Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 21 Dec 1998

No. S 610

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 114(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act, the Minister for the Environment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1999.

Amendment of Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations (Rg 11) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after item (2) in the group “Lead Compounds”, the following item in the appropriate columns:

List of Toxic
Industrial Wastes

Prescribed Quantity
For Generation
Per Year

Prescribed Quantity
For Transportation
Per Trip

“3.	Waste lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed

10,000 kg

1,000 kg”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item (7) in the group “Other Wastes”, the following items in the appropriate columns:

List of Toxic
Industrial Wastes

Prescribed Quantity
For Generation
Per Year

Prescribed Quantity
For Transportation
Per Trip

“8.	Waste from the production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues/adhesives containing solvents and other contaminants

5,000 l

1,000 l

9.	Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish containing organic solvents, heavy metals or biocides

5,000 l

1,000 l”.

[G.N. No. S 102/96]

Made this 16th day of December 1998.

TAN GEE PAW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[PCD/CF/K03; AG/LEG/SL/95/97/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 114(4) of the Environmental Public Health Act).

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