Classification and Management Directory for Fixed Pollution Sources Releases (2017 edition)
In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People ' s Republic of China on Water Pollution Prevention and Control and the Law of the People ' s Republic of China on Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control, the Office of the State Council for the Issuance of Circular No. [2016] 81 on the Implementation of a Pollutant Release Permit Scheme for the Control of Pollution, this Directory has been established in order to implement the classification and orderly issuance of discharge permits.
Article 2. The State shall implement focused and simplified management of discharge permits based on the level of pollution generation, emissions and environmental hazards in enterprises and other producers that emit pollutants.
Article 3 Existing business enterprises and other producers shall apply for a sewage licence within the time limit specified in this list.
Article 4 An application for a licence for the discharge of waste is made by an enterprise establishment and other producers who are engaged in the production of more than two industries on this list at the same place.
Article 5 Business undertakings and other producers outside categories I to XXXII of this list shall apply for a general process release licence for boilers, industrial kilns, plating, domestic sewage and industrial wastewater centralized treatment in category XXXIII of this list.
Article 6 Business enterprises and other producers other than those listed in this list shall apply for a pollution licence, depending on the priority management industry specified in this list, if:
(i) Be included in the list of priority sewage units;
(ii) Emissions > 250 tonnes per year from sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides;
(iii) The annual emissions of dust and smoke greater than 1,000 tonnes;
(iv) Annual emissions of > 30 tonnes of chemical oxygen required;
(v) Combined annual emissions of ammonia nitrogen, petroleum and volatile phenol > 30 tonnes;
(vi) Other individual items of toxic and harmful atmospheric and water contaminant pollution equivalents greater than 3,000 (the amount of pollution equivalents is calculated according to the provisions of the Law of the People ' s Republic of China on Environmental Protection Taxes).
This Article 7 Directory is explained by the Department of State's Environmental Protection Authority and is updated in due course.
This Article 8 Directory is in force from the date of its publication.