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Local Environmental Quality Standards And Pollutant Discharge Standards For Record Management

Original Language Title: 地方环境质量标准和污染物排放标准备案管理办法

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Local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards for record management

    (January 28, 2010 the Ministry of environmental protection announced as of March 1, 2010, 9th) first (objectives) for strengthening local environmental quality standards and pollutant emission standards for records management, in accordance with the People's Republic of China environmental protection law, the People's Republic of China Law of prevention and control of atmospheric pollution and the People's Republic of China Law on water pollution prevention and control, these measures are formulated.

    Article II (scope) these measures shall apply to the Environmental Protection Department of the province, autonomous region and municipalities formulate local environmental quality standards and pollutant emission standards for records management.

    Management of local emission standard of air pollutants for motor vehicles and vessels, in accordance with the approval of the State Council, originally released by the State environmental protection administration, the local implementation of the vehicle emission standards of air pollutants and approval.

    Article III (reporting period) provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities or entrusted by the Administrative Department of environmental protection at the local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards within 45 days from the date of issue, to the Department of environmental protection records.

    Fourth (submitted materials) submitted to the Department of environmental protection for the record, the following documents shall be submitted (one original and three copies):

    (A) submit for the record the letter;

    (B) the people's Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the approval of local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards documents, as well as local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards for publishing files;

    (C) the local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standard text of paper files and electronic files;

    (D) the local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards manual paper files and electronic files.

    Fifth (review and processing) are received by the Ministry of environmental protection, local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards completed within 45 days from the date of filing the record review, and the review of the situation as follows:

    (A) to meet the requirements of diqi、BA、jiutiao of these measures, be filed, and published on the website of the Department of environmental protection for the record information.

    (B) for failure to meet the requirements of diqi、BA、jiutiao of these measures, no record, and just fax or telex me to submit for the record of the province, autonomous region, municipality or entrusted by the Administrative Department of environmental protection, with justification.

    The sixth section (suspended filing) of local standards national discharge standard of pollutants could not be in the project limits, control requires punishment, moratorium on the filing of the Department of environmental protection.

    For the reprieve for the record, the Environmental Protection Department shall, within 45 days from the date of receipt of the record written reasons notice shall submit the record of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the people's Government or entrusted by the Administrative Department of environmental protection records again; criteria for re-registration in conformity with the provisions and the record.

    Seventh (standard filing requirements) submitted for the record by local environmental quality standards, shall comply with the following requirements:

    (A) has approval of the people's Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities;

    (B) for pollutants not covered in national environmental quality standards in the project, added to develop local environmental quality standards.

    Eighth (standard filing requirements) submit the record of such local standards shall comply with the following requirements:

    (A) has approval of the people's Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities; (B) local standards shall be referred to the national discharge standard of pollutants for architecture development, can be a pollutant emission standards and integrated pollutant emission standards.

    Industry sources of pollutant emission standards that apply to a specific industry or specific product contamination; integrated pollutant discharge standard of pollutants the emissions standards applicable to all business industries other than the scope of contamination;

    (C) not provided for in the national emission standards for pollutants project added to develop such local standards;

    (D) national pollutant discharge standards of pollutants has been provided for in the project to develop stricter than national discharge standard of pollutants for such local standards.

    Nineth (monitoring requirements) local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards of pollutants monitoring methods shall be made in national environmental protection standards. National environmental protection standards, there is no applicable local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards when a POPs monitoring method should be validated by experiments and, select the applicable methods of monitoring, and to include the monitoring of local environmental quality standards or standards of Appendix.

    Applies to the monitoring of pollutants released after, the implementation of the national environmental protection standards should be monitored the implementation of the new national standards for environmental protection.

    Tenth (revised, repealed) any of the following circumstances, the provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Governments shall promptly in accordance with the local environmental quality standards or emission standards be revised or repealed:

    (A) new release of national environmental quality standards for pollutants to local environmental quality standards in the project has already been provided;

    (B) released new national emission standards stricter than local standards.

    11th (again) local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards amendment, again in accordance with article III of this approach should be submitted for the record.

    Local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards after repeal, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities or entrusted by the Administrative Department of environmental protection shall be submitted within 45 days of the Ministry of environmental protection of the abolition of standard concerned file. 12th (draft for soliciting opinions) local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards before approval, shall solicit the views of environmental protection.

    Department of environmental protection in reply within 45 days after receiving request for comments documents.

    13th (annual report) of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities or entrusted by the Administrative Department of environmental protection should be before January 31 of each year, submit to the Department of environmental protection locally on a yearly basis publish or repeal of local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards, including standard name and number, and so on.

    Ministry of environmental protection announced a year, publication of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards and filing.

    14th (local standards), local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards, including provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities all the law applicable to this area range or jurisdiction within a particular river basin, an area of environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards.

    The provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities shall not approve any institutions local environmental quality standards and pollutant discharge standards.

    15th (you) and the way the meaning of the following terms:

    (A) the local environmental quality standards, including standards for atmospheric environmental quality and water environment quality standards; local standards include emission standards of air pollutants, water pollutants discharge standard.

    (B) more stringent than the national emission standards, refers to the same pollution sources or similar products, using the same methods, local standards prescribed pollutants limit values and control requirements of the project, during the period of its stringent national emission standards in the corresponding period.

    16th (the commencement date) these measures shall take effect on March 1, 2010. On November 11, 2004 issued by the State environmental protection administration, the local environmental quality standards and pollutant emission standard record-keeping regulations repealed at the same time.