Current Situation of Chemicals
Environmental Management in China& Updated Policies

Department of Pollution Prevention and Control, MEP,
China

October 31st, 2012ॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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MAIN CONTENTS
I. Trend of Chemicals Environmental Management in China
II. Current Situation of China’s Chemicals Environmental

Management
III. Updated Policies on Chemicals Environmental Management
IV. Major Tasks for Next Phaseॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝2

I. Trend of Chemicals Environmental
Management in China
Major Problems
1

Irrational industry configuration and distribution, hidden
risks of environmental pollution

2

Incomplete system of chemicals environmental
management regulations

3

Lack of basic information on environmental
management and environmental risk situation

4

Insufficient capability of monitoring, early warning,
emergence response, supervision, management andtechnology support3

I. Trend of Chemicals Environmental
Management in China
Risks Prevention and Pressure Control caused byEnvironmental Pollution
1

Increasing risks of health and environment
caused by chemicals

2

Frequent occurrence of environmental incidents
caused by hazardous chemicals

3

Regional degradation of environmental quality causedby the release of typical pollutants from relevant sectors

4

Increasingly high pressure in chemicals environmental
management and risk prevention and control

4II. China’s Current Situation of Chemicals
Environmental Management
Opinion of the State Council on Strengthening Major Environmental
Protection Work” (GuoFa [2011] 35)
Strengthen chemicals environmental management: Distribution of chemical engineering

projects should be assessed to promote scientific planning and rational distribution of oil andchemical engineering projects. Environmental risks hidden among chemical manufacturers

should be eliminated and overall reform should be conducted in coastal chemical enterprises tostrengthen safety measures. ERA should be conducted as a key element in assessment ofhhazardous chemical engineering projects, environmental admittance threshold and construction

State’s sstandard for chemical production should be improved, environmental safety distance for
Mission cchemical engineering projects should be scientifically defined and implemented. Highly toxic
aand hardly degradable chemicals with high environmental risks should be phased out legally,
production and use of high environmental risk chemicals should be restricted. Ecologicaldesign should be carried out in designing industrial products. The system of whole-process
chemicals environmental management should be enhanced. Supervision on key industries

releasing POPs should be intensified. The system of whole-life management responsibility andwhole-process administrative accountability for chemicals environmental pollution should beॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝established.

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II. China’s Current Situation of Chemicals
Environmental Management“The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ for National Environmental Protection”(GuoFa [2011] 42)v Three goals: quantity control, quality improvement
State’s
Missionand risk prevention

v To strengthen chemicals environmental supervisionv To enhance chemical risk prevention and controlॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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II. China’s Current Situation of Chemicals
Environmental Management
Principle: Active prevention and control, classified management
Targets: Chemical producers and users
Chemical parks
Key regions and key industries
Enhancedpublicity
Capacity
Improvement

Intensified
implementation
Systemconstruction
Basicresearch

To solve outstanding environmental problems
causing hazards to human health7II. China’s Current Situation of Chemicals
Environmental Management
Work Progressv Having strengthened administrative approval and supervision on
environmental management registration of toxic chemicals import/exportv Having strengthened administrative approval and supervisionenvironmental management registration of new chemicals
v Having promulgated “Measures on Environmental
Registration of Hazardous Chemicals” (provisional)

onManagementv Having promulgated “The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ for POPs Pollution
Prevention and Control”
v Having organized nation-wide investigation of chemical production, use
and environmental statusv Having strengthened mercury managementv Having enhanced environmental management in chemical parks8

III. Updated Policies on Chemicals
Environmental Management(I)

Measures on Environmental Management
Hazardous Chemicals”(II)

Chemical Park Environmental Management

Registration of(III) The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ for POPs Pollution Prevention andControl(IV) National Survey on Chemical Base Information(V) Mercury Managementॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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(I) Measures on Environmental Management
Registration of Hazardous Chemicals

