Measures of Guangdong Province on the Administration of Pollutant Discharge Permit

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the supervision and management of pollution sources and standardize the behavior of pollutant discharge permit, these measures are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in People's Republic of China (PRC), the Law on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution in People's Republic of China (PRC), the Administrative Licensing Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Regulations on Environmental Protection of Guangdong Province and other laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 A pollutant discharge unit that commits one of the following pollutant discharge acts within the administrative region of this province shall obtain a pollutant discharge permit:

(1) Emission of atmospheric pollutants;

(2) Discharging industrial wastewater, medical wastewater and other wastewater and wastewater containing toxic and harmful substances such as heavy metals and pathogens;

(3) operating centralized sewage treatment facilities in towns, industrial parks or development zones;

(4) Operating large-scale livestock and poultry farms;

(five) other acts that should be obtained according to law.

Dumping solid waste, planting, discharging pollutants from non-scale livestock and poultry farms, discharging pollutants from mobile pollution sources such as motor vehicles, railway locomotives, ships and airplanes, discharging pollutants from residents, and discharging radioactive and electromagnetic radiation from nuclear facilities and nuclear technology applications and electromagnetic radiation projects are not applicable to these measures. Article 3 Pollutant discharge units are encouraged to adopt advanced technology and management means to continuously reduce the total amount of pollutants discharged. After the approval of the competent department of environmental protection, the total discharge index of major pollutants reduced by the pollutant discharge unit may be retained or transferred with compensation. The specific implementation measures shall be formulated separately by the provincial people's government. Article 4 The competent departments of environmental protection at all levels shall comprehensively consider the requirements of environmental functional zoning, pollution reduction targets, industrial pollutant discharge performance and other factors, and scientifically verify the amount of pollutant discharge allocated to pollutant discharge units. Fifth provincial environmental protection departments to implement unified supervision and guidance on the management of pollutant discharge permits. City and county (District) environmental protection departments at all levels shall be responsible for the issuance, supervision and management of pollutant discharge permits within their respective administrative areas in accordance with their daily supervision and management authority.

If there is any dispute over the management authority of the pollutant discharge permit, it shall be decided by the competent department of environmental protection at the next higher level of both parties to the dispute. Chapter II Conditions and Procedures for Handling Permits Article 6 A pollutant discharge unit shall apply for a pollutant discharge permit before discharging pollutants. Article 7 An application for a pollutant discharge permit shall meet the following conditions:

(a) the environmental impact assessment document of the construction project has been approved or re-examined by the competent department of environmental protection with the power of examination and approval;

(2) Having pollution prevention facilities and pollutant treatment capacity that meet the requirements of national and local standards. Commissioned by the operation of environmental pollution control facilities, the operating unit shall obtain the qualification of environmental pollution control facilities;

(three) in accordance with the provisions of the sewage declaration and registration;

(four) in accordance with the provisions of the emergency plan for pollution accidents, and equipped with corresponding facilities and equipment;

(five) set up sewage outlets in accordance with the prescribed standards and technical specifications;

(6) Where there are requirements for total pollutant discharge control, it shall meet the requirements of environmental functional zoning and regional total pollutant discharge control indicators;

(seven) in accordance with the provisions of the installation of automatic monitoring facilities for pollution sources, and with the local environmental protection department of the automatic monitoring system networking;

(eight) other circumstances stipulated by laws, regulations and rules. Article 8 When applying for a pollutant discharge permit for the first time, a pollutant discharge unit shall submit the following documents:

(a) the basic situation of the pollutant discharge unit and the legal identity certificate such as business license or organization code certificate;

(two) the approval document of the environmental impact assessment document of the construction project;

(three) materials that have passed the acceptance of environmental protection after the completion of the construction project;

(four) other certification materials stipulated by laws, regulations and rules.

If trial production or trial operation is needed before the completion and acceptance of a construction project, a self-inspection report on the implementation of the approval opinions of the first, second and fourth items of the preceding paragraph and the environmental impact assessment documents of the construction project shall be submitted. Article 9 The competent department of environmental protection shall, within 20 days from the date of accepting the application for the pollutant discharge permit, review the certification materials submitted by the applicant, issue the pollutant discharge permit if it meets the requirements, and make an announcement; Do not meet the conditions, notify the applicant in writing and explain the reasons. Article 10 Pollution discharge permits are divided into originals and duplicates, which have the same legal effect.

The original pollutant discharge permit shall specify the following items:

(a) the name, address, legal representative or person in charge of the pollutant discharge unit;

(2) industry category;

(three) the types of pollutants discharged, the concentration limit and the total limit of the main pollutants discharged;

(4) term of validity;

(5) Issuing authority, date of issuance and certificate number.

In addition to the items specified in the preceding paragraph, the copy of the sewage discharge permit shall also contain the following items:

(a) the way and destination of pollutant discharge requirements;

(two) the number of sewage outlets, the name, number and location of each sewage outlet;

(three) the main production technology and equipment;

(4) pollutant treatment technology and ability;

(5) National or local pollutant discharge standards;

(6) If there is the task of controlling the total amount of pollutant discharge, the quantity and time limit for reducing the total amount of pollutant discharge shall be clearly defined;

(seven) other matters that should be stipulated.