Environmental Protection and Management (Fees for Controlled Works Applications) Regulations 2025

No. S 152

Environmental Protection and
Management Act 1999

Environmental Protection and
Management (Fees for Controlled
Works Applications) Regulations 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Environmental Protection and Management (Fees for Controlled Works Applications) Regulations 2025 and come into operation on 1 April 2025.

Application fees

2.  The fees specified in the second column of the Schedule are payable to the National Environment Agency for the applications specified opposite in the first column of that Schedule.

Refund of fees

3.—(1)  An applicant is not entitled to a refund of any application fee paid.

(2)  Despite paragraph (1), the Director‑General may refund, in whole or in part, any fee paid under these Regulations in a particular case.

THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

Fees

First column		Second column
Type of application		Fee
1. Application for design certificate, clearance certificate, temporary compliance certificate or compliance certificate for controlled works involving any of the following:		$1,000 for any number of applications per controlled works project
(a) pollution control equipment (e.g. scrubber, dust collector, spray paint booth, wastewater treatment plant)
(b) fuel burning equipment, including standby generators for business continuity purposes (e.g. data centre, telecommunication exchange)
(c) erection of warehouse, tank farm, tank yard, storage yard or store for hazardous substances or toxic substances
2. Application for design certificate, clearance certificate, temporary compliance certificate or compliance certificate for any controlled works not mentioned in item 1		$900 for any number of applications per controlled works project
3. Application for waiver by the Director‑General of any pollution control requirement for any controlled works or for any non‑compliance of completed controlled works with any pollution control requirement		$600 per requirement to be waived
4. Application to lodge plans of controlled works under a condition in section 33C(2)(a) of the Act		$300 per controlled works project

Made on 14 January 2025.

LEE CHUAN SENG

Chairperson,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[C458/02/133; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2020/16]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 77(3) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999).