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Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Use of Scheduled Premises

7. Power of Director-General to attach conditions to written permission

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2011.

(1)

Without limiting section 32, the Director‑General may, in granting a written permission under section 6, impose conditions to ensure that pollution of the environment, as well as hazardous substances, are adequately managed and controlled, including but not limited to the following conditions:

(a)

requiring the owner or occupier —

(i)

to install and operate an industrial plant, fuel burning equipment, control equipment or treatment plant in or on the scheduled premises;

(ii)

to repair, alter or replace any industrial plant, fuel burning equipment, control equipment or treatment plant installed in or on the scheduled premises;

(iii)

to erect or alter the height or dimension of any chimney through which air impurities may be emitted from the scheduled premises;

(iv)

to alter the method of operation or process used in or on the scheduled premises to prevent or reduce air, water or noise pollution or hazards;

(v)

to install and operate instruments and carry out tests and keep records of any tests and any method of operation or supervision that may be required;

(vi)

to use a specified type of fuel to prevent or reduce air pollution; or

(vii)

to carry out any of the requirements imposed on the owner or occupier under this paragraph within such period as may be specified;

(b)

prohibiting the owner or occupier from altering or replacing any control equipment or treatment plant installed in or on the scheduled premises except with the approval of the Director‑General; (c)prohibiting the owner or occupier from operating any fuel burning equipment or industrial plant installed or altered after the written permission has been granted unless the Director‑General has given approval to do so.

(2)

An owner or occupier of scheduled premises to whom any written permission is granted must comply with every condition imposed under subsection (1).

(3)

Any person who fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

Terms defined in s 2

air impurities
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“air impurities” includes smoke, cinders, solid particles of any kind, gases, fumes, mists, odours and radioactive substances;
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air pollution
Defined · s 2
“air pollution” means the emission into the air of any air impurity;
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chimney
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“chimney” includes a structure or opening of any kind from or through which air impurities may be emitted, and any reference to a chimney of or used in connection with any premises includes a reference to a chimney which serves the whole or a part of the premises though structurally separate from the premises;
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Director-General
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“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);
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fuel burning equipment
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“fuel burning equipment” means any furnace, boiler, fire place, oven, retort, incinerator, internal combustion engine, vessel or chimney, or any other apparatus, device, mechanism or structure used or to be used in connection with the burning of any combustible material in, or in relation to, any industrial plant;
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industrial plant
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“industrial plant” means any plant or equipment used for the generation of power, or for any industrial use, or for the operation of vessels, aircraft, locomotives, cranes, internal combustion engines or other machines using any combustible material for their operation;
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pollution of the environment
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“pollution of the environment” means pollution of the environment due to the release (into any environmental medium) from any process of substances which are capable of causing harm to human or any other living organisms supported by the environment;
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process
Defined · s 2
“process” means any activity carried on in Singapore, whether on premises or by way of a plant which is designed to move or to be moved whether on roads or otherwise, which are capable of causing pollution to the environment;
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scheduled premises
Defined · s 2
“scheduled premises” means any premises specified in the First Schedule;
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