1. Legal Basis
2. Status of the “Measures”
3. Main Contents
4. Goals and Functionsॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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1. Legal Basis“Regulations on Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals”(State Council Order No. 591, promulgated in March 2011 and effective as of December 1, 2011)¢ Having

definedresponsibilitiesofenvironmental
administrations in management of hazardous chemicals

protection

Article 6 (4) Environmental protection administrations are responsible for conducting
supervision on disposal of waste hazardous chemicals, organizing identification ofenvironmental hazards of hazardous chemicals and assessment of environmental
risk degrees, deciding the categories of hazardous chemicals necessary for
conducting key environmental management, in charge of environmental
management registration of hazardous chemicals and new chemical substances;
responsible for conducting respective investigations of relevant environmental pollution
and ecological damage incidents caused by hazardous chemicals, and for conducting
onsite emergency environmental monitoring in case of hazardous chemical incidents.
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1. Legal Basis“Regulations on Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals”(State Council Order No. 591, promulgated in March 2011 and effective as of December 1, 2011)¢ Having established the pollutants release and transfer reporting (PRTR)

system for hazardous chemicals under key environmental management
Article 16

Manufacturers of hazardous chemicals under key environmental

management should abide by the provision stipulated by State Administration ofEnvironmental Protection report to environmental protection administrations theinformation on the release of hazardous chemicals to the environment.
Environmental protection administrations may conduct corresponding environmental
risk control measures based on the situation.
Article 32

The provision on manufacturers of hazardous chemicals under key

environmental management applies for enterprises using hazardous chemicals under
key environmental management for production.
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1. Legal Basis“Regulations on Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals”(State Council Order No. 591, promulgated in March 2011 and effective as of December 1, 2011)

Article 81 Provisions on legal punishment.
Article 98 Environmental management registration of hazardous chemicals
and new chemical substances must be conducted according to the applicablelaws, administrative rules and regulations. Certain fees shall be collectedaccording to relevant national regulations for registration of hazardous
chemicals under key environmental management.

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1. Legal Basis“Regulations on Safety Administration of Hazardous Chemicals”(State Council Order No. 591, promulgated in March 2011 and effective as of December 1, 2011)¢ Having defined responsibilities for environmental protection departments

in identifying chemical environmental hazards
Article 100 As to the chemicals whose hazardous properties have not been defined,

identification of the physical hazards, environmental hazards and toxicologicalproperties shall be organized respectively by State Administration of Work Safety,

State Administration of Environmental Protection and State Administration of Health.
Based on the identification results, necessary adjustment of the Catalogue ofHazardous Chemicals shall be conducted according to the provisions of Article 3 (2).

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2. STATUS OF THE “MEASURES”
New Chemical Substances
Management of new
chemical substances isconducted according to
MEP Order No.7
The “Measures” is applicable to:hazardous chemicals. The
Catalogue of Hazardous
Chemicals is jointly defined by
Administrations of Work Safety,
Environmental Protection andPublic Security.
Key tasks for environmental managementin the “Measures”: The categories ofhazardous chemicals under key
environmental management shall bedefined by environmental protection
departments.
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Existing Chemical
Substances (approx. 45000˅
Hazardous
Chemicals
Hazardous
Chemicals
under Key
Environmental
Management

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3. MAIN CONTENTS
The “Measures” includes six chapters:
Chapter I

General Principles

Chapter II

Environmental Management Registration for
Production/Use of Hazardous Chemicals

Chapter III Environmental Management Registration for

Import/Export of Hazardous Chemicals
Chapter IV Supervision
Chapter V

Legal Responsibilities

Chapter VI Supplementary Provisionsॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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General Principles
Aim of legislation: To strengthen chemicals environmental
management, prevent and eliminate the hazard toenvironment and human health caused byhazardous chemicals, prevent environmental risks
and implement International Conventions.
Applicable to:
1. Product categories: hazardous chemicals listed in “The Catalogue ofHazardous Chemicals”
2. Types of business: manufacturers of hazardous chemicals

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enterprises using hazardous chemicals for production
importers/Exporters of hazardous chemicals

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General Principles
Classified management:•

Hazardous chemicals under key environmental
management: “The Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals
under Key Environmental Management” is issued andadjusted duly by MEP based on the hazardous propertiesof hazardous chemicals and the degrees of environmental
risk.

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Other hazardous chemicals: the rest hazardous
chemicals besides the key hazardous chemicalsॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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General Principles

Management responsibilities:• MEP is responsible for the organizing, monitoring andimplementation of national environmental management
registration of hazardous chemicals• The local Environmental Protection Administrations above
county level are responsible for environmental management
registration of hazardous chemicals within its jurisdictionॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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3. MAIN CONTENTS
Production/Use Registration
Key Hazardous Chemicals

Other Hazardous Chemicals• Registered at: Environmental Protection
Department at county level• Issued by: Environmental protection
Department at provincial level• Materials:
4 Environmental Management
Registration Application Form
4 ERA Report
4 Approval Letters
4 Environmental Emergency Response
Plan
4 Monitoring Report
4 Clean Production Report• Registered at: Environmental Protection
Department at county level• Issued by: Environmental protection
Department at municipal level• Materials:
4 Environmental Management
Registration Application Form
4 Approval Letters
4 Environmental Emergency Response
Plan
4 Monitoring Report
4 Clean Production Reportॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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3. MAIN CONTENTS
Production/Use Registration
Registration Application Form:¢ Company profile and ambientenvironment sensitive areas;¢ The type, quantity, label, hazard property classification, use aim

and use method of hazardous chemicals in production/use, as wellas the MSDS;¢ Environmental risk

prevention and control measures, release of
typical chemical pollutants, disposal of waste hazardous chemicals,etc.

