Transcript ISO Update

Regulatory Compliance Towards Increased SelfMonitoring
2008 AECEN REGIONAL FORUM
BALI
24-26 Nov 08
Mr Jothieswaran P
Chief Engineer
Pollution Control Department
National Environment Agency
Singapore
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Clean Land
Clean Air & Climate Change
Introduction
• Singapore is an island
city-state (700 km2) with a
population of 4.5 million
• Today, Singapore is
highly urbanised and
industrialised with major
industries like oil
refineries, petrochemical,
pharmaceutical, wafer
fabrication and electronic
plants
Introduction
• In the process of industrialisation, there were also
parallel developments in the housing, commercial
and service sectors
• All these developments generated pollution,
wastewater and solid waste, and would have caused
degradation to the environment. However, this did
not happen in Singapore
• Singaporeans today enjoy a clean and green
environment, and a high standard of public heath
Environmental Management
Strategy
• The present state of the environment in
Singapore is achieved through adopting a
forward-looking and an integrated approach
to environmental protection and management
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Prevention
Enforcement
Monitoring
Education & Partnership
CONCEPT PLAN 2001
Environmental Management
Strategy
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Prevention
Enforcement
Monitoring
Education /
Partnership
• Key thrusts of pollution
prevention strategy adopted
in Singapore:
– Proper land use planning
– Judicious siting of industries
– Development and building plan
control
– Provision of environmental
infrastructure
– Regulatory Controls and
Policies
CONCEPT PLAN 2001
Environmental Management
Strategy
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Prevention
Enforcement
Monitoring
Education /
Partnership
• Legislation enacted to
control pollution is
supported by close
monitoring and strict
enforcement
• Regular inspections
• Investigation of
complaints/feedback
Environmental Management
Strategy
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Prevention
Enforcement
Monitoring
Education /
Partnership
• Continuous monitoring of
ambient air quality
• Inland & coastal waters
monitoring
• Monitor latest developments in
industrial processes and
pollution control technologies
• Monitoring data serve as
feedback on adequacy and
effectiveness of control
programmes
Environmental Management
Strategy
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Prevention
Enforcement
Monitoring
Education /
Partnership
• Public campaigns, e.g. Clean
and Green Week
• Training courses for
professionals, industries, etc
• Seminars, workshops for
industries, businesses, etc
• Dialogues with industries,
professional institutions, etc
Regulatory Compliance
• The Environmental Protection and
Management Act (EPMA) is the main piece of
legislation on pollution control in Singapore
• The Act :
– Is based on the principle of strict liability
– Sets limits on air and water pollutant emissions and
noise generated
– Allows NEA to require companies to carry out selfmonitoring
Regulatory Compliance
• The pollution and noise limits are
stipulated under the respective
regulations as follows:
– Air Emissions
Air Impurities Regulations
– Industrial Wastewater Discharge
Trade Effluent Regulations
– Noise
Boundary Limits for Factory Premises
Regulations
Control of Noise at Construction Sites
Regulatory Compliance
Self-monitoring, Reporting & Record-keeping
The following are offences under the EPMA:
• Failure to install, operate and maintain any
monitoring equipment properly and efficiently
• Failure to submit monitoring results
• Failure to report promptly any release or
discharge of hazardous chemicals into the
environment
Regulatory Compliance
Monitoring points for compliance:
• Air Emission
– Chimney Stack
• Wastewater Discharge
– Water body
• Factory Noise
– Boundary of factory premise
• Construction Noise
– Nearest affected premises
Industries that carry out
Self-monitoring and Reporting
Air emissions
Refineries, Power Plants, Process Industries,
Industries with Boilers > 2,300 kg/hr steam
generating capacity
– Carry out source emission
– Submit smoke density records
– Submit data on quantity and quality (sulphur
content) of fuel used
Industries that carry out
Self-monitoring and Reporting
Wastewater Discharges
Process industries that discharge trade effluent
– Analytical results of samples collected
– Continuous monitoring of pH level of trade effluent
• Submission of records to authority
• Monitoring device sealed by authority
Industries that carry out
Self-monitoring and Reporting
Noise
Construction sites
– Continuous monitoring of noise
– Submission of noise records
– Automatic transmission of noise levels via sms
Factory Premises
– Noise measurement taken before plant commences
operation
– Ad-hoc measurement, new equipment installed,
equipment failure, public feedback
Continuous Telemetry Monitoring
Industries
• Major emitters currently have installed
continuous monitoring devices to monitor
emission of main pollutants (SO2, PM, NOX
and CO) from their chimneys
• NEA has implemented a programme to
require these major emitters to link their
monitoring systems to NEA’s central
monitoring systems via telemetry
• Programme is under implementation
Benefits of Self monitoring
Industries
• Any exceedances due to pollution control
equipment failure will be known and
immediately attended to
• Process failures can be detected early
• Pollution will be minimised
Benefits of Self monitoring
Government
• Resources earlier allocated for routine
monitoring can be deployed to focus on other
technical matters
• With in-stack monitoring, there will be a better
inventory of the discharge into the
environment.
Thank You