ROYAL COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

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1 KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA ROYAL COMMISSION FOR JUBAIL AND YANBU ROYAL COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 2010 Volume III PENALTY SYSTEM Envronmental Protecton and Control Department

2 FOREWORD A major objectve of the Royal Commsson has been ndustralzaton coupled wth envronmental protecton. Snce ncepton, the Royal Commsson has been determned that Jubal, Yanbu and Ras Az Zawr would be models of envronmental plannng and management n addton to beng productve manufacturng centers. The real beneft of ndustralzaton can be apprecated by socety only f the envronment and publc health are protected. In ths regard, t s to be emphaszed that there must be a close cooperaton between ndustres and envronmental management personnel n order to acheve ths goal. The Royal Commsson has formulated unfed Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons (RCER) to be adopted by ndustres n Jubal, Yanbu and Ras Az Zawr to provde a safe and clean envronment for the resdents. Any faclty operatng or proposng to operate on Royal Commsson property wll be requred to comply wth these regulatons. The complance wth envronmental regulatons s essental n protectng publc health and the envronment. Whle voluntary complance s desrable, the Envronmental Penalty Scheme has been desgned to supplement such complance and ensure complance wth regulatons to further assst n accomplshng the goals of the Royal Commsson by deterrng volatons and encouragng voluntary complance wth the Envronmental Regulatons. The Royal Commsson recognzes that both envronmental regulatons and enforcement mechansm are necessary to provde an effectve regulatory system to protect the envronment from any of the adverse mpacts whch mght be antcpated from the ndustral actvtes and n turn to protect the publc health at large. It s ndeed a great pleasure to see that ndustres n Jubal, Yanbu, and Ras Az Zawr have been showng much commtment for the envronment and have always cooperated closely wth the Royal Commsson. It s expected that such cooperaton between ndustres and RC wll contnue n future. Saud Bn Abdullah Bn Thenayyan Al-Saud Charman The Royal Commsson For Jubal and Yanbu

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWARD TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF UNITS AND ABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY v v x 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 SCOPE OF THE PENALTY SYSTEM Objectve Authorty Applcablty General Contractors and Thrd Partes Transfer of Ownershp Exemptons 2 3 COMPUTATION OF NON-COMPLIANCE FINES Fxed Penaltes Volaton Classfcaton Impact Weghtage Fxed Penalty Fnes Fxed Penalty - Repettve Volatons Varable Penaltes Volaton Classfcaton Varable Penalty Fnes Complance Incentve Maxmum Fnes Costs of Remedal Measures Non-Payment of Fnes 5

4 3.7 Repeated Volatons 5 4 ADMINISTRATION OF PENALTY SYSTEM Notces of Non-Complance Issue Contents Dutes of the Faclty Operator Appeal Procedures Bass for Reducton, Suspenson or Waver of Penaltes Volaton Closure Example Forms 10 Appendces A. FIXED PENALTY FINES 11 A1. Applcable Volatons 12 A2. Fxed Fnes Scales 12 A3. Example Calculatons 13 B. VARIABLE WATER PENALTY FINES 15 B1. Applcable Volatons 16 B2. Bass of Fnes 16 B3. Determnaton of the Amount of the Penalty Fnes 17 B3.1 Pont Source Dscharge Volatons 17 B3.2 Ballast Water Dscharge Volatons 18 B3.3 Irrgaton Water Standard Volatons 19 B3.4 Drnkng Water Standard Volatons 20 B4. Example Calculatons 21 B5. Typcal Varable Water Penalty Scales 30 C. VARIABLE AIR PENALTY FINES 48 C1. Applcable Volatons 49 v

5 C2. Bass of Fnes 49 C3. Determnaton of the Amount of the Penalty Fnes 50 C3.1 Contnuous or Pont Source Emsson Montorng 50 C4. Example Calculatons 51 C5. Typcal Varable Ar Penalty Scales 55 D. NOTICES OF NON-COMPLIANCE & VIOLATION CLOSURE CERTIFICATES 57 Urgent Notce of Non-Complance 58 Notce of Non-Complance 59 Volaton Closure Certfcate 60 v

6 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1 Volaton Classfcaton for Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons B1 Industral Wastewater Non-Complances-Example of Typcal Varable Penalty 30 B2 Seawater Coolng Water Non-Complances-Example of Typcal Varable Penalty 31 B3 Irrgaton Water Non-Complances -Example of Typcal Varable Penalty 32 B4 Drnkng Water Non-Complances -Example of Typcal Varable Penalty 33 B5 Water Qualty Standards for Drect Dscharge to Coastal Waters (Includng Treated Effluent, Dscharge to the Seawater Coolng Return Canal, Varance Steams and Surface Dranage Dtches) "MAJOR" Pollutants 34 B6 Water Qualty Standards for Drect Dscharge to Coastal Waters (Includng Treated 35 Effluent, Dscharge to the Seawater Coolng Return Canal, Varance Steams and Surface Dranage Dtches "MINOR" Pollutants B7 Standards for Pretreated Dscharge to the Central Wastewater Treatment 36 Faclty MAJOR Pollutants B8 Standards for Pretreated Dscharge to the Central Wastewater Treatment 37 Faclty MINOR Pollutants B9 Ballast Water Dscharge Standards 38 B10 Irrgaton Water Qualty Standards at the pont of Dscharge to Irrgaton System 39 "MAJOR" Pollutants B11 Irrgaton Water Qualty Standards at the pont of Dscharge to Irrgaton System 41 "MINOR" Pollutants B12 Drnkng Water Qualty Standards at the pont of use "MAJOR" Pollutants 42 B13 Drnkng Water Qualty Standards at the pont of use "MINOR" Pollutants 46 C1 Ar Emsson Non-Complances-Example of Typcal Varable Penalty 55 v