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Production/Use Registration
Time limit for registration:¢ New

construction, reconstruction and extended construction of
production projects using hazardous chemicals must conduct
production/use registration of hazardous chemicals before thecheck and acceptance of the project completion.

¢ Enterprises

whose construction was completed previous to thepromulgation of the “Measures” and hazardous chemicals areused in its production must finish the environmental management
registration of hazardous chemicals in production/use within three
years after the “Measures” came into effect.

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Production/Use Registration
Enterprise’s Application
Qualified

Environmental Protection Department at County Level
Materials 5
examination
Application by enterprises usingotherother hazardous
hazardo chemicals

Environmental Protection Department
at Municipal Level

Registration Certificate
issued to qualified enterprises
Re examination 15

OnsiteApplication by enterprises
5
using key hazardous chemicals inspection
Application by enterprises using
keykey hazardous
hazardo chemicals

Environmental Protection Department
at Provincial Levelॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

Registration Certificate
issued to qualified enterprises
Auditing 10

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3. MAIN CONTENTS
Production/Use Registration
Expiry Recertification¢ Registration Certificate: expires at 3 yearsüWith information on company profile, hazardous chemical
categories, production/use of hazardous chemicals andenvironmental management requirements, etc.

¢ Materials and procedure required for recertification are same as

those for first-time registration.

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Environmental Risk Assessment• Target enterprises: manufacturers and users of hazardous
肩存轫縸膱蠔纓chemicals under key environmental management• Time limit: all materials must be prepared previous to registration• Content:– Assessment of prevention and control measures forenvironmental risks caused by hazardous chemicals under key

environmental management, definition of the level of enterpriseenvironmental risk monitoring based on the assessment

conclusions.

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Focused on hazardous chemicals under key environmental management

Exposure Situation
ERA conductedby professionals

Environmental Risks
Appropriateness of Risk Prevention
and Control Measures

Once in every
three years

Assessment Conclusions

Necessary materials to beprepared previous to registrationॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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Environmental Risk Assessment
Administration of Assessment Agencies:¢ MEP shall publish the recommended list of agencies qualified for

conducting compilation of ERA report on hazardous chemicals
under key environmental management¢ Personnel in the business of compiling ERA report on hazardous

chemicals under key environmental management must haveattended the special training and passed the examinationsorganized by Environmental Protection Administration at or above
provincial level.

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3. MAIN CONTENTS
Import/Export Registration
Basic requirements:¢

For import/export of hazardous chemicals listed in “The Catalogue ofHazardous Chemicals” whose import/export are strictly restricted by China, theimporter/exporter must apply to MEP for environmental management
registration and apply for Customs clearance by producing the registration
certificate and relevant certificates.

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Registration should be applied with the submission of Application Form, thecopy of the Business License, the import/export contract, the import/export
certificate, as well as the Production/Use Certificate issued to domestic
manufacturer/user planning to import/export hazardous chemicals, thePurchase Contract signed for import/export of such hazardous
chemicals, etc.

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International Conventions must be implemented in import/export of hazardous
chemicals.

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3. MAIN CONTENTS
Supervision
Post-Registration Management Requirements• Annual report and requirements (enterprises involving key hazardous chemicals)► PRTR: release, disposal and recycle of key hazardous chemicals and typical pollutants► Management Plan: measures and plans for eliminating release of key hazardous
chemicals and typical pollutants► Environmental monitoring: annual monitoring of key hazardous chemicals and typicalpollutants• Other requirements (all enterprises involving any hazardous chemicals)► information disclosure: publication of information on production, use, release and hazardsof hazardous chemicals► Record keeping: establishment of hazardous chemicals accounts and environmental

