Environmental Baseline Study (EBS)

• Introduction

The purpose of conducting an Environmental Baseline Study (EBS) is to establish the level of potential contaminants in soil and groundwater beneath a concerned site and to determine the extent of contamination of the site.

• Implementation Guidelines

If the assignor or transferor’s (Seller’s) usage or the proposed assignee’s or transferee’s (Buyer’s) industry or activity falls within the following list, an Environmental Baseline Study (EBS) is required to be carried out as a condition to assign or transfer the lease:

a) Oil installations and other premises storing, handling and using large quantities of oils and similar hydrocarbons products, including the following

• Oil refineries;
• Oil depots;
• Petrochemical complexes;
• Petrol stations and refueling depots;
• Aircraft manufacture and repair industries;
• Motor repair workshops.

b) Chemical plants, chemical warehouses or terminals including the following

• Chemical warehouses or terminals;
• Pharmaceutical or biomedical plants;
• Pesticides formulation factories;
• Wood treatment and preservation facilities;
• Large electroplating works;
• Factories that use, manufacture or store toxic chemicals.

c) Shipyards and grit blasting works

d) Gas works

e) Power stations

f) Toxic wastes treatment facilities

g) Scrap yards

h) Landfill site for municipal or industrial wastes

i) Facilities for the treatment of sewage

 

This is in accordance with the Practice Circulars dated 6 August 2001 & 20 September 2002 issued by JTC to The Law Society of Singapore. For details, please click Practice Circular to view the circulars mentioned.