7 LIST OF UNITS AND ABBREVIATIONS APHA - Amercan Publc Health Assocaton AWWA - Amercan Water Works Assocaton COD - Chemcal Oxygen Demand BOD - Bochemcal Oxygen Demand BTU - Brtsh thermal unt C - degrees Centgrade d - day dba - A-weght sound pressure level n decbels DRE - Destructon Removal Effcency dscm - dry standard cubc meter EIA - Envronmental Impact Assessment EPC - Envronmental Permt to Construct EPO - Envronmental Permt to Operate ESQ - Envronmental Screenng Questonnare EERP - Envronmental Emergency Response Plan h - hour H t - Net heatng value of a gas combusted n a flare J - joule (equvalent to calores) kg - klogram kj - klojoules (equvalent to 1000 joules) kpa - klo Pascals l - lter L 10 - nose level n decbels exceeded 10% of the tme lb - pound lb/mbtu - pound per mllon Brtsh Thermal Unts mn - mnute ml - mlllter mm - mllmeter MPN - Most Probable Number MW - Megawatt (equvalent to 10 6 watts of electrcty) NMHC - Non- methane hydrocarbon NMOC - Non-methane organc carbon NTU - Nephelometrc Turbdty Unt Pa - Pascal, a unt of pressure expressed as Nm -2 ph - log 10 (hydrogen on concentraton moles/l) PAP - Permt Applcaton Package POM - Polycyclc Organc Matter PME - Presdency of Meteorology & Envronment. ppm - parts per mllon (mass) ppmv - parts per mllon volume ps - pounds per square nch (gauge) v

8 psa - pounds per square nch (absolute) s - second SAR - Sodum Adsorpton rato unt scm - standard cubc meter t - tonne (equvalent to 1000 klograms) TDS - Total Dssolved Solds TKN - Total Kjeldahl Ntrogen TOC - Total Organc Carbon TPH - Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons TSS - Total Suspended Solds Watt - Unt of power (equvalent to one joule per second) WEF - Water Envronment FederatonCOD - Chemcal Oxygen v

9 GLOSSARY Abatement Acd gas flare Affected faclty Ambent ar Appurtenance BAT BIF Central Treatment Faclty Component (VOC servce ) Component (organc HAP servce ) Connector Dredged Materal reducton or lessenng (of polluton) or dong away wth (a nusance) by legslatve or techncal means, or both a flare used exclusvely for the ncneraton of hydrogen sulfde and other acdc gases derved from natural gas sweetenng processes any statonary source that s affected by a standard regulaton ar outsde a faclty boundary an adjunct or appendage whch s an ntegral part of a tank, unt or apparatus Best Avalable Technques (BAT) s the applcaton at facltes of the most effectve and advanced producton processes, methods/ technologes or operatonal practces to prevent and, where that s not practcable, to reduce emssons or dscharges and other mpacts to the envronment as a whole. BAT must as a mnmum acheve emsson or dscharge standards n these Regulatons takng nto account energy, envronmental and economc mpacts and other costs to the faclty. boler or Industral Furnace that burns lqud or sold hazardous materals other than fossl fuels. the cty Industral Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP) or the cty Santary Wastewater Treatment Plant (SWTP) pumps, valves, compressors and pressure relef valves whch are n contact wth streams contanng >10 wt% VOC flanges, connectors, pumps, valves, compressors and pressure relef valves whch are n contact wth streams contanng >5 wt% organc HAP flanged, screwed, welded, or other joned fttngs used to connect two ppe lnes or a ppe lne and a pece of equpment. materal excavated from the marne waters, ncludng rock, gravel, sand, slt/clay, and mud x

10 Dredgng Duct burner Emsson the process of removng sedments beneath the surface waters by mechancal or hydraulc means a devce that combusts fuel and that s placed n the exhaust duct from another source, such as a statonary gas turbne, nternal combuston engne, kln, etc., to allow the frng of addtonal fuel to heat the exhaust gases before the exhaust gases enter a heat recovery steam generatng unt. the process of dschargng nto the atmosphere or the materal beng dscharged GLOSSARY (Contnued) Emsson nventory Emsson standard Exstng faclty Faclty Flare Fossl fuel Fugtve emsson Generator Gudelne Habtat HAP the systematc complaton, ether by measurement or estmaton, of detaled nformaton on pollutant emssons n a gven area or faclty the amount of pollutant permtted to be dscharged from a pollutant source any faclty whch has receved envronmental approval from the Royal Commsson before the effectve date of these Regulatons or a faclty that s contracted for pror to the effectve date of these Regulatons provded that RC s nformed. any apparatus, nstallaton, equpment or groupng thereof whch s subject to an applcable standard or regulaton the flame produced by the dsposal, n an arrangement of ppng and a burner, of surplus or resdual combustble gases coal, petroleum, natural gas and any form of sold, lqud or gaseous fuel derved from such materals for the purpose of creatng useful heat any gaseous or partculate contamnant enterng the atmosphere whch could not reasonably pass through a stack, chmney vent, or other functonally equvalent openng desgned to drect or control ts flow any operator of a faclty whose process produces hazardous waste as defned n these Regulatons or whose act frst causes the hazardous waste to become subject to regulaton. gudelne values are for nformaton, reference and study purposes an area occuped by an organsm, populaton, or communty that ncludes lvng and nonlvng elements wth specfc characterstcs ncludng the basc needs for shelter and food. Hazardous ar pollutant (as specfed n Table 2C). x

