Regulations of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Environmental Protection (revised on 20 19)

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to protect and improve the living environment and ecological environment and promote comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with environmental protection laws and administrative regulations. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to environmental protection and related management activities within the administrative area of the autonomous region. Article 3 People's governments at all levels shall be responsible for the environmental quality of their respective administrative areas.

People's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate environmental protection planning into national economic and social development planning and environmental protection investment into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level. Article 4 The autonomous region implements the target responsibility system for environmental protection, and regards the completion of the target responsibility system for environmental protection as the content of the work assessment of the people's governments at all levels and their principal responsible persons.

The people's government at a higher level shall assess the implementation of the environmental protection target responsibility system by the people's government at a lower level. The evaluation results shall be announced to the public. Article 5 People's governments at all levels shall organize and carry out national education on environmental protection, raise the awareness of environmental protection of the whole society, and encourage citizens and various social organizations to participate in environmental protection.

Radio, television, internet, newspapers and other news media should carry out publicity and education on environmental protection for public welfare, and supervise environmental pollution by public opinion. Article 6 The competent department of ecological environment of the people's government at or above the county level shall exercise unified supervision and management over environmental protection, and its environmental law enforcement agencies shall be specifically responsible for environmental law enforcement.

The relevant administrative departments in charge of development and reform, finance, housing and urban construction, natural resources, agriculture and rural areas, water conservancy, public security, industry and information technology, market supervision and management shall, according to their respective functions and duties, do a good job in environmental protection supervision and management according to law. Article 7 All organizations and individuals have the right to enjoy a good environment and fulfill their obligations to protect the environment, the right to report and accuse violations of environmental protection laws and regulations, and the right to put forward opinions and suggestions on environmental protection.

People's governments at or above the county level shall commend and reward units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to environmental protection. Chapter II Environmental Supervision and Management Article 8 The autonomous region shall implement the following environmental protection systems according to law:

(1) environmental impact assessment system;

(two) the system that the environmental protection facilities that need to be built in a construction project should be designed, constructed and put into use at the same time as the main project;

(three) the total discharge control system of major pollutants;

(4) Pollution discharge permit system;

(5) Other environmental protection systems as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations. Article 9 The competent department of ecological environment shall, jointly with relevant departments, formulate the functional zoning of urban environment, which shall be implemented after being approved by the people's government at the corresponding level.

The people's governments at or above the county level and their competent departments of ecological environment shall promptly disclose information such as pollutant discharge standards, total control indicators, major environmental violations and environmental emergencies.

The competent department of ecological environment and other relevant administrative departments shall provide technical advisory services, guidance and help for units and individuals to prevent and control pollution. Tenth people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the construction of automatic monitoring of pollution sources, information transmission and statistics, and environmental quality monitoring. Establish an environmental monitoring and early warning system, equipped with monitoring facilities and equipment and professional and technical personnel, and improve the supervisory monitoring and emergency monitoring capabilities of pollution sources.

The competent department of ecological environment should popularize practical monitoring technology to ensure the standardization and scientificity of monitoring data. Eleventh construction project environmental impact assessment documents have not been examined by the examination and approval department according to law or have not been approved after examination, the construction unit shall not start construction. Article 12 The competent department of ecological environment shall promptly correct or directly investigate and deal with the illegal or improper environmental law enforcement acts of the subordinate competent department of ecological environment. Thirteenth in any of the following circumstances, the competent department of ecological environment shall suspend the examination and approval of environmental impact assessment documents for construction projects in the basin and region, except for pollution prevention, energy conservation and emission reduction and circular economy projects:

(a) the total emission control index of major pollutants in the administrative region has not been completed;

(two) serious ecological damage or major construction projects have not yet completed the task of ecological restoration;

(three) did not complete the task of eliminating backward technology and equipment within a time limit;

(four) projects that do not conform to the national industrial policy have not been closed down and banned;

(five) industrial parks, large-scale breeding areas, etc. Without planning environmental assessment;

(six) other circumstances stipulated by the state to suspend the examination and approval of environmental impact assessment documents. Fourteenth the following construction projects, the competent department of ecological environment shall not be approved:

(a) the state explicitly eliminated and prohibited the construction;

(2) Seriously polluting the environment;

(three) pollutants can not meet the discharge standards;

(four) other projects that pollute the environment as stipulated by the state and the autonomous region.

The administrative departments of ecological environmental protection, industry and information technology shall publish the list of enterprises closed after verification, eliminate production lines, backward technologies and equipment, and accept social supervision. Fifteenth sewage units shall apply to the competent department of ecological environment for a sewage permit.

A pollutant discharge unit that has not obtained a pollutant discharge permit shall not discharge pollutants.

Sewage disposal units shall discharge pollutants in accordance with the types of pollutants, control indicators and prescribed ways approved by the license.