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Administrative Measures On Environmental Protection Hotline

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Administrative measures on environmental protection hotline

    (Released December 15, 2010, Ministry of environmental protection of the 15th since March 1, 2011) directory

    Chapter I General provisions

    Chapter II Organization, responsibilities and personnel

    Chapter III procedure

    The fourth chapter system

    The fifth chapter supplementary articles

    Chapter I General provisions

    First in order to strengthen standardized management of environmental protection hotline, open reports, maintain and safeguard the people's legitimate rights, in accordance with the Ordinance of letters and calls, as well as the relevant provisions of laws and regulations on environmental protection, these measures are formulated.

    A citizen, legal person or other organization reporting hotline by calling the environmental protection, environmental pollution or ecological destruction reported to the environmental protection departments at all levels, and requests the competent Department of environmental protection law, these measures shall apply.

    Environmental hotline should be used "12369" special service phone numbers, local names into "12369" environmental protection hotline.

    Take the "12369" environmental institutions before the tipoff of the hotline, said reports.

    Article environmental hotline at work should be guided by the following principles:

    (A) is responsible for territorial management, grading, who is in charge and who is responsible for;

    (B) accepted by law, timely handling;

    (C) safeguard the public right to information, the right to participate in environmental protection and supervision;

    (Iv) study on, seek truth from facts, handle and solve problems.

    Fourth environmental report hotline should have reported, illegal will check all results, the echo.

    Except in cases of force majeure, environmental protection hotline should be guarantees unimpeded.

    Chapter II Organization, responsibilities and personnel

    V environmental protection departments at all levels should enhance their environmental protection hotline, institution-building, equipped with the appropriate professional staff, guarantee working conditions, maintaining team stability.

    Article sixth environmental hotline working group is responsible for:

    (A) to accept reports of environmental pollution and ecological destruction;

    (B) to report timely, reminders, diversion, assigned by supervisor;

    (C) report to the superior Department assigned by the result;

    (D) research, analysis and environmental protection hotline at work, from the Environmental Protection Department put forward views and suggestions of improvement;

    (E) to the same level and submits an annual report on the work of the competent Department of environmental protection at a higher level, tipoff accepted the report and the report transmitted, assigned, reply, reminder, handling conditions;

    (F) inspection, guidance and assessment environmental protection hotline at lower levels, and Exchange work experience, staff training.

    Across agencies undertake environmental hotline work according to the actual situation to perform other duties, or take on other responsibilities of local government.

    Seventh green hotline staff members shall meet the following requirements:

    (A) discipline, political stance, familiar with the environmental protection business, understand the relevant laws, regulations and policies, business training and examinations;

    (B) love their job, there is a strong sense of professionalism and responsibility;

    (C) tertiary education level above;

    (D) to receive basic knowledge and skills from tipoff, strong coordination and communication skills;

    (E) the upright, seeking truth from facts;

    (Vi) strict compliance with rules and regulations.

    Chapter III procedure

    Eighth report to the environmental protection hotline staff answers the telephone, should be careful, norms, reports accurate factual record time, was reporting unit name and address, report content, demands objective, the informer's name and contact information, and to distinguish between, respectively, in the following ways:

    (A) fall within the environmental protection departments at all levels responsibility of environmental pollution and ecological damage reported, shall be admissible.

    (B) does not belong to report matters dealt with by the Department of environmental protection to reject the complaint, it shall inform the whistleblower law to the relevant authorities.

    (C) the law should be resolved through litigation, arbitration, administrative reviews and other legal means or have entered the above procedures, shall inform the whistleblower in accordance with relevant laws and regulations submitted to the departments and units concerned.

    (D) report has been accepted, informants reiterated the same reporting matter inadmissible, it shall inform the accepting and handling of the source query results.

    (E) the informant refuses to accept the report replies to the competent Department of environmental protection, has lodged a complaint on the same facts and grounds as inadmissible, but shall inform the informants in accordance with the provisions of the regulations of the petition drew attention to review or review.

    (Vi) relating to environmental emergencies and incidents report shall be processed immediately and shall promptly report to the person in charge.

    (G) involves two or more reports of the competent Department of environmental protection matters, consult for acceptance by reporting issues involving environmental protection authorities through consultation, jointly by the competent Department of environmental protection at a higher level of coordination, and agency decisions.