11 Inhalable partculate Industral Cty Leachate Major upset any substance dspersed n the atmosphere n the form of ndvdual sold or lqud partcles each of whch s less than 10 mcrons n dameter. All Industral Ctes under RC jursdcton any lqud, ncludng any suspended components n the lqud, that has percolated through or draned from sold waste. an unscheduled occurrence or excurson of a process or operaton that results n an emsson that contravenes the regulatons or standards and s beyond mmedate control, or a release that s ntated to protect lfe n the mmedate or adjacent areas. GLOSSARY (Contnued) Modfcaton Modfed faclty New faclty NOx Nusance Opacty Operator Pont source POM Potable Water System Process constructon any physcal change to, or change n the method of, an exstng faclty whch ncreases the unt capacty or contrbuton to polluton emtted nto the atmosphere OR results n an mpact to the envronment not prevously occurrng. any faclty whch s subject to modfcaton as follows: a. producton ncreases greater than 10% b. 10% ncrease n emssons or dscharges from a faclty c. new pollutants are emtted or dscharged. any new faclty/ project or plant oxdes of ntrogen, representng ntrc oxde and ntrogen doxde. an act whch causes materal nconvenence, dscomfort or harm and s persstent and lkely to re-occur. the degree to whch an emsson of ar contamnants obstructs the transmsson of lght expressed as a percent of lght obstructed as per EPA Method 21. any entty who operates or controls a faclty at a gven locaton to whom decsve economc power over the techncal functonng of the faclty has been delegated. an ndvdual ar emsson / pollutant source orgnatng from a specfc locaton. Polycyclc Organc Matter. all facltes, ncludng the desalnaton plants, groundwater abstracton systems and blendng plants, producng water for the potable water network and the potable water storage and dstrbuton systems connectng to these facltes to the end users. constructon n process areas. It excludes geo techncal surveys, nstallaton of fencng or constructon of non-process facltes. x

12 Pyro metallurgcal processes RCER Reconstructed faclty Source TEQ Thrd Party heatng processes such as smeltng, meltng, roastng and refnng used for the recovery of metals. Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons. any faclty that s dsmantled, damaged or destroyed and s ntentonally reconstructed followng the orgnal desgn n the same or dfferent locaton. the pont of emsson or dscharge of an ar pollutant or effluent. releases of doxns and furans are reported n unts of toxc equvalence (TEQ) relatve to the most toxc type of doxn, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodbenzo-p-doxn. the Thrd Party contractor s one who shall be selected on the bass of ablty and absence of any conflct of nterest. GLOSSARY (Contnued) Type I Faclty Type II Faclty Type III Faclty True vapor pressure Used ol Varance stream a faclty that has sgnfcant potental for envronmental harm ncludng permanent or rreversble damage to publc health or the envronment durng constructon or operaton. Type I faclty typcally ncludes prmary ndustres and some larger secondary ndustres. a faclty that has potental for moderate mpacts to publc health or the envronment durng constructon or operaton. Type II faclty typcally ncludes secondary ndustres and some larger support ndustres. a faclty that has neglgble or no mpact on publc health or the envronment durng constructon or operaton. Type III faclty s typcally support ndustres and commercal establshments. the vapor pressure of a volatle substance under actual condtons of storage or transfer. any ol that has been refned from crude ol, or any synthetc ol, that has been used and as a result of such use s contamnated by physcal or chemcal mpurtes. a non-coolng water dscharge to the seawater coolng system. x

13 VOC Volatle Organc Compound - any compound of carbon, excludng carbon monoxde, carbon doxde, carbonc acd, metallc carbdes or carbonates, and ammonum carbonate, whch partcpates n atmospherc photochemcal reactons. The followng have been determned to have neglgble photochemcal reactvty, and are not VOCs: methane; ethane; acetone; cyclc, branched or completely methylated sloxanes; methylene chlorde (dchloromethane); perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene); 1,1,1-trchloroethane (methyl chloroform); 1,1,2-trchloro-1,2,2-trfluoroethane (CFC- 113); trchlorotrfluormethane (CFC-11); dchlorodfluoromethane (CFC-12); chlorodfluoromethane (HCHC-22); trfluoromethane (HFC-23); 1,2-dchloro 1,1,2,2-tetrafluorothane (CFC- 114); Chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115); x

14 GLOSSARY (Contnued) VOC (Contnued) 1,1,1-trfluoro 2,2-dchloroethane (HCFC-123); 1,1,1,2- tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a);2-chloro-1,1,1,2- tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124); 1,1,2,2- tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134); 1,1,1 trfluoroethane (HCFC-143a); 1,1-dfluoroethane (HFC-152a); parachlorobenzotrfluorde (PCBTF); 3,3-dchloro- 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225ca); 1,3- dchloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225cb); 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC 43-10mee); and perfluorocarbon compounds whch fall nto these classes: * cyclc, branched or lnear completely fluornated alkanes * cyclc, branched or lnear completely fluornated ethers wth no unstaturatons * cyclc, branched or lnear completely fluornated tertary amnes wth no unstaturatons * sulphur contanng perfluorocarbons wth no unsaturatons and wth sulphur bonds only to carbon and fluorne.. xv

15 1 INTRODUCTION Industralzaton wth envronmental protecton s a major objectve of the Royal Commsson whereby all the communtes, publc bodes and prvate sector organzatons n Jubal Industral Cty, Yanbu Industral Cty, and Ras Az Zawr Industral cty, ( herenafter referred to as "the Industral Cty"), jon n a common effort to mantan the qualty of the envronment. The Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons provde a framework to ensure ths objectve s acheved. Whle voluntary complance s desrable, the Envronmental Penalty Scheme has been desgned to supplement such complance and ensure complance wth regulatons to further assst n accomplshng the goals of the Royal Commsson by deterrng volatons and encouragng voluntary complance wth the Envronmental Regulatons. The penalty scheme descrbes the general prncples for determnng the penaltes that the Royal Commsson deems approprate to deter volatons of specfc envronmental regulatons and encourage faclty complance. It s based prmarly on followng consderatons: The nature of volaton; The magntude and duraton of volatons by the ndustry; The economc beneft ganed by the volator. The economc advantage over others who ncurred costs for complance. The pror complance hstory of the faclty APPLICABLE REGULATIONS The Royal Commsson Regulatons referred n ths document are as follows: Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons (RCER)-2010, Volume I : Regulatons and Standards, and Volume II: Envronmental Permt Program 1