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Pollutants Release and Transfer Report (PRTR)• Target 肩存轫縸膱蠔纓enterprises: enterprises having registered its production or use ofhazardous chemicals under key environmental management• Time limit: previous to January 31 each year (post-registration requirement)• Contents:– PRTR Form: release, disposal and recycle of hazardous chemicals under key
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Environmental Risk Prevention and Control Plan
•Target enterprises: enterprises having registered its production or use of

肩存轫縸膱蠔纓

hazardous chemicals under key environmental management• Time limit: previous to January 31 each year (post-registration requirement)• Contents:– Major process adjustment plan, pollution prevention and control plan,

environmental risk prevention and control measures and capacity building
plans for eliminating release of hazardous chemicals under key

environmental management and typical pollutantsॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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Duties of Local Environmental Protection Departments (1)• Registration service:– Environmental Protection Administrations above county level areresponsible for environmental management registration of hazardous
chemicals within its jurisdiction– According to the regional situation, an agency in charge ofenvironmental management of such hazardous chemicals may becommissioned to conduct environmental management registration of

hazardous chemicalsॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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Duties of Local Environmental Protection Departments (2)• Supervision and inspection:– Main body: Environmental Protection Departments above county level– Contents: Implementation of environmental management
requirements contained in the Certificate, implementation of prevention
and control measures proposed in ERA Report, release and transfer ofhazardous chemicals under key environmental management,
implementation of environmental risk prevention and control plan,
environmental monitoring, etc.

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Duties of Local Environmental Protection Departments (3)• information disclosure:– Environmental Protection Departments at county level shall report toEnvironmental Protection Administrations up to provincial level theissuance of Registration Certificate within its jurisdiction and the data on
release and transfer of hazardous chemicals under key environmental
management by the end of February each year.
– Environmental Protection Departments at provincial level shall report to
MEP the abovementioned contents by the end of March as well as the listof enterprises having been issued the Registration Certificate within its
jurisdiction.
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4. GOALS AND FUNCTIONS
Goals and Functions of the “Measures”
Institutional Measures

Goals & Functions

To establish environmental
management registration system
for hazardous chemicals

For a dynamic, accurate and overall understanding ofactual production and use of hazardous chemicals andenvironmental situation

To report release and transfer ofhazardous chemicals under key
environmental management

For improving the monitoring system based on exposure
data such as annual release and transfer of hazardous
chemicals under key environmental management

To establish ERA system andconduct enterprise supervision
at different levels

For gradual improvement of enterprise’s capability of risk
prevention and facilitating the development of risk
assessment technology systems and institutions

To implement information
disclosure and conduct postregistration supervisionॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝For urging enterprises to adopt various measures tocontinuously reduce the environmental release ofhazardous chemicals under key environmental
management

35(II) CHEMICAL PARK ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT

1. Development Status

2. Existing Problems
3. Environmental Management Requirementॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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1. CHEMICAL PARKS’ DEVELOPMENT STATUS•

In 1990s, the first batch of chemical parks emerged in East China--economically well developed coastal regions, represented by
Shanghai, Nanjing and Ningbo.

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China has 357 chemical parks at or above provincial level , including
38 and 319 development zones at national level and provincial level
respectively.

•

According to 25-province investigation results, China has about 8,600
chemical enterprises with its size equals to a park, accounting to 27%
of China’s total number of oil and chemical enterprises above medium
size in 2011.

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1. CHEMICAL PARKS’ DEVELOPMENT STATUS

Continuous innovation ofmanagement patterns

Increasing
number ofchemical parks

Co-development with
regional industry clusters

Development
Features

Guidance bycirculareconomyIncreasingly
outstanding industry
characteristics

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2. EXISTING PROBLEMS(1) Lack of overall planning and outstanding problem ofhidden environmental risks(2) Low threshold for project approval and serious
phenomenon of pollutants transfer(3) Backward environmental infrastructure and difficulty incollective disposal of pollutants(4) Outstanding problem of chemicals environmental risks
and incomplete system of park management(5) Low level of risk prevention and control and incomplete
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3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS“Opinion of the State Council on Strengthening Major
Environmental Protection Work”(GuoFa [2011] 35)
•
•

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To conduct assessment on distribution of chemicalengineering projects
To promote scientific planning and rational distributionof oil and chemical engineering projects

To conduct investigation on chemicals producers andoperators for eliminating hidden environmental risks
To conduct overall reform in chemical enterprises
located in coastal areas40

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS“The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ for National Environmental Protection”(GuoFa [2011] 42)
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•
•

