative and technical considerations that do not allow immediate action, as referred to in the secondprevious subparagraphs, shall be limited to taking into account safety to personnel and, humans and objects in proximity, environmental impacts, concentration of methane loss, accessibility to component, availability of replacement of the component. Environmentalscheduled maintenance, significant deterioration of the gas supply, disproportionate impact considerations may include instances whereby repair could lead to a higher level of methane emissions than in the absence of the gas supply to end users, permitting processes requirement or required administrative authorization, accessibility to component, availability of parts necessary for the repair.
Amendment 622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Where implementing venting or flaring provisions leads to an abatement efficiency lower than the reference values set by ACER as per Article 34 of this Regulation, the operators must minimize the vented emissions by available efficient means and include the justification in the report according to Article 17.
Amendment 786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)