16 2 SCOPE OF THE PENALTY SYSTEM 2.1 Objectve 2.2 Authorty 2.3 Applcablty The Royal Commsson penalty system s desgned to assess and recover fnes resultng from non-complance wth the envronmental regulatons for the respectve ndustral ctes. The objectve of the penalty system s to enforce complance wth RCER. As such, all ndustres are encouraged to develop and mplement complance plans and, where noncomplant, commt to a schedule of correctve measures to acheve complance. The Royal Commsson requres all operators of ndustral facltes located n the Industral Cty, to operate ther facltes n accordance wth the envronmental regulatons of the Royal Commsson General The penalty system s applcable to the operator of a faclty that s subject to the relevant Royal Commsson envronmental regulatons Contractors and Thrd Partes The operator of a faclty shall be fully responsble for volatons occurrng at ther faclty as a result of the actvtes of contractors or other thrd partes Transfer of Ownershp Exemptons In case of transfer of ownershp as a result of a faclty sale, change of name and/or creaton of a jont venture, the oblgatons and labltes assocated wth the Royal Commsson Envronmental Penalty System shall be transferred to the operators of the new entty. A faclty that s n volaton of an applcable envronmental regulaton as a result of extraordnary nterruptons resultng from natural causes, falure of utltes that are not under the Operator s responsblty or hostltes shall not be subject to the provsons of ths penalty system. 2

17 3 COMPUTATION OF NON-COMPLIANCE FINES 3.1 Fxed Penaltes When ssung a penalty, the Royal Commsson shall take nto account the nature, crcumstances and gravty of the volaton together wth the cost of any complance measures. Consderaton shall also be gven to any hstory of pror offenses, any actons taken by the operator to mnmze or mtgate the effects of the volaton and any good fath efforts made by the operator of the faclty toward earler complance. There shall be two types of penaltes: Fxed Penaltes - to be appled due to noncomplance of any envronmental regulatons and Varable Penaltes to be appled due non-complances of emsson and dscharge standards. Volatons of envronmental regulatons shall result n specfc fnes whch are determned dependng on the volaton classfcaton. Every regulaton has an assocated volaton classfcaton as specfed n Table 1. Fxed penaltes apply to volatons of regulatons that are not assocated wth an envronmental emsson or dscharge standard. For example, volatons of operatonal, permttng, montorng, reportng and record keepng regulatons result n a fxed penalty Volaton Classfcaton There are four volaton classes that result n fxed penaltes: Class 0 : Class 1: Class 2: Class 3: Warnng Mnor Volaton Moderate Volaton Major Volaton Impact Weghtage The volaton classfcaton s further subdvded accordng to an assessment made by the Royal Commsson of the envronmental or health mpact of the volaton. The volaton subclass s used to provde weghtng to the fxed penalty fnes. There are four volaton subclasses: Subclass A Subclass B Subclass C Subclass D Neglgble Impact Sgnfcant Impact Severe Impact Hazardous Impact The Royal Commsson may take nto account the followng factors when desgnatng a volaton subclass: 3

18 the degree of harm to human health or the envronment caused by the volaton the exstence of multple volatons of a specfc regulaton the duraton of the volaton pror to dscovery the accdental, neglgent or wllful nature of the volaton Fxed Penalty Fnes The fne structure for fxed penaltes s shown n Appendx A. A Class 0 volaton, wth no assocated fne, may be ssued by the Royal Commsson for offenses of any regulaton where t s determned that a formal warnng s more approprate than a fne. If an ndustry keeps on repeatng a zero class volaton, other volaton classes may be appled Fxed Penalty - Repettve Volatons 3.2 Varable Penaltes All fxed penalty fnes may be ncreased by a multplcaton factor (m) n the event that the volaton s a repetton of an earler offense commtted wthn the prevous two years. The followng formula based on the number of repettons of a volaton wll apply: Total Penalty (after repettve volaton) = Penalty (after frst volaton) x m (n - 1) Where m = 1.1 and n equals the number of volaton ncdents wth respect to a specfc regulaton. If a complance plan has been agreed between the Royal Commsson and a volator, fnes for repettve volatons may be suspended untl the agreed complance perod has expred. If the complance plan s successfully mplemented wthn the agreed perod, then the repettve fnes may be waved. If the complance plan s not met wthn the agreed perod, then the suspended repettve fnes may be ssued. Varable penaltes apply to volatons of envronmental emsson or dscharge standards. The mpact of these volatons s measurable as a functon of emsson or dscharge flow rate, duraton and the degree to whch the emsson or dscharge standard s exceeded Volaton Classfcaton The volaton classfcaton for varable penaltes s: Class V: Varable 4

19 3.2.2 Varable Penalty Fnes The method of calculaton of varable penalty fnes for volatons of water dscharge standards s shown n Appendx B. The method of calculaton of varable penalty fnes for volatons of ar emsson standards s shown n Appendx C. 3.3 Complance Incentve The total penalty for any volaton shall be multpled by a complance ncentve factor () as follows: = 0.75 f the operator of a faclty self-reports the volaton and responds proactvely and cooperatvely to mtgate the mpact of the volaton 3.4 Maxmum Fnes The maxmum fne shall not exceed SR. 500,000 for any sngle volaton ncdent for bothfxed and varable penalty. If the faclty contnues to volate the regulatons or standards, Royal Commsson wll have the authorty to repeat the fne on a perodc bass. 3.5 Costs of Remedal Measures In addton to fnes that may be due as a result of volatons of the envronmental regulatons, owners and operators of a faclty shall also be responsble for the costs of all necessary remedal measures to mtgate the effects of the volaton. 3.6 Non-Payment of Fnes In the event that fnes are not pad wthn the stpulated tme perod an addtonal penalty of 5% of the orgnal fne per day, per volaton, wll be ncurred by the faclty owner or operator. Refusal to pay the penaltes mposed by the Royal Commsson may result n the revocaton of the Envronmental Permt to Operate. 3.7 Repeated Volatons may Repetton of a volaton for more than three tmes (the fourth volaton) n one class wll automatcally lead to transferrng t to the followng class. Repetton of volatons result n the revocaton of the Envronmental Permt to Operate. 5

