In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 61 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-18082026-275554 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 504] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026/SHRAVAN 26, 1948 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS REGULATORY BOARD NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th August, 2026 [PART III-SEC.4] F. No. PNGRB/Tech/1-T4SCGD/(4)/2023.— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 61 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 (19 of 2006), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, hereby makes the following regulations, to further amend the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Regulations, 2010, namely:- 1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT: 1) These regulations may be called "the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Amendment Regulations, 2026". 2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Regulations, 2010, - 1) In Regulation 6, in Sub-Regulation (a), in the words "Level 1", the number "1" shall be replaced with "I”. 2) In Regulation 6, in Sub-Regulation (b), in the words "Level 2", the number "2" shall be replaced with "II". 3) In Regulation 6, in Sub-Regulation (c), in the words “Level 3”, the number “3” shall be replaced with "III". 4) 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". 5) 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". 6) 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 Imin +wailing siren of 2min)". (ii) Sub-Regulation (c), (d) & (e) shall be renumbered as (d), (e) & (f). 7) 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 8) 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. 5 [भाग III- खण्ड 4] भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 9) In Regulation 24 "Action after reporting of incident by the entity", existing Sub- Regulation (6) shall be substituted with the following - "(7) (a)The entity shall ensure compliance of all recommendations of the Incident Investigation Committee at all its locations within time bound manner and to undertake all necessary measures to prevent recurrence of incidents. (b) Nominated Director of the entity shall ensure submission of the Action Taken Report (ATR) on compliance of recommendations, measures taken to prevent recurrence of incidents, action w.r.t. sub- regulation (6) above, etc. along with the Final Incident Investigation Report, for deliberation of the Board of Directors (of the entity) and submit the Minutes of Meeting (MoM)/outcome of the meeting, to the Board (PNGRB) as per following timelines: +-----+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | S No. | Details | Timeline (from the date of submission of | | | | Final Incident Investigation | | | | Report) | +=====+===========================================+=============================================================+ | 1 | Action w.r.t. sub-regulation (7)(a) as | Three months | | | above | | +-----+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2 | Action w.r.t. sub-regulation (6)(a) as | Three months | | | above | | +-----+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3 | Action w.r.t. sub-regulation (6)(b) & (c) | Ten months | | | as above | | +-----+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 | Action w.r.t. sub-regulation (6)(d) | Nine Months # | +-----+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ # 25% of the total compensation amount shall be released within one month from the date of the fatality / permanent disability. ANJAN KUMAR MISHRA, Secy. [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./273/2026-27] FOOT NOTE: 1. The principal regulations, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP) Regulations, 2010, was published in Gazette of India, Part II, Sec.3(i), on 18th January 2010, vide G.S.R. 39(E). 2. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board [Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)] Amendment Regulations, 2014, was published in Gazette of India, Part III, Sec.4, on 1st January 2015, vide F. No. L- MISC/VI/I/2007. 3. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Amendment Regulations, 2020, was published in Gazette of India, Part III, Sec.4, on 17th September 2020, vide F. No. PNGRB/Tech/19- ERDMP/(1)/2020. 4. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Codes of Practices for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP)) Amendment Regulations, 2025, was published in Gazette of India, Part III, Sec.4, on 23rd July 2025, vide PNGRB/ Tech/18- penalty-T4SReg./(9)/2024(E-5488)/1. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.