Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
Regulation 11
Permission required to discharge certain trade effluent, etc.
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), any person may, notwithstanding regulation 10, with the prior permission of the Board discharge into any public sewerage system, at the part of the public sewerage system specified in the Board’s permission, trade effluent containing BOD or TSS greater than 400 milligrams per litre of the trade effluent or COD greater than 600 milligrams per litre of the trade effluent.
Subregulation 2
However, any trade effluent discharged under paragraph (1) must not contain —
BOD greater than 6,000 milligrams per litre of the trade effluent;
TSS greater than 6,000 milligrams per litre of the trade effluent; or
COD greater than 10,000 milligrams per litre of the trade effluent or 3 times the concentration of BOD in the trade effluent, whichever is the lower.
Subregulation 3
Any person may, with the prior permission of the Board, dispose of effluent or organic sludge that is transported by vehicle to any sewage treatment works specified by the Board, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed by the Board and such person.
Subregulation 4
The Board may, in granting any permission under paragraph (1) or (3) and in addition to the agreed conditions mentioned in paragraph (3), impose such conditions as it thinks fit, including a condition that the person must provide such deposits, performance bonds, guarantees or other forms of security, for such amounts, as the Board may from time to time require, to secure compliance by the person with any condition the Board imposes.
Subregulation 4A
A person granted permission under paragraph (3) must —
ensure that any vehicle used to transport the effluent or organic sludge being disposed of is secured with any, or any combination, of the following apparatuses as the Board thinks fit:
a tracking device;
a security lock;
any other apparatus that the Board considers is able to adequately secure the effluent or organic sludge;
record the data collected by the tracking device, security lock or other apparatus;
keep the record for at least 12 months after the date that the permission is granted; and
submit the record to the Board as and when the Board requires.
Subregulation 4B
A person must not tamper with any tracking device, security lock or other apparatus used to secure a vehicle as described in paragraph (4A).
Subregulation 4C
The Board may, for any permission granted under paragraph (1) or (3) —
modify the conditions in relation to the permission, whether by —
removing, varying or replacing any condition that was imposed upon the grant of the permission; or
imposing any new condition on the permission (including a condition that the person granted the permission under paragraph (1) must provide such deposits, performance bonds, guarantees or other forms of security, for such amounts, as the Board may from time to time require, to secure compliance by the applicant with any condition the Board imposes); or
suspend or revoke the permission.
Subregulation 5
A person who has discharged into any public sewerage system trade effluent pursuant to permission granted by the Board under paragraph (1), must pay to the Board a fee for the disposal of the trade effluent (including any treatment necessary or incidental thereto), in accordance with a bill issued by the Board for such payment.
Subregulation 6
Subject to paragraph (7), the fee mentioned in paragraph (5) must be calculated as follows:
for a bill issued on or after 1 January 2024 but before 1 April 2024 — in accordance with the scale set out in the Fourth Schedule as in force immediately before 1 April 2024;
for a bill issued on or after 1 April 2024 but before 1 April 2025 — in accordance with the scale set out in the Fourth Schedule;
for a bill issued on or after 1 April 2025 — in accordance with the scale set out in the Fifth Schedule.
Subregulation 7
For the purpose of paragraph (6), any fraction of a dollar of a fee calculated pursuant to that paragraph is to be ignored.