20 TABLE 1 VIOLATIONS CLASSIFICATION FOR ROYAL COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS RCER-2010, VOLUME I Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class * * V d * * a e b f c g d h e * V a b V c d e a V * b * c * * * * * * * * * V * * * * V/ * * * * * * * * V * * * * * V * * * 2.9.3c c * a * * b

21 2.1.2 * c Table 1 (Contnued) VIOLATIONS CLASSIFICATION FOR ROYAL COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS RCER-2010, VOLUME I Reg Volaton Class V V * * Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class Reg Volaton Class 7

22 Key (*) consttutes nformaton for the user. Not a volaton. 4 ADMINISTRATION OF PENALTY SYSTEM 4.1 Notces of Non-Complance Issue Contents The Royal Commsson shall ssue a Notce of Non-complance to the operator after dscovery of a volaton of the Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons. The Notce of Non-complance must be hand delvered to the ndvdual responsble for the faclty operatons and sgnature of recept obtaned. Each notce of non-complance shall be n wrtng and shall nclude: (a) (b) (c) A reference to each applcable regulaton or standard that has been volated; A bref statement on the bass of the penalty. The amount of the fne owed Dutes of the Faclty Operator Upon recept of a Notce of Non-Complance, the operator of the faclty n volaton of an envronmental regulaton shall: (a) (b) (c) (d) Immedately take all reasonable measures to mnmze the mpact of the volaton. Wthn a perod of ten (10) days the operator of the faclty shall provde reasons for each volaton and explan the mmedate measures taken to mnmze the mpact of the ncdent. Wthn a perod of twenty (20) days the operator of the faclty shall submt a complance plan and schedule to prevent recurrence of the volaton to the Royal Commsson for approval. Wthn a perod not exceedng thrty (30) days after recevng a Notce of Noncomplance, the operator shall ether: () Pay the fne n full. (Note - payment of the fne does not wave the complance requrements for the faclty). () Submt an appeal to the Royal Commsson for a reducton, suspenson or 8

23 waver of the penalty wth a detaled justfcaton. Unawareness of the cause or exstence of a volaton s not acceptable as a reason for waver or reducton of the penalty. 9

24 4.2 Appeal Procedures The Royal Commsson shall evaluate any clam for reducton, suspenson or waver of the penalty submtted n accordance wth Secton 4.1.3d (). The Royal Commsson shall be the sole arbter as to the valdty of any appeal for reducton, suspenson or waver of the penalty. If the Royal Commsson rejects the appeal, then the orgnal fne wll be renstated. Payment of any outstandng fnes shall be due wthn 30 days of the Royal Commsson appeal decson Bass for Reducton, Suspenson or Waver of Penaltes (a) Reducton of Fne The Royal Commsson may take nto account the cost of any captal nvestment or remedal acton requred by the agreed complance plan when fnalzng the fne. The Royal Commsson may reduce the fne n order not to remove the necessary fnances requred for meetng the complance plan. Falure of the operator to make the necessary captal nvestment or remedal acton wthn the agreed schedule may result n the full fne beng renstated. (b) Suspenson of Fne The Royal Commsson wll suspend fnes that contnue to accrue durng the mplementaton of an agreed complance plan. Suspenson of the penaltes wll contnue as long as the complance plan mlestones are met. Falure to meet the complance plan mlestones may result n the fne beng backdated to the pont of mplementaton of the complance plan and the ssuance of addtonal fnes n accordance wth Secton Fxed Penalty Repettve Volatons. (a) Waver of Fne 4.3 Volaton Closure When the operator of a faclty has demonstrated to the satsfacton of the Royal Commsson that the agreed complance plan has been successfully mplemented, then the Royal Commsson wll wave the fne that accrued after the mplementaton of the complance plan. Wthn 30 days of recept of the payment of fnes and the complance plan the Royal Commsson shall ssue a Volaton Closure Certfcate. The Volaton Closure Certfcate may contan condtons of operaton n accordance wth the approved complance plan. These certfcates shall form an addendum to the facltes Envronmental Operatng Permt and, as such, become a condton of contnued operaton. 10

25 4.4 Example Forms The example forms for the Notce of Non-Complance (secton 4.1) and the Volaton Closure Certfcate (secton 4.3) are provded n Appendx D. 11

26 APPENDIX A FIXED PENALTY FINES 12

27 APPENDIX A FIXED PENALTY FINES A1. APPLICABLE VIOLATIONS Fxed penalty fnes are ssued by the Royal Commsson for volatons of Envronmental Regulatons that are not related to volatons of water dscharge or ar emsson standards. The followng categores or types of Regulatons are typcal of the volatons covered under ths aspect of the envronmental penalty system. a) Faclty permttng b) Ar qualty (pont source/fugtve) emsson montorng regulatons c) Ar emsson nventory preparaton d) Ar qualty reportng regulatons e) Water qualty montorng regulatons f) Water qualty reportng regulatons g) Hazardous materals management regulatons h) Hazardous materals reportng regulatons ) Waste management regulatons j) Waste transportaton regulatons k) Nose montorng and reportng regulatons l) Faclty complance reportng regulatons m) Incdent complance reportng regulatons n) Faclty record keepng regulatons A2. FIXED FINE SCALES Fxed fnes may be ssued for each volaton of a regulaton subject to the fxed penalty system. The magntude of fxed penalty fnes depends upon the volaton classfcaton determned accordng to Secton 3.1. The table below ndcates the fxed penalty fne scales for these volatons: SUBCLASS * CLASS A B C D 0 SR 0 SR 0 SR 0 SR 0 1 SR 5000 SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR

