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y consists of many legal principles, rules andregulations dealing with interaction of people intheir physical surrounding.

y governs human involvement in the land, watersand air, including any impact on the atmosphere,organic and inorganic matter, and livingorganisms.

y also deals with the socio-economic, health andcultural impacts of the environment.



y C lean Air Act ( C AA)y Endangered Species Acty Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)y Occupational and Safety Health Act (OSHA)y Toxic Substances C ontrol Act (TS C A)



y a comprehensive scheme for regulating air quality throughout the country.



y a program for conservation of threatened andendangered plants and animals and the habitats inwhich they are found.



y created in 1970y to permit coordinated and effective governmental

action on behalf of the environment.y regulates and controlling pollution systematically.



y Ensures worker and workplace safety.y Provides workers a place of employment free from

recognized hazards to safety and health, such as

exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels,mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.



y G ives the EPA the ability to track industrial chemicalsproduced or imported into the United States.



y W ater Pollution C ontroly Air Pollution C ontroly Hazardous Substances C ontroly Toxic Industrial W aste C ontroly Singapore G reen Plan 2012



y 1 Apr 1999y A comprehensive legislative framework for the control

of environmental pollution in Singapore



y Public sewerage system serves all industrial estates andalmost all residential premises in Singapore.

y Industrial wastewater must be treated to the specified

standards before discharge into a sewer or watercourse(if the public sewer is not available).y Apply for permission to discharge their wastewater

into the public sewers



y Effective on 1 jan 2001y Replaced the clean air (standards) regulations issued

since 1978



y G overned by the EP C A and the EnvironmentalPollution C ontrol (Hazardous Substances) Regulationsand the Environmental Pollution C ontrol (Ozone

Depleting Substances) Regulations.



y C ontrolled as hazardous substances under theenvironmental pollution control act.

y C overs the import, export, production and

consumption.



y A variety of toxic industrial waste is generated inSingapore.

y Disposal of special toxic industrial wastes, if not

properly managed, would endanger the health of thepublic and pollute the environment.y Management of toxic waste in Singapore is under the

purview of the Pollution C ontrol Department and is

carried out through the Environmental Public Health(Toxic Industrial W aste) Regulations 1988.



y SG P 2012.y Singapore's blueprint towards environmental

sustainability for the next decade.y Highly focused and action oriented in approach.

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