•
•

•
•

Strengthen chemical park environmental management
Conduct strict examination on EIA report concerning new
construction of chemical parks
Enhance the upgrading reconstruction of existing zones ofchemical enterprises
New construction projects involving hazardous chemicals
should be incorporated into chemical parks
Chemical enterprises outside existing chemical parks should
move inside step by step

Establish standards for construction of environmental
protection facilities in chemical parks
Complete the construction of relevant facilities andenvironmental emergency response system41

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
Opinions on Strengthening Chemical Park
Environmental Protection Work
HuanFa [2012] 54
Issued on: May 17, 2012

1

2

Chemical Park
Administration

Enterprises
inside Parks

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Protection Departments42

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
Chemical Parks mentioned in the “Opinions” include:Ø Chemical and petrochemical industry clusters, including:

•
•
•
•

Industrial parks
Industry parks (bases)
High-tech development zones
Economy and technology development zones

Ø Specialized chemical parks
Ø Chemical manufacturer clusters legally set up by governments at various

levelsNewly
constructedparks

Existingparks

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3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
To conduct scientific park planning andstrict implementation of EIA system
˄I˅To strengthen the leadership and strictly
implement the accountability system
˄VI˅To improve the
To conduct strict
Opinions on Strengthening
prevention andenvironmental
˄V˅Chemical Park’s
control˄II˅admittance
Environmental Protection
system to ensure
system and rigorousWork
environmental safety
project management

˄III˅
To facilitate infrastructure construction
and intensify daily supervisionॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝˄IV˅
To improve the management system andstrengthen environmental management

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MAIN CONTENTS OF THE “OPINIONS” (1)To conduct scientific park planning andstrict implementation of EIA system
1. Scientificallyformulate parkdevelopment plans
2. Strengthen EIA
implementation in planningof park development
construction
3. Conduct follow-up
assessment onenvironmental impact inpark planning45

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
Environmental Protection Administrations at various levels:
The approval of project EIA report shall be suspended for its
entrance into parks where the planned environmental impact
assessment has not been duly conducted or finished.

Organize the auditing of the planned EIA follow-up report andurge the park administrations to conduct reform within time
limit to solve the environmental problems found in follow-up
assessment.

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MAIN CONTENTS OF THE “OPINIONS” (2)4. Standardize technical requirements for
project’s successful park entrance
To conduct strict 5. Conduct quantity control on theenvironmental park’s pollutants release
admittance
6. Deepen EIA implementation for project’ssystem andrigorous project successful park entrance
management
7. Strengthen environmental management
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MAIN CONTENTS OF THE “OPINIONS” (3)To facilitate infrastructure construction
and intensify daily supervision
8. Conduct collective waste water treatment in the park
9. Strengthen disposal and treatment of waste gas andsolid waste in the park
10. Encourage the establishment of third-party
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MAIN CONTENTS OF THE “OPINIONS” (4)Strengthen monitoring on
pollutants release from parks

11

14

To improve the management
system andstrengthen environmental
management

12
Conduct strict supervision
on park operation

Intensify information
disclosure

13
Conduct environmental
management registration and risk
management for hazardous
chemicals49

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
Environmental Protection Administrations at various levels:

Continuously improve the typical pollutants monitoring capacity for
conducting supervisory monitoring and inspections on pollutantsrelease from enterprises inside the parks

Organize the environmental management registration of hazardous
chemicals and conduct supervision, inspections and monitoring50

MAIN CONTENTS OF THE “OPINIONS” (5)15. Accelerate theconstruction of theearly warning
system of park
environmental risk

16. Improve theengineering systemof park
environmental risk
prevention andcontrol

17. Intensify theconstruction of theguarantee system ofpark environmental
emergency
response

To improve the prevention andcontrol system to ensure
environmental safetyॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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MAIN CONTENTS OF THE “OPINIONS” (6)18. Define the responsibilities of each party
19. Establish park performance
examination system
20. Improve the accountability system

To strengthen
the leadershipand strictly
implement theaccountability
system

21. Adopt the annual report systemॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
Environmental Protection Administrations at various levels:

Strengthen supervision on enterprise’s work of environmental protection

Intensify the inspections and examinations on chemical parks’work of environmental management and announce theexamination results regularly53

3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTREQUIREMENTS
Environmental Protection Administrations at provincial level:ØSubmit an annual report to MEP concerning the environmental

management and operation performance of chemical parks within its

jurisdiction by the end of January each yearØWithin 3 months after the promulgation of the “Opinions”, formulate aregional implementation plan for strengthening the chemical parks’ workof environmental protection and report to MEP for keeping a record

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(III) THE 12TH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR PREVENTION
AND CONTROL OF POPS POLLUTION

1. Current Situation and Trend
2. Principles and Goals
3. Main Tasks

4. Key Engineering Projects
5. Organizing and Implementationॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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(I) GENERAL SITUATIONWork progress:
Ø The phased goal of international convention implementation has

been realized based on cross-sector coordination;Ø The current situation of industry pollution has been preliminarily

grasped based on pollution survey;
Ø The environmental management system has been improved

gradually by formulating various policies and standards;
Ø Research and demonstration work has been carried out throughmultichannel fundraising.