28 A3. EXAMPLE CALCULATIONS Example 1 A faclty n the ndustral cty has performed ther annual ar polluton source montorng when only operatng at 60% of normal capacty and wthout provdng notfcaton to the Royal Commsson n advance. Addtonal data requred: 1. Volaton of Regulaton 2.5.6: All emsson montorng tests shall be conducted... under condtons of maxmum ntended use of the faclty. Operatons durng start-up; shutdowns and malfunctons shall not consttute representatve condtons. 2. Volaton of Regulaton 2.5.7: Falure to provde notce of performance testng to the Royal Commsson Calculaton: Penalty class for A SR 5000 Penalty class for A SR 5000 Total penalty SR 10,000 Example 2 A faclty n the ndustral cty has a seres of sx (6) day tanks for the storage of VOC product pror to transfer to the port for off-loadng. The tanks all have capactes greater than 75m 3 but are not equpped wth VOC emsson control devces Addtonal data requred: 1. Volaton of Regulaton shall not place, store, or hold n any statonary tank, reservor or any other contaner, any VOC unless such contaner s equpped wth a control devce as specfed n Table 2F. Ths regulaton s applcable only to tanks wth capactes greater than 75m 3 Calculaton: Penalty class for volaton of regulaton 2.9.1: 2 Impact weghtng because of number of tanks n volaton B Total Penalty for Class 2B volaton SR 40,000 13

29 Example 3 The owner/operator of an exstng petrochemcal faclty n the ndustral cty wth a capacty of 75,000 t/y ncreases annual capacty to 85,000 t/y. The faclty dd not apply and obtan EOP before alteraton as only lmted process changes were nvolved wth the upgrade. The faclty performs the necessary te-ns; start-up actvtes and enters producton. The faclty has also consstently exceeded the TOC wastewater dscharge standard. Agreement was reached wth the Royal Commsson to wave the TOC varable penalty of SR 52,000 based on faclty commtment to amend the process durng the next scheduled major shutdown. The necessary amendments were not completed. Reportng of wastewater data ndcates the faclty remans out of complance wth the Royal Commsson standards. A second fne of SR. 24,500 s calculated for the non-complance event occurrng after the complance schedule deadlne. Addtonal data requred: 1. Volaton of Regulaton 1.3.3: Modfcaton to ncrease capacty greater than 10% wthout pror obtanng amended EOP. 2. Volaton of Regulaton : Wastewater pretreatment standards for TOC. Calculaton: Penalty class for volaton of Regulaton 1.3.3: 3A SR 100,000 Penalty class for volaton of Regulaton 3.4.1: V SR 52,000 + SR 24,500 Total Penalty =SR 176,500 Example 4 A faclty n the ndustral cty faled to provde the requred monthly ndustral wastewater qualty self-montorng report. Ths was the thrd month n a row that the report was not submtted. Addtonal data requred: Volaton of Regulaton Calculaton: Penalty class for volaton of Regulaton : 1A SR 5,000 Repettve Volaton Factor m = 1.1 (3-1) =1.21 Total Fne =1.21 x 5000 = SR

30 APPENDIX B VARIABLE WATER PENALTY FINES 15

31 APPENDIX B - VARIABLE WATER PENALTY FINES B1. APPLICABLE VIOLATIONS Ths penalty system s to be used by the Royal Commsson n enforcement actons nvolvng volatons of pont source dscharge standards specfed n the Royal Commsson Envronmental Regulatons. The pont source dscharges and other categores of wastewater dscharges covered under ths water penalty scheme nclude: Dscharges to coastal water Dscharges to seawater coolng canals Dscharges to ndustral wastewater treatment facltes Ballast water dscharges Irrgaton water supply Potable water supply Groundwater B2. BASIS FOR FINES The Royal Commsson regularly montors all drect dscharges to recevng waters and to the ndustral and santary wastewater treatment plants from ndustral facltes. Only Royal Commsson Montorng Program data wll be consdered for ths penalty scheme. Data provded by the facltes n ther own self montorng reports for drect dscharges wll not be used as a bass for determnng a fne. All the analyses wll be performed accordng to the approprate standard test methods and procedures. In case of any dspute over the analytcal results the Royal Commsson wll conduct, f necessary, a second analyss from the preserved sample whch s under dspute. Ths analyss wll be completed at a Royal Commsson laboratory wthn 6 weeks of the frst analyss and n the presence of an authorzed representatve(s) from the relevant faclty. The result of ths second analyss wll be fnal n assessng the volaton and applcable penalty. The operators of facltes wth dscharges n volaton of the relevant envronmental standards wll be subject to a fne, whch wll contnue to accrue untl the tme that the dscharge s back n complance. It s the responsblty of the ndustres to nform the Royal Commsson about the return to complance and the Royal Commsson wll verfy the clam. 16

32 B3. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PENALTY FINES B.3.1 Pont Source Dscharge Volatons B For all volatons relatng to fxed pont source dscharges the followng formula wll apply to calculate the total fne: T P F 0 CH R L L Where: T = Total fne (Saud Ryals) P = Mnmum Fne (SR 5,000) F = Flowrate (m 3 /h) determned n order of preference by: 1) Mean flowrate measured at tme of non-complant dscharge. 2) Sngle flowrate measured at tme of non-complant dscharge. 3) Average annual dscharge flowrate for source. 4) Desgn dscharge for source. 5) Calculated dscharge flowrate for specfc ppe dameter. C = Cost factor for each non-complant parameter () H = The lesser of ether: 1) The number of hours between frst and last non-complant sample for each parameter (); or 2) The number of hours between the frst non-complant sample for each parameter () and the mplementaton of an agreed complance plan If there s only one non-complant result H = 1 R = Tme weghted average of non-complant test results for each parameter () L = Lmt value for each non-complant parameter () Note: For acdc ph volatons the (R -L )/L term n the penalty formula should be replaced by (L I - R )/L B3.1.2 For volatons of the maxmum standards for pretreated ndustral wastewater dscharge to common treatment plant, treated wastewater dscharge to the sea and varance stream dscharges: C = C = 4.5 for all major pollutants as specfed n Tables B5 and B7 3.0 for all mnor pollutants as specfed n Tables B6 and B8 B3.1.3 For volatons of the maxmum standards for seawater coolng dscharges: C = C = for all major pollutants as specfed n Table B for all mnor pollutants as specfed n Table B6 17

