Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Approval for discharge into public sewerage system
Subregulation 1
An application for approval to discharge trade effluent into the part of the public sewerage system, or drain-line or sewer connected to a public sewerage system, specified in the application, made pursuant to section 16(1) or 16A(1) of the Act, as the case may be, shall be in such form as the Board may require.
Subregulation 2
The applicant shall, in his application, furnish to the Board —
particulars of the trade, manufacture, business or building construction carried on or to be carried on by him and in the course of which the trade effluent is wholly or partly produced or of which the trade effluent is the waste or refuse;
details of all the processes or operations employed or to be employed by him to produce the final products of the trade, manufacture, business or building construction;
particulars of all the raw materials and chemicals used or to be used in the processes or operations;
details of the layout of all the machinery, plant and equipment used or to be used in the premises in which the trade, manufacture, business or building construction is being or is to be carried on, as the case may be;
an estimate of the amount of water consumed or used or to be consumed or used in the trade, manufacture, business or building construction;
particulars of the physical, organic and chemical nature of the trade effluent; and
such other information relating to the trade effluent and the discharge thereof as the Board may require.
Subregulation 3
The Board may, in granting any approval referred to in paragraph (1), impose such conditions as it thinks fit, including a condition that the applicant 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.
Subregulation 4
Where a person has been granted any approval mentioned in paragraph (1), the person must notify the Board in writing, within 14 days after any change in any of the following if the change affects the amount or the physical, organic or chemical nature of the trade effluent discharged:
a process or operation mentioned in paragraph (2)(b);
a raw material or chemical mentioned in paragraph (2)(c), if notified by the Board to the person in writing;
the layout mentioned in paragraph (2)(d).
Subregulation 5
The Board must not give a person a notification under paragraph (4)(b) unless the Board is satisfied that the trade effluent discharged from the trade, manufacture, business or building construction of the person is of a nature that is likely (either alone or in combination with or by interaction with another substance) —
to pose a health hazard or danger to the safety and health of any person at work at, on or in any part of the public sewerage system, drain-line or sewer mentioned in paragraph (1);
to render inoperable the part of the public sewerage system, drain-line or sewer into which the trade effluent has been approved to be discharged; or
to severely disrupt —
the proper working of the part of the public sewerage system, drain-line or sewer mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), or any facility, machinery or equipment related or connected to the same;
any process of treating trade effluent, sewage or other waste for reuse, or any facility, machinery or equipment related or connected to the same; or
any process of water reclamation, or any facility, machinery or equipment related or connected to the same.
Subregulation 6
The Board may, in relation to any approval granted under paragraph (1) —
modify the conditions in relation to the approval, whether by —
removing, varying or replacing any condition that was imposed upon the grant of the approval; or
imposing any new condition on the approval (including a condition that the person granted the approval 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 approval.