PART V | Establishment of emergency action plan to deal with accidents and emergencies |
22.—(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.| (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. |
(3) The emergency action plan shall cover off-site impact, if any, and shall include the following:| (a) | identification of likely accident scenarios and establishment of the likely impact zones; | | (b) | notification and activation procedures; | | (c) | response actions to control and contain the release and to mitigate the impact of the release; | | (d) | monitoring of the affected areas, including the off-site affected areas; | | (e) | procedures for decontamination and clean-up of affected areas; | | (f) | names of personnel with their assigned roles and responsibilities in dealing with the emergency; and | | (g) | 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. |
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| (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. |
| (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. |
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| Notification of accidents and emergencies |
23.—(1) In the event of an accidental release of any hazardous substance, the consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances shall directly or through his agent or employee —| (a) | take immediate actions and mitigating measures in accordance to the established emergency action plan to control and contain the release; | | (b) | immediately notify the consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances, whichever person is appropriate; and | | (c) | immediately notify the Director-General and the Singapore Civil Defence Force. |
| (2) The consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances shall also have the affected areas decontaminated, cleaned-up and restored to normal. |
(3) As soon as practicable, the consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substances shall furnish to the Director-General a detailed report in writing —| (a) | as to the circumstances of the accidental release of such hazardous substance; | | (b) | the immediate actions and mitigating measures taken by him to control and contain the release and the measures taken to restore the affected areas to normal; and | | (c) | the measures taken by him to prevent a recurrence of a similar spillage, leakage, release, accident or emergency. |
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| Notification of loss or theft of hazardous substances |
24. In the event of discovery of any loss or theft of any hazardous substance, the consignor or owner of any consignment of a hazardous substance or any person authorised to transport or store hazardous substance shall directly or through his agent or employee —| (a) | immediately notify the loss or theft (as the case may be) to the police and the Director-General; and | | (b) | as soon as practicable, furnish to the Director-General a detailed report in writing on the following:| (i) | the circumstances leading to the loss or theft (as the case may be); and | | (ii) | the measures taken by him to prevent a recurrence of the loss or theft (as the case may be). |
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| 25. Any person who contravenes regulation 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14(1), 15, 16, 17(1) or (5), 18, 19, 20, 21(1) or (3), 22, 23 or 24 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction. |
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