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(I) GENERAL SITUATION
Current situation:
Ø Large volume and imbalanced regional release of dioxin, outstanding

problems existing in industries and rapid growth of new sources;Ø Effective identification, supervision and disposal of PCB-containing power

equipments and waste is needed;Ø Large quantity and sporadic distribution of pesticide waste, unclear

condition of site contamination;
Ø Outstanding problem of environmental and health risks caused by POPs;Ø Increasing number of pollution incidents caused by newly listed andcontrolled POPs;Ø Outstanding bottleneck phenomenon due to technology weakness in POPs

pollution prevention and control;Ø Incomplete supervision and management system.
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(II) POPS PLANNING
Basic Rules
Overall management of key POPs

Risk identification and classified management

Overall control based on engineering construction
Enhanced implementation of accountability system andintensified examination of performanceॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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(II) POPS PLANNING
Planned Goals and IndicesØ

Basically control the increasing trend of dioxin emission from key industries;ØConduct overall elimination, labeling and management of identified in-use
PCB-containing power equipments;ØØSafely dispose identified pesticide waste;
Conduct innocuous management of identifiedØ

contaminated sites;
Enhance capacity building for POPs supervision;

high

risk

pesticideØPreliminarily establish a long-term mechanism of POPs pollution prevention
and control;Ø

Facilitate the investigation and management of newly listed POPs;
Effectively prevent, control and reduce POPs pollution risks to guaranteeØenvironmental safety and human health.

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(II) POPS PLANNING
Planned Goals and Indices
Planned Index
Reduction rate of key industry unit production (treatment volume)
dioxin emission intensity

PlannedTarget Value
10%

Elimination rate of identified in-use PCB-containing power facilities

100%

Safe disposition rate of identified pesticide waste

100%

Innocuous management rate of identified high risk pesticide

˚85%

contaminated sites
Note: identified previous to December 31, 2011.

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(II) POPS PLANNING
PLANNED TASKS
DioxinStrengthen supervision and carry out emission-reduction and treatment engineering projects

Specific Actions
Improve the thresholdfor environmental
admittance andaccelerate phasing-out
of outdated equipments

Conduct emissionreductionengineering andtechnology
demonstration

Strengthensupervision ondioxin emission

Implement pilot
program ofquantity control

Basically control the increasing trend of key industry dioxin
emission, reduce the intensity of key industry emission by 10%ॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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(II) POPS PLANNING
PLANNED TASKS
PCBsControl the environmental and health risks caused by PCB-containing power
equipments and waste

Specific Actions
Identify and label inuse PCB-containing
power equipments

Safely dispose identified PCB-containing waste and
PCB contaminated soil, list into the Plan the PCBcontaining waste and PCB contaminated soil newly
identified during the Plan implementation process for
conducting planned disposition

Conduct overall elimination, labeling and management of identified in-use
PCB-containing power equipments; the elimination rate of identified in-use
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(II) POPS PLANNING
PLANNED TASKS
Pesticide Waste & Pesticide Contaminated Sites
Control and eliminate environmental risks caused by identified POPs waste, conduct demonstration
project of contaminated site risk management, treatment and restoration

Specific Actions
Safely dispose
identified pesticide
waste, list into thePlan the newly
identified pesticide
waste for conducting
planned disposition

Conduct contaminated site investigation
and risk assessment, preliminarily establish
a national inventory of POPs contaminatedsites, conduct investigation on
contaminated sites newly identified during
the plan implementation process and adopt
measures to control the hidden risks

Implement
demonstration
project ofcontaminated site
risk management,,
treatment andrestoration

Safely dispose identified pesticide waste;
The safe disposition rate of identified pesticide waste should reach 100%;
Conduct innocuous management of identified high risk pesticide contaminated sites;
The risk management rate of identified high risk pesticide contaminated sites should be ˚85%.

ॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝(II) POPS PLANNING
PLANNED TASKS
Newly Listed POPs
Proactive Management

Specific Actions
Establish a coping mechanism
for addressing newly listed POPs

Formulate a strategy for
reduction and planned control ofPOPs

Invigorate the investigation and management of newly listed POPsॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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(II) POPS PLANNING
PLANNED TASKSSupervision Capacity
Improve the management system and strengthen the scientific R&D

Specific Actions
Consolidate thesupervision basis
and improve thesystem of policies
and regulations

Accelerate theestablishment ofstandard system and theresearch for formulating
economic policies

Enhance themonitoring capacity
and conduct
publicity andeducation activities

Strengthenthescientific
R&D

Strengthen the capacity building for POPs supervision;
Preliminarily establish a long-term mechanism for POPs pollution prevention andcontrolॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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(II) POPS PLANNING
KEY PROJECTS
Project Title
The Project of Outdated Productivity Elimination
The Engineering Project of Dioxin Emission Reduction
The Demonstration Project of Dioxin Technology
The Project of POPs Waste Disposition
The Project of Contaminated Site Risk Management, Treatment andRestoration
The Program of Newly Listed POPsThe Improvement Program of Regulations and Standard System as well as
Monitoring, Supervision and Managementॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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5. ORGANIZING & IMPLEMENTATIONØ The respective formulation and implementation of national and local plans is thestrategic approach for implementing the NIP;Ø Relevant Ministries and the People’s Government of each province,
autonomous region and municipality directly under the State Council shalldefine the work progress and responsibilities and fulfill the planned indices andtasks;
Ø Formulate and improve the system of performance assessment andexamination methods, conduct a mid-term assessment (by end of 2013) andfinal examination (by end of 2015) respectively for assessing the NIP
implementation situation and disclose to public the assessment andexamination results.

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(IV) NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHEMICALS BASIC
INFORMATION
1. Investigation Basis
2. Investigation Targets
3. Investigation Scope
4. Investigation Form
5. Investigation Arrangementॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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1. INVESTIGATION BASIS
Ø According to “Opinion of the State Council on Strengthening Major

Environmental Protection Work” (GuoFa [2011] 35): “Chemical

environmental management must be strengthened”
Ø According to Article 42 [Regular Screening] of the “Measures forEnvironmental Management of New Chemical Substances” (MEP
Order No.7), MEP shall organize a screening of new chemical

substances once in every five years.

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2. INVESTIGATION GOALS

Basically understand the categories, production volume
and regional distribution of chemicals

1

4

2

Preliminarily grasp the quantities, regional distribution
and industry distribution of chemical manufacturers

3

Preliminarily grasp the types of chemical pollutants

Establish a national dynamic database of theenvironmental information on chemicals

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3. INVESTIGATION SCOPE
All chemical manufacturers, no matter of the size, shall be
included in the scope of investigation.
No.

Industry

14

Food and feed additives manufacturing

25

Oil refinery, coking and nuclear fuel manufacturing

26

Chemical raw material and chemical products manufacturing

27

Pharmaceutical manufacturing

28

Chemical fiber manufacturing

The base year of the investigation is 2012.

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4. INVESTIGATION FORMS
Regional
Summarization

Filled byenterprises

Regional Product Categories
˄General Form 101˅Company Profile˄Basic Form 101˅Regional Data on ProductContained Chemicals
˄General Form 102˅

Products Inventory
˄Basic Form 102˅Enterprise’s
AnnualReports

Raw/Supplementary
Materials Sheet˄Basic Form 103˅OverallAnnualReports
Aggregation

Product Facts Sheet˄Basic Form 104˅Regional Data on
Raw/Supplementary Materials
˄General Form 103˅Regional List of ChemicalEnterprises
˄General Form 104˅Regional Situation of Chemical
Industry
˄General Form 105˅

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“3 Waste”
Release & Treatment

Pollution
Prevention & Control

Name, label,dose & function

Raw/Supplementary
Materials

Company
ProfileChemical
Product䈳ḕ㺘޵ᇩ
TypicalChemical Pollutants

Name andFate of Typical
Pollutants

Product info, Label of
Product-contained
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5. INVESTIGATION ARRANGEMENT
Arrangement &Training
2012.11-12• MEP training of staff from all regions;• Provincial training plans for investigators from municipalities andcounties

Implementation& Guidance
2013.01-06• Local implementation of investigation plan;• Local Environmental Protection Departments organize theenterprises to fill in the “Investigation Form”. Investigation data mustbe submitted by enterprises by June 30, 2013.