    Tipoff against the whistleblower, environmental protection hotline staff can decide to accept on the spot, shall be notified immediately of an informer; not told whether to accept on the spot, shall inform within 15th whistleblower, whistle-blower but doesn't otherwise.

    Nineth belongs to the reports of the environmental protection authority, undertake environmental hotline bodies accepted, transferred shall, within 3 working days the level the environmental protection departments of the internal body in charge.

    Tenth belongs to subordinates report to the environmental protection authority, undertake environmental hotline bodies accepted, should be addressed through the "12369" environmental protection hotline management systems in 3 business days within the lower bear environmental protection hotline at work assigned by the institution.

    Local environmental protection hotline staff shall receive the assigned to report immediately, and are processed in a timely manner as required. 11th report should be concluded within 60 days from the date of acceptance.

    Complex, approved by the level head of the Department of environmental protection, may extend processing time limit, and informs the informers extension grounds, but extend the deadline shall not be later than 30th.

    Reports of superior, subordinate to take environmental protection hotline requirement originally assigned by the work of the Agency shall, and the result of superior bodies; complex, approved by the level head of the Environmental Protection Department, and assigned by the Agency to explain the situation, and may extend processing time limit, and whistle-blower told an extension on the grounds.

    After the 12th report concluded, report processing sector should be reported the result of replies in a timely manner of an informer and delivered him to bear the environmental protection agencies reporting hotline.

    Reports of superior, responsible for environmental protection departments at lower levels after processing will be handled timely results reporting to superior bodies; superior found the report incomplete or unclear facts, can return the original administrative departments to apply for.

    Reporting the result shall be issued by the head of the Environmental Protection Department and the tipoff, investigating the situation, comments, responses, etc.

    13th report processing sector did not promptly transfer or report results, environmental protection hotline staff shall timely reminders.

    14th superiors take environmental protection hotline at work found to lower levels of report assigned by one of the following circumstances, shall report to the competent Department of environmental protection, shall be prescribed by the competent Department of environmental protection in accordance with the relevant supervisor in a timely manner:

    (A) completed in time reprocessing decision have not been implemented;

    (Ii) prolonged, repeated reports of the masses;

    (C) the processing is deception;

    (D) is not in accordance with the provisions of procedure;

    (E) other circumstances that need supervision.

    15th agencies should be working at various levels to take environmental protection hotline where spot checks, visit had originally reported pieces, listen to improve their work.

    The fourth chapter system

    16th environmental protection departments at all levels should establish and improve environmental protection hotline, working rules and regulations to ensure environmental protection hotline, work rules, and orderly.

    17th levels of commitment and environmental protection hotline, agencies should be working on all kinds of information and processing of summary, analysis, and recommendations, and addressed the level the Environmental Protection Department and superior take on environmental protection hotline agencies report.

    18th environmental protection departments at all levels should regularly analyze environmental hotline at work, and in accordance with the needs, and to inform the relevant units and departments.

    19th environmental protection departments at all levels should be on television, newspapers, Internet and other media to promote environmental reporting hotline, enhancing public awareness of participation and oversight.

    20th environmental protection departments at all levels should organize environmental hotline staff study of political theory and operational training, strengthen the team construction, constantly improve the ideological consciousness of staff and operational level.

    21st hotline at various levels to take environmental protection agencies should improve the security management system, improve privacy protection measures, strengthen security checks, and actively carry out the education of security.

    22nd levels assume environmental hotline at working group should keep the relevant written material or sound recordings, and in accordance with the relevant norms of archives management of archives.

    23rd environmental protection departments at all levels should be combined with the actual work, development of environmental protection hotline, recognition and reward systems, on the outstanding deeds of outstanding achievements recognition and reward staff or units.

    24th environmental protection departments at all levels should actively involve the local financial sector financial support to environmental protection hotline, the construction, operation, management, maintenance and other money into the budget, ensure environmental hotline and management system up and running.

    25th levels the environmental protection departments and environmental protection hotline, dereliction of duty, abuse of power, favoritism, given administrative sanctions according to law; a suspected crime, transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

    Staff of the Environmental Protection Department and whistleblower retaliation shall be given disciplinary action; a suspected crime, transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

    The fifth chapter supplementary articles

    Matters not provided for in the 26th article this way, in accordance with the regulations of the petition and the environmental petition the relevant provisions of the measures implementing it.

    Local environmental protection departments at all levels can be combined with local conditions to develop the implementation details. 27th article this way come into force on March 1, 2011.