33 B3.1.4 In the case of monthly average lmts beng exceeded for dscharges to the Red Sea at Yanbu and the seawater canal at Jubal (see Tables B5 and B6), the followng formula shall apply: R L T P F m CM 0 L Where: C = As defned n B3.1.5 F m = The total flowrate for the month (m 3 ). M = The lesser of ether: 1) The number of months between frst and last non-complant sample for each parameter (); or 2) The number of months between the frst non-complant sample for each parameter () and the mplementaton of an agreed complance plan If there s only one non-complant result M = 1 Note: For acdc ph volatons the (R -L )/L term n the penalty formula should be replaced by (L I - R )/L B3.1.5 For volatons of the monthly average standards for seawater coolng dscharges: C = C = C = C = for all major pollutants (coolng water dscharges) as specfed n Table B for all mnor pollutants (coolng water dscharges) as specfed n Table B6 1.5 for all major pollutants (treated wastewater dscharges to the sea) as specfed n Table B5 1.0 for all mnor pollutants (treated wastewater dscharges to the sea) as specfed n Table B6 B3.2 Ballast Water Dscharge Volatons B3.2.1 All ballast water dscharges ether from vessels or, n the case of Yanbu, from the treatment plant fnal pond wll subject to montorng and comparson wth the ballast water dscharge standards n Table B9. B3.2.2 All volatons of the dscharge parameters n Table B9 wll ncur penaltes accordng to the followng formula: B 1. 5V R L / L Where 0 B = Ballast water penalty (Saud Ryals). V = Volume of ballast water dscharged (m 3 ). R = Mean result of non-complant tests for each parameter (). 18

34 L = Lmt value for each non-complant parameter (). B3.3 Irrgaton Water Standard Volatons All volatons to rrgaton water standards (Tables B10 and B11) wll ncur penaltes accordng to the followng formula: T P Qd 0 C D R L L Where : T = Total fne (Saud Ryals) P = Mnmum Fne (SR 5,000) Qd= Quantty of Irrgaton water dscharged n Cubc meters per day C = Cost factor for each non-complant parameter () D = The lesser of ether: 1) The number of days between frst and last non-complant sample for each parameter (); or 2) The number of days between the frst non-complant sample for each parameter () and the mplementaton of an agreed complance plan If there s only one non-complant result D = 1 R = Tme weghted average of non-complant test results for each parameter () L = Lmt value for each non-complant parameter () as per Tables B10 and B11 B3.3.1 For acdc ph and mnmum value volatons the (R -L )/L term n the penalty formula should be replaced by (L I - R )/L. If lmt value of a parameter s Nl, replace the whole term by 1 for MAJOR pollutants and by 0.5 for MINOR pollutants. B3.3.2 For volatons of the maxmum allowable value of MAJOR pollutants (Table B10), the followng values of cost factor wll be used : C =0.025 for all Physcal parameters as specfed n Table B10 C =0.05 for all Chemcal parameters as specfed n Table B10 C =0.1 for all Bacterologcal and Parastologcal parameters as specfed n Table B10 B3.3.3 For volatons of the maxmum allowable value of MINOR pollutants (Table B11), the followng values of cost factor wll be used : C = for all Physcal parameters as specfed n Table B11 19

35 C =0.025 for all Chemcal parameters as specfed n Table B11 B3.4 Drnkng Water Standard Volatons All volatons to drnkng water standards (Tables B12 and B13) wll ncur penaltes accordng to the followng formula: T P Qd 0 C D R L L Where: T = Total fne (Saud Ryals) P = Mnmum Fne (SR 5,000) Qd= The quantty of drnkng water that has been affected daly by non-complance C = Cost factor for each non-complant parameter () D = The lesser of ether: 1) The number of days between frst and last non-complant sample for each parameter (); or 2) The number of days between the frst non-complant sample for each parameter () and the mplementaton of an agreed complance plan If there s only one non-complant result D = 1 R = Tme weghted average of non-complant test results for each parameter () L = Lmt value for each non-complant parameter () as per Tables B12 and B13 B3.4.1 For acdc ph and mnmum value volatons the (R -L )/L term n the penalty formula should be replaced by (L I - R )/L. For the volaton of Taste and Odour and CO 2, replace (R -L )/L term by 1 and 0.5 numbers respectvely. In cases of bacterologcal Parameters havng lmt value to zero, replace the (R -L )/L term by a number of 2. B3.4.2 For volatons of the maxmum allowable value of MAJOR pollutants (Table B12), the followng values of cost factor wll be used: C =0.01 for all Physcal and Alkalnty parameters as specfed n Table B12 C =0.02 for all Inorganc and Organc parameters as specfed n Table B12 C =0.04 for all Bacterologcal parameters as specfed n Table B12 20

36 B3.4.3 For volatons of the maxmum allowable value of MINOR pollutants (Table B13), the followng values of cost factor wll be used: C =0.005 for all Alkalnty parameters as specfed n Table B13 C =0.01 for all Inorganc parameters as specfed n Table B13 B4 EXAMPLE CALCULATIONS Example 1 A faclty n Jubal has been dschargng 100 m 3 /h of a non-complant effluent to the IWTP for the followng perod: Tme of Samplng Analyss - Ammona Analyss - TSS complant 1400 Complant complant The faclty has recognzed the problem and been cooperatve n takng remedal acton. Addtonal data requred: Ammona lmt s 120 TSS lmt s 2000 Ammona s a major pollutant (C = 4.5) TSS s a mnor pollutant (C = 3) Calculaton: For ammona R = ( ) / 2 = 615 H = 1200h h = 4 For TSS R = 2800 H = 1 (only one non-complant result) Penalty Formula: T P F 0 CH R L L For example 1: T = [100 x ((4.5 x 4 x ( )/120) + (3 x 1 x ( )/2000))] T = Complance Incentve Adjustment: 21

37 The complance ncentve factor of 0.75 s appled to the fne because the faclty demonstrates a cooperatve atttude resultng n the mnmzaton of the polluton ncdent (see Secton 3.3). The fnal penalty s Fnal penalty T x 0.75 = SR