Auditing &Reporting2013.07-11

Summarization& Check
Acceptance2013.12-2014.03• Auditing, summarization and analysis of the investigation data by
Environmental Protection Departments at various levels;• The investigation data, work report and technical report must be
submitted by Environmental Protection Departments at provincial
level to MEP by November 30, 2013;• MEP organizes the experts to conduct random examination andprovide guidance to each province in data auditing.

• MEP conducts auditing and acceptance check on work reports andtechnical reports and compiles the National Chemical Production
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(V) MERCURY MANAGEMENT

1. Basic Ideas
2. Management Policiesॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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1. BASIC IDEA FOR MERCURY MANAGEMENT• Management idea: To conduct lifecycle control• Management goal: Reduce the production and supply
and eliminate the use demand, reduce the generation
and release of mercury pollutants, conduct innocuous
treatment of mercury-containing waste.

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2. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES˄1˅ Native mercury
Management policy:• According

to

“The

Guiding

CatalogueofIndustrial

Structure

Adjustment” and “The Guiding Catalogue for Elimination of Outdated

Production Process Equipments and Products”, the “Indigenous
method of mercury smelting” must be eliminated;• According to “The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ for Development of Nonferrous
Metal Industry”, by the end of the ‘12th Five-Year Plan’, except for asmall number of native mercury smelting businesses having met therequirement of environment-friendly emission, other enterprises
engaged in the smelting of native mercury must be eliminated.

772. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES˄1˅ Native mercury
Import/export policy:•

As of 2002, MEP has been implementing the policy of
mercury import examination and approval, i.e., consumption-

based import, aquantity control, tracking management andunit consumption control.

782. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES
˄2˅ MERCURY-ADDED PRODUCTSManagement policy:•

Relevant policies have been promulgated successively for restricting the
production of mercury products and the use of mercury, at the sametime vigorously promoting clean production technologies;•

The

production

projects

ofmercury-filledglassthermometers,

sphygmomanometers and dental amalgam have been classified as

restrictive projects;•

Relevant standards on product environment labeling have beenformulated and revised.

792. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES(2) MERCURY-ADDED PRODUCTS
Import/export policy:•

As of 2008, the export tax rebate policy for mercurycontaining button-type alkaline manganese battery andcylinder-type

alkalinemanganesebatteryhas

beenabolished, which has facilitated the reduction of mercury
consumption in battery industry.

802. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES(3) MERCURY USE TECHNOLOGYManagement policy:•“Prevention and Control Plan of Heavy Metal Pollution (2010-2015)”:
The calcium carbide process PVC industry should accelerate theintegrated construction of low-mercury

catalyst production plus

oxygen-control dry distillation for reuse of mercury oxide and active

carbon; rigorously promote the use of low-mercury catalysts andimprove the capacity of low-mercury catalyst production for meetingthe substitution demand; accelerate the substitution of high-mercury

catalysts with low-mercury catalysts.

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2. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES(3) MERCURY USE TECHNOLOGY•

According to MEP’s “Notice on Strengthening the Mercury Pollution Prevention
and Control Work in Calcium Carbide Process PVC Production and Relevant
Industries” (HuanFa [2011] 4), a nation-wide inspection on the prevention andcontrol of mercury pollution in calcium carbide process PVC production and its
upper and lower stream industries was conducted in 2012 for supervising theimplementation of relevant measures.
•

By the end of 2015, the use of high-mercury catalysts and all calcium carbide
process PVC production facilities using high-mercury catalysts shall beeliminated, the use of clean production technology for prevention and control of
mercury pollution shall be promoted, the disposition of waste mercury catalysts

shall be vigorously conducted, and the R&D of solid-mercury catalysts and nonmercury catalysts shall be accelerated.

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2. MERCURY MANAGEMENT POLICIES(4) MERCURY POLLUTION CONTROLManagement policy:•

In recent years, with the successive improvement andpromulgation of standards on mercury release from waste

water and waste gas, the environmental management of
mercury-containing solid waste has been strengthened
gradually.

83IV. TASKS FOR NEXT STEP
1. Organize and conduct environmental management
registration of hazardous chemicals
2. Promulgate and implement “The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ ofChemicals Environmental Risk Prevention and Control”

3. Conduct nation-wide investigation on environmental
situation for chemical production
4. Implement “The ’12th Five-Year Plan’ for POPs Pollution
prevention and Control” and continue to implement thesystem of Ops statistics reporting

5. Conduct updating investigation on main industries’
mercury emissionॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

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