Measures for the implementation of Xiamen Municipality on the management of water pollutant discharge permit

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the supervision and management of sewage discharge, effectively control water pollution and promote the development of Xiamen Special Economic Zone. According to the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution in People's Republic of China (PRC), the Interim Measures for the Administration of Water Pollutant Discharge Permit of the State Environmental Protection Bureau and the Administrative Provisions of Xiamen Environmental Protection Law, these implementation measures are formulated. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to all enterprises and institutions that directly or indirectly discharge sewage into water bodies within the jurisdiction of Xiamen City (hereinafter referred to as sewage discharge units). Article 3 On the basis of concentration control and management, the discharge of water pollutants shall be gradually transferred to total pollutant discharge control through pollutant discharge declaration and registration, and water pollutant discharge permits shall be issued. Article 4 The declaration and registration of pollutant discharge and the application for pollutant discharge permit are the obligations that enterprises and institutions must fulfill. Article 5 These Measures shall be organized, implemented, supervised and managed by the competent administrative department of environmental protection of Xiamen Municipal People's governments at all levels. Chapter II Declaration and Registration of Pollutant Discharge Article 6 Pollutant discharge units must go through the formalities of declaration and registration of pollutant discharge with the local competent department of environmental protection within the time specified by the municipal, district (county) competent department of environmental protection, and provide relevant technical data for the prevention and control of water pollution. Seventh sewage units must fill in the "registration form" on time, and shall not refuse to report or make false reports. Those who fail to declare within the time limit shall be deemed to have refused to declare. Eighth sewage units must monitor the pollutants discharged by themselves, and truthfully declare the monitoring data to the environmental protection department every quarter on the basis of monitoring. Units without monitoring ability may entrust the municipal, district (county) environmental monitoring station or units recognized by the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau to monitor. The monitoring cost shall be borne by the pollutant discharge unit.

Sewage declaration and monitoring must be carried out in strict accordance with the unified national monitoring standards under the normal production conditions of enterprises. Ninth new construction, expansion and reconstruction projects, should be in the trial production 0 months before the approval of the environmental impact report (book) of the city, district (county) environmental protection department for sewage declaration and registration, before the trial production. Article 10 Where the type, quantity and concentration of water pollutants discharged by a pollutant discharge unit have undergone major changes or the discharge mode and discharge destination have changed, an application shall be submitted to the municipal, district (county) environmental protection department five days in advance, and the registration can be changed only after the approval of the municipal, district (county) environmental protection department. Chapter III Application and Issuance of Pollutant Discharge Permit Article 11 Xiamen Environmental Protection Bureau shall implement the pollutant discharge permit system for key water pollution sources and key pollutants by stages and in batches on the basis of pollutant discharge declaration and registration according to the requirements of regional total or target total.

Key water pollution sources and key water pollutant projects are determined by the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau. Twelfth sewage units must fill in the "Application Form for Water Pollutant Discharge Permit" within the time specified by Xiamen Environmental Protection Bureau to apply for sewage discharge. Those who fail to fill in the application form shall be deemed to have refused to receive the pollutant discharge permit. Article 13 Xiamen Environmental Protection Bureau shall control the total amount of water pollutants, determine the distribution of pollutants and reduce the total amount according to the requirements of environmental capacity of Xiamen sea area and regional water quality target management. Fourteenth Xiamen Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau shall, according to the total pollutant discharge index of this Municipality, verify the sewage discharge application of enterprises and institutions.

The pollutant discharge units that do not exceed the national and local water pollutant discharge standards and the total pollutant discharge control indicators shall be issued with pollutant discharge permits.

Temporary pollutant discharge permits shall be issued to pollutant discharge units that exceed the national and local water pollutant discharge standards and the total pollutant discharge control indicators, and the pollutant discharge shall be reduced within a time limit. Fifteenth sewage permit is valid for 3 years, and the temporary sewage permit is valid for 2 years.

3 months before the expiration of the pollutant discharge permit or temporary pollutant discharge permit, the holder must re-apply for replacement. Sixteenth sewage units to expand the production scale within the validity period of the sewage permit, generally should not increase the amount of sewage through various technical measures. Under special circumstances, it is necessary to apply to the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau three months in advance to increase the amount of pollutant discharge, and the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau can only approve the increase of pollutant discharge if there is a margin in the total amount of pollutant discharge control. Seventeenth large and medium-sized new projects within 3 months after the start of trial production, the construction unit must provide the monitoring data of sewage in the trial production stage, and apply for a sewage permit with the declaration and registration form approved by the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, and then continue production. Eighteenth approved by the Xiamen Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau should receive a sewage permit or temporary sewage permit units, must be designated, must be completed within a specified time. If it is not collected at the expiration of the period, it shall be regarded as not discharging pollutants in accordance with the provisions of the pollutant discharge permit or temporary pollutant discharge permit. Nineteenth units that hold a "sewage permit" or a "temporary sewage permit" are not exempted from paying sewage charges and other fees stipulated by laws and regulations. Chapter IV Supervision and Administration of Pollution Discharge Article 20 Units that have obtained pollution discharge permits shall discharge pollutants in strict accordance with the provisions of the permits.

Units holding temporary pollution discharge permits should complete the reduction regulations stipulated by the Environmental Protection Bureau on schedule by reforming technology, technological transformation, strengthening management and taking control measures. Report the progress of pollutant reduction to the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau every six months. Twenty-first units holding pollution discharge permits or temporary pollution discharge permits must report to the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau within 15 days before the start of each quarter. Overdue, as refusing to report.