Regulations of Changyang Tujia Autonomous County on Ecological Environment Protection

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to protect and improve the ecological environment, rationally develop and utilize natural resources, and promote the sustainable economic and social development of autonomous counties, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Regional Ethnic Autonomy, the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Environmental Protection, the Regulations of Hubei Province and other relevant laws and regulations, and in combination with the actual situation of autonomous counties. Article 2 The term "ecological environment" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to natural factors such as water, atmosphere, land, forests, mineral deposits, natural relics, cultural relics, wildlife resources, etc. in the Autonomous County. Article 3 These Regulations shall apply to production, life, management, scientific research and other activities related to the ecological environment within the administrative area of Autonomous County. Article 4 To protect the ecological environment, we should adhere to the principles of unified planning, rational layout, giving priority to prevention and combining prevention with control, and implement the system of first evaluating and then developing, who develops and protects, who benefits and who pollutes, and who governs, so as to maintain the coordinated development of ecological, economic and social benefits of Autonomous County. Fifth Autonomous County People's Government shall lead the work of ecological environmental protection within their respective administrative areas, formulate plans for ecological environmental protection, and incorporate them into the plans for national economic and social development at the corresponding level, and earnestly organize their implementation.

Autonomous County People's Government shall, according to the financial situation of Autonomous County and the actual needs of ecological environment protection, increase investment year by year to protect and improve the ecological environment of Autonomous County, actively strive for the support and help of the state and the people's governments at higher levels for the ecological environment protection work of Autonomous County, and enjoy various preferential policies of the state on strengthening the ecological environment protection in ethnic autonomous areas and poverty-stricken areas according to law. Sixth autonomous county environmental protection administrative departments to implement unified supervision and management of the ecological environment protection work within their respective administrative areas.

Autonomous County development and reform, economy and commerce, agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, transportation, safety supervision, fishery, land and resources, immigration, construction, industry and commerce, tourism and other departments, according to their respective functions and duties, exercise the power of ecological environment supervision and management according to law, and do a good job in ecological environment protection. Seventh Autonomous County to strengthen the publicity and education of ecological environmental protection laws and regulations, popularize the knowledge of ecological environmental protection, improve the awareness of environmental protection and legal concept of the whole society, encourage and support the research, development, popularization and application of ecological environmental protection science and technology.

Autonomous County encourages and supports citizens, legal persons and other organizations to donate and invest in ecological environment protection and construction, and respects and protects the legitimate rights and interests of donors and investors. Eighth citizens, legal persons and other organizations have the obligation to protect the ecological environment, and have the right to stop and report acts of pollution and destruction of the ecological environment.

Citizens, legal persons and other organizations that have made remarkable achievements in protecting and improving the ecological environment shall be commended and rewarded. Chapter II Protection and Governance Article 9 The sewage charges, mineral resources fees, water resources fees, compensation fees for soil and water conservation facilities and prevention and control fees for soil erosion collected by autonomous counties, except those that should be turned over in accordance with laws and regulations, belong to the control of autonomous counties and should all be used for the protection, development and construction of natural resources and ecological environment in autonomous counties.

Due to the needs of construction, the development and utilization of natural resources in Autonomous County shall be compensated by the developers and beneficiaries in accordance with state regulations; Causing damage to the ecological environment, the responsible party shall be responsible for compensation. Autonomous counties enjoy reasonable compensation for the contributions made by the state and the people's governments at higher levels in the protection of natural resources and the construction of ecological environment in autonomous counties through financial transfer payments and other measures.

Autonomous County enjoys the project support of the state and the people's governments at higher levels for resource development and ecological environment protection and construction, and enjoys the care of exemption from matching funds. Article 10 Citizens, legal persons and other organizations at home and abroad are encouraged to invest and operate ecological environment protection and construction projects in accordance with the principle of "whoever invests, operates and benefits"; Encourage the development and utilization of barren hills and wasteland according to law, protect and improve the ecological environment, and prevent soil erosion, land barren and rocky desertification. Construction and development projects that improve the ecological environment can obtain land use rights for 30 to 70 years according to law. Eleventh natural resources development and production and construction projects that may cause damage to the ecological environment must implement the following provisions:

(a) the environmental impact assessment documents submitted by the development and construction units shall include ecological assessment and protection countermeasures. Without the approval of the environmental protection department, the relevant departments shall not approve the preliminary design, the land management department shall not go through the formalities of land acquisition, the bank shall not lend money, and the finance shall not support it. Those who fail to pass the acceptance or fail to go through the approval procedures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state shall not be delivered for use or registered for industry and commerce.

(two) new construction, renovation and expansion projects must comply with the provisions of the laws and regulations of the state on ecological environment protection, otherwise, no construction or production organization shall be carried out.

(three) the development and utilization of water resources, should be based on the premise of protecting the ecological environment, comprehensive planning, overall consideration, to play a variety of functions of water resources.

(4) To build roads, railways, mines, water conservancy and electric power projects and engage in other development and construction projects, a water and soil conservation plan must be prepared and submitted to the water administrative department for examination and approval. Stripped topsoil, gangue, tailings, waste residue, gravel, etc. must be transported to the designated storage place for stacking. Article 12 Units and individual industrial and commercial households that discharge pollutants such as waste gas, waste water and waste residue must apply to the competent administrative department of environmental protection of Autonomous County for a pollutant discharge permit, and implement the pollutant discharge standards stipulated by the competent administrative department of environmental protection of the state and the province.