38 Example 2 A faclty n Yanbu has been dschargng m 3 /h of contamnated coolng water to the Red Sea as follows: Tme of Samplng Analyss - Ol & Grease next day next day complant Addtonal data requred: Ol & Grease lmt s 10 For seawater coolng dscharges ol & grease s a major pollutant (C = 0.018) Calculaton: For ol & grease the tme weghted average non-complant concentraton R s x 6h x3h x13h R 22h R = 87.3 Penalty Formula: H = 0700 (day 2) (day 1) = 22h T P F 0 CH R L L T = [0.018 x 22 x ( )/10] T = Fnal penalty SR

39 Example 3 In Yanbu a shp has dscharged 4000 m 3 of contamnated ballast water wth an analyss as follows: Ol & Grease TOC Suspended solds Addtonal nformaton requred: Ol & Grease lmt = 10 TOC = 150 Suspended solds lmt = 35 Penalty formula Calculaton: B 1. 5V R L / L 0 B = 1.5 x 4000 x [(42-10)/10 + ( )/150 + (95-35)/35)] B = SR. 31,486 Adjustment: No adjustment factors are consdered necessary. 24

40 Example 4 A Jubal faclty has nformed the Royal Commsson that t has dscharged an acdc wastewater to the IWTP at an unknown flow rate. The analytcal results are as follows: Addtonal data requred: Tme of Samplng Analyss - ph complant The records ndcate the average annual flow for the dscharge s 240 m 3 /h. ph < 5 s major pollutant (C = 4.5) Calculaton: Tme weghted average ph <5 s: R log R = 2.55 H = Penalty Formula for Acdc Condtons: h 10 2 x2h T P F 0 CH R L L Calculaton T = x [(4.5 x 4 x (5-2.55)/5] T = 7117 Complance Incentve Adjustment: A complance ncentve factor of 0.75 s appled to the fne because the faclty self-reported the ncdent and demonstrated a co-operatve atttude resultng n the mnmzaton of the polluton ncdent (see Secton 3.3). The fnal penalty s Fnal penalty T x 0.75 = SR

41 Example 5 A faclty n Yanbu has been dschargng 50,000 m 3 /h of non-contact coolng water to the Red Sea. The parameter of sulfde has been found to exceed the monthly average lmt for one month perod. The faclty has dscharged a monthly average value of sulfde of 0.09 Addtonal Data Requred Sulfde monthly average lmt s 0.05 Sulfde s a major pollutant (C I = 0.002) Calculaton For sulfde R = 0.09 L = 0.05 M = 1 Total flowrate F m = 50,000 x 24 x 30 = 36 x 10 6 m 3 Penalty Formula T P F m 0 CM R L L T = x10 6 x x 1 x ( ) / 0.05 T = 62,600 Adjustment: No adjustment factors are consdered necessary. Fnal Penalty SR. 62,600 26

42 Example 6 A faclty n Yanbu has been dschargng 130m 3 /h of treated wastewater to the Red Sea. The monthly average ron concentraton n the water was found to be 7 for a perod of one month. Addtonal Data Requred Drect dscharge standard (monthly average) for ron 5 Iron s a mnor pollutant (C = 1.0) Calculaton For sulfde R = 7.0 L = 5.0 M = 1 Total flowrate F m = 130 x 24 x 30 = m 3 Penalty Formula T P F m 0 CM R L L T = x 1 x 1 x ( ) / 5.0 T = 42,440 Adjustment No adjustment factors are consdered necessary Fnal Penalty SR 42,440 27

43 Example 7 In Jubal, the followng parameters n the rrgaton water ( cu.m/day) were found to be of non-complant for a perod of 5 days. Total Dssolved Solds (TDS) = 2500 Ol and Grease (O&G) = 10 Nckel (N) = 0.05 Alumnum (Al) = 9 Addtonal Data Requred Standard Values of MAJOR pollutants TDS = 2000, O&G=Nl, N=0.02 (Table B10) and C = for physcal parameter and C = 0.05 for chemcal parameter Standard Values of MINOR pollutant Al = 5 (Table B11) and C = for chemcal parameter Calculaton For TSS R = 2500 L = 2000 D = 5 days C = For O&G R = 10 L = Nl D = 5 days C = 0.05 For N R = 0.05 L =0.02 D = 5 days C = 0.05 For Al R = 9 L = 5 D = 5 days C = Qd = cu.m./day Penalty Formula T P Qd 0 C D R L L T = [{ x 5 x ( ) / 2000} + ( 0.05x5x1) + {0.05x5x( )/ 0.02} + {0.025x5x(9-5)/ 5}] T = SR Adjustment No adjustment factors are consdered necessary Fnal Penalty SR

44 Example 8 In Yanbu, the followng parameters n the Potable water (40,000 cu.m/day) were found to be of non-complant for a perod of 5 days. Taste and Odor (T&O) = Objectonable Cadmum (Cd) = E-Col Bactera = 3 per 100ml Calcum (Ca) = 20 Addtonal Data Requred Standard Values of MAJOR pollutants (Table B12) T&O= Unobjectonable, Cd=0.003 and E-Col =0, and C = 0.01 for physcal parameter, C = 0.02 for norganc and organc parameter and C = 0.04 for bacterologcal parameter Standard Values of MINOR pollutant (Table B13) Ca = 30 and C = 0.01 for norganc parameter Calculaton For T&O Replace the (R -L )/L term by 1 D = 5 days C = 0.01 For Cd R = L = D = 5 days C = 0.02 For E-Col Replace the (R -L )/L term by 2 D = 5 days C = 0.04 For Ca R = 20 L = 30 D = 5 days C = 0.01 Penalty Formula T P Qd 0 C D R L L T = [(0.01 x 5 x 1)+ {0.02x5x( )/0.003} + (0.04x5x2)+ {0.01x5x(30-20)/30}] Adjustment T = SR No adjustment factors are consdered necessary Fnal Penalty SR Important Note: Snce potable water contans E-Col, t makes water unsutable for human consumpton. Ths stuaton poses an mmnent rsk to publc heath. In such cases, after frst non- 29