Singapore legislation
Regulation 22
of Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) Regulations
Regulation 22
Establishment of emergency action plan to deal with accidents and emergencies
Subregulation 1
The consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances shall establish and keep up-to-date an adequate emergency action plan to deal with any spillage, leakage, release, accident or emergency which may arise from the transport or storage of the hazardous substance.
Subregulation 2
The consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances shall submit an emergency action plan to the Director-General for approval.
Subregulation 3
The emergency action plan shall cover off-site impact, if any, and shall include the following:
identification of likely accident scenarios and establishment of the likely impact zones;
notification and activation procedures;
response actions to control and contain the release and to mitigate the impact of the release;
monitoring of the affected areas, including the off-site affected areas;
procedures for decontamination and clean-up of affected areas;
names of personnel with their assigned roles and responsibilities in dealing with the emergency; and
list of emergency response equipment, including protective gears, fire fighting equipment, oversized drums, emergency containers/tankers, absorbents, neutralising agents, monitoring equipment, clean-up equipment, etc., made available for dealing with the emergency.
Subregulation 4
The Director-General may require the consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances to review, test and improve his emergency action plan within such time as the Director-General may specify.
Subregulation 5
The consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances shall have in readiness at all times trained personnel and equipment to deal adequately in accordance with the established emergency action plan with any spillage, leakage, release, accident or emergency which may arise.