The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) on August 17, 2026, issued the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Amendment Regulations, 2026 to further amend the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Regulations, 2010.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In Regulation 6, in Sub-Regulation (a), in the words “Level 1” , the number “1” shall be replaced with “I”.
• In Regulation 6, in Sub-Regulation (b), in the words “Level 2” , the number “2” shall be replaced with “II”.
• In Regulation 6, in Sub-Regulation (c), in the words “Level 3” , the number “3” shall be replaced with “III”.
• In Regulation 14.2.2 “Site Incident Controller (SIC)”, after the phrase beginning from “The Site Incident Controller shall be identified by the”, the word “Site” shall be replaced with the word “Chief” and in the sentence “Responsibilities of the Chief Incident Controller shall include but not limited to the following”, the word “Chief” shall be replaced with the word “Site”.
• In Regulation 14.2.5.8 “Communications Services”, in Sub-Regulation (2) “Flow of Information”, in sub-clause (a), in phrase “Control Centre shall receive the information form”, the word “form” shall be replaced with the word “from”.
• In Regulation 14.2.5.9 “Siren Codes”, following changes shall be made
(i) In Sub-Regulation (2) (c), the words “(waiting siren 2min + gap 1min + siren 2min +gap 1min +waiting siren 2min)” shall be replaced with “(wailing siren of 2min + gap of 1min + wailing siren of 2min + gap of 1min +wailing siren of 2min)”.
(ii) Sub-Regulation (c), (d) & (e) shall be renumbered as (d), (e) & (f).
• In Regulation 19 “Medical Facilities”, after the words “Details of medical facilities” and before the words “to be provided in the ERDMP”, the words “(including details of Burn treatment wards with number of beds)” shall be inserted
• In Regulation 24 “Action after reporting of incident by the entity”, in Sub-Regulation (5), after the words “the final report to the Board within 30 days of constitution”, the new Sub-Regulation numbered as (6) shall be inserted as mentioned below -
“(6) Entity shall ensure the following in case of each Major incident:
a. Submit explanation for lapses or violations that resulted into or caused the Major incident, within three months from submission of the Final Incident Investigation Report.
b. Constitute an internal committee to fix responsibility for each major incident and accountability for lapses or violations, at appropriate levels including senior officials of entity etc., within one month from submission of the Final Incident Investigation Report. This internal committee should submit its report to concerned Director of entity, within five months from date of its constitution.
c. Take appropriate disciplinary or administrative action against the personnel/contractor/agency found responsible within three months from submission of internal committee report as per clause (b) above.
d. Disburse compensation in line with statutory norms and company's compensation policy in case of incidents involving any fatality or permanent disability.
[Notification No. PNGRB/Tech/1-T4SCGD/(4)/2023]
