Measures of Sichuan Province on River Management

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Measures are formulated in light of the actual situation in Sichuan for the implementation of the Regulations on River Management in People's Republic of China (PRC). Article 2 These Measures must be observed in the activities of river courses (including lakes, reservoirs, artificial waterways, flood discharge areas and flood storage and detention areas) within the administrative area of Sichuan Province. Article 3 The water administrative department of the provincial people's government is the competent authority of rivers in the province.

The water administrative departments of the people's governments of cities, prefectures and counties and the regional administrative offices are the competent authorities of rivers within their respective administrative areas. Article 4 Rivers shall follow the principle of combining unified management by water system with hierarchical management.

The provincial river sections and the main river sections across the city (prefecture) determined by the national river authorities shall be managed by the provincial river authorities; The main river sections across counties (cities, districts) shall be managed by the municipal (prefectural) river authorities. According to this principle, the provincial river authorities determine the river jurisdiction of the river authorities at all levels in the province.

The river authorities may entrust the management of some river sections under their jurisdiction to the river authorities at the next lower level, or entrust the management of artificial waterways and state-owned reservoirs to water conservancy project management units. Article 5 The chief executive of the local people's government shall be responsible for flood control and obstacle removal in river courses. Article 6 All units and individuals have the obligation to protect the safety of river dikes and participate in flood control and emergency rescue. Chapter II River Regulation and Construction Article 7 River regulation and construction must conform to the comprehensive river basin planning, flood control standards, navigation standards and other relevant technical requirements stipulated by the state. Construction and development of water conservancy, prevention and control of water disasters, river regulation, construction of bridges, docks, roads, ferries, pipelines, cables and other buildings and facilities across the river, embankment and river, the construction unit must, in accordance with the river management authority, report the project construction plan to the river authorities for examination and approval before going through the examination and approval procedures according to the basic construction procedures. Article 8 When examining and approving the construction projects listed in Article 7 of these Measures, the competent planning department shall obtain the consent of the river authorities in advance if there are significant changes in the nature, scale and location of the construction projects.

When the construction unit needs to make major changes to the nature, scale and location of the approved construction project, it shall go through the examination and approval procedures again in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of these Measures. Ninth traffic departments should comply with the requirements of flood control safety in waterway regulation, and solicit the opinions of the competent authorities of river courses on relevant designs and schemes in advance.

The water conservancy department should take into account the needs of shipping when carrying out river regulation, and solicit the opinions of the transportation department on relevant designs and schemes in advance.

In the regulation of rivers and waterways in rivers and important fishery waters where bamboo and wood can be exiled as stipulated by the state, the construction unit shall take into account the needs of bamboo and wood water transport and fishery development, and report the relevant designs and schemes to the competent forestry and fishery departments at the same level for comments in advance. Tenth new land that can be used for river regulation belongs to the state and can be used by people's governments at or above the county level for resettlement and river regulation projects. Eleventh city and market town construction and development shall not occupy the river beach. The riverside boundary of urban and market town planning shall be demarcated by the river authorities in conjunction with relevant departments such as urban planning according to the river regulation planning and the scope of river management and protection. The competent department of city planning shall, when compiling and reviewing the urban construction plan along the river, solicit the opinions of the competent authorities of the river in accordance with the river management authority. Twelfth units and individuals are strictly prohibited from breaking the dike and opening holes without authorization, and burying pipelines and culverts on the dike. If it is really necessary to break the dike, open a hole, bury a pipeline or culvert for special reasons, it shall be reported to the river authorities for examination and approval in advance, and the dike shall be repaired in time as required; Newly-built facilities shall be put into use only after they have passed the acceptance by the river authorities, and shall be subject to the safety management of the river authorities. Thirteenth cities (prefectures), counties (cities, districts) with the river as the boundary, as well as rivers across cities (prefectures), counties (cities, districts), without an agreement reached by the parties concerned or the approval of the river authorities at a higher level, it is forbidden to unilaterally build drainage, water blocking, water diversion, water storage and river regulation projects. Chapter III Management and Protection of Rivers Article 14 Scope of river management: Rivers with dikes or revetments include waters between dikes or revetments on both banks, regulation works, sandbanks, beaches (including cultivated land), flood discharge areas, dikes, revetments and revetments on both banks; The river without dike is determined according to the approved river planning scope; Rivers that have not been approved for planning can be determined according to the highest flood level in history. The specific scope of river management shall be delineated after approval by the people's governments at or above the county level. Fifteenth berm by the river authorities put forward a plan, according to the following provisions submitted to the people's governments at or above the county level for approval:

(a) the protection of towns or more than ten thousand acres (including ten thousand acres, the same below) of farmland dikes, protective dikes from the back of the water slope foot extension of ten to twenty meters;

(two) dikes that protect farmland below 10,000 mu, and the dike protection area extends from the foot of backwater slope to five to ten meters.

If the existing dikes have not been demarcated, they shall be demarcated by the people's governments at or above the county level according to the actual situation. Article 16 In order to protect the revetment of important industrial and mining enterprises and towns, with the approval of the people's governments at or above the county level, the revetment sites may be designated. The range of revetment is: the extension from the top of revetment shall not exceed 10m. Article 17 The land ownership and the right to use the designated dikes and revetments shall remain unchanged, but they shall be subject to the flood control safety management of the river authorities; The land specially requisitioned by the state for dike protection and bank protection shall be managed and used by the river authorities, and the land ownership shall be confirmed in accordance with the regulations.