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    The Implementation Plan for the Pilot Work of Pollution Discharge Permit for Fixed Pollution Sources in Shanghai was released

    • Last Update: 2023-01-05
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    Notice of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment on the issuance of the Implementation Plan for the Pilot Work of Pollution Discharge Permits for Fixed Pollution Sources in Shanghai
     
    Ecological and Environmental Bureaus of each district, Free Trade Zone Management Bureau of Free Trade Zone Administrative Committee, Administrative Committee of Lingang New Area, Administrative Committee of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park:
     
    In order to implement the spirit of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Plenary Sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee and promote the construction of a fixed pollution source supervision system with the pollution discharge permit system as the core, in accordance with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment's "Implementation Plan on the Implementation Plan for Building a Fixed Pollution Source Supervision System with the Pollution Discharge Permit System as the Core" (EIA Letter [2021] No.
    76) and other work arrangements, the city will carry out "organic connection between the pollution discharge permit system and the environmental impact assessment system" and "linkage of supervision, monitoring and supervision of pollution discharge permits" Two pilots
    .
    Our bureau organized and compiled the "Shanghai Fixed Pollution Source Discharge Permit Pilot Work Implementation Plan", which is now issued to you, please implement it carefully
    .

     
    Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment
     
    January 13, 2022
     
    Implementation plan for the pilot work of fixed pollution source discharge permit in Shanghai
     
    In order to promote the construction of a fixed pollution source supervision system with the pollution discharge permit system as the core, implement the work deployment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment's "Implementation Plan on the Implementation Plan for Building a Fixed Pollution Source Supervision System System with the Pollution Discharge Permit System as the Core" (EIA Letter [2021] No.
    76), and implement the two pilot works of "organic connection between the pollution discharge permit system and the environmental impact assessment system" and "linkage of supervision, monitoring and supervision of pollution discharge permits" in the city, and formulate this plan
    .

     
    1.
    General requirements
     
    Implement Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and the spirit of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Plenary Sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee, closely focus on the construction of a fixed pollution source supervision system with the pollution discharge permit system as the core and the reform requirements of "decentralization, management and service", take continuous improvement of ecological environment quality as the core, build a modern environmental governance system as the guide, adhere to "precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and management of pollution according to law", promote the in-depth connection between pollution discharge permits and environmental impact assessment systems through institutional innovation, integrate regulatory resources, optimize supervision methods, and improve supervision mechanisms.
    Promote the "three supervision linkage" of supervision, monitoring and law enforcement departments, and comprehensively improve the efficiency of
    ecological and environmental supervision.

     
    2.
    Organization of work
     
    (1) Organically link and reform the pollutant discharge permit system and the environmental impact assessment system
     
    1.
    Work objectives
     
    Through the pilot projects in reconstructing the approval process, optimizing management classification, and improving management requirements, explore and solve the outstanding problems in the process of connecting pollution discharge permits and the EIA system, improve the efficiency of administrative approval, optimize the business environment, integrate post-event supervision during EIA and post-pollution discharge permit supervision, improve regulatory efficiency, and lay the foundation for the
    construction of a fixed pollution source supervision and management system with pollution discharge permits as the core.

     
    2.
    Scope of implementation
     
    Carry out citywide pilot
    projects to optimize management classification and improve management requirements.
    Pilot restructured approval processes in Minhang District, Qingpu District, Fengxian District and Shanghai Chemical Industry Park
    .

     
    3.
    Implementation content
     
    (1) Reconstruct the approval process and integrate the regulatory content
     
    First, the application materials
    for exemption.
    Study the prior submission of matters specified in the license to reduce duplicate submissions; Promote the implementation of the "whole process online office", and promote the exemption of relevant materials from written submission
    .
    The second is to simplify the way
    of change.
    Sort out the re-application and change of pollution discharge permits, and propose simplified and optimized handling methods and forms according to the classification of registered items and permit matters, so as to improve the efficiency of
    changes.
    The third is to optimize the work process
    .
    Deepen the "two certificates in one" model of Lingang environmental impact assessment and pollution discharge permit, realize the "simultaneous examination and approval of the two administrative permits, and complete it at one time", and improve the timeliness
    of examination and approval.
    The fourth is to integrate the content of
    supervision.
    Study the connection between the issuance of pollution discharge permits, post-certification supervision and post-event supervision of construction projects, promote comprehensive supervision of relevant regulatory matters, and reduce the number of inspections of enterprises; Research and integrate the relevant data of the self-acceptance report of the construction project and the implementation report of the pollution discharge permit, reduce repeated monitoring, and reduce the burden
    on enterprises.

     
    (2) Connect with the EIA directory and optimize management classification
     
    According to the city's catalogue of classified management of environmental impact assessment of construction projects, optimize the classification
    of pollution discharge permit management in accordance with the principle of "strengthening connection and highlighting key points".
    First, based on supervision and scientific management
    .
    From a refined and scientific perspective, set a certain period of time according to the actual situation of pollution discharge, appropriately adjust the management level of pollution discharge permits in some industries, and optimize daily supervision classification
    .
    The second is to consolidate the full coverage
    of pollution discharge permits.
    Combined with the current situation and regulatory needs of fixed pollution sources in the city, research and propose supplementary suggestions for enterprises in industries outside the catalogue of classified management of pollutant discharge permits, and include some enterprises in industries with greater environmental impact and environmental risks not covered by the catalogue of categorical management of pollutant discharge permits, especially those in the key pollutant discharge list, into the scope of pollutant discharge permit management on a pilot basis, and report to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment for approval before implementation
    .

     
    (3) Improve management requirements and promote the implementation of supervision
     
    The first is to distinguish between registration matters and licensing matters
    .
    Strengthen the main responsibility of enterprises to fill in registered matters, and clarify that permit matters are the focus of
    pollution discharge permit issuance review and post-certification management.
    The second is to scientifically approve the permitted emissions
    .
    In accordance with the principle of seeking truth from facts, explore the establishment of relief channels
    for historical issues in EIA.
    The third is to accurately identify control factors
    .
    Based on the technical specifications of permits and environmental impact assessments, combined with the actual production and discharge of pollutants and regulatory needs, reasonably identify the pollution factors
    included in the management of pollution discharge permits.
    The fourth is to standardize the use of emission standards
    .
    Unify the principles for selecting the discharge standards for EIA and pollution discharge permits, as well as the principles
    for applying the EIA discharge standards in the issuance of pollution discharge permits.
    Fifth, reasonable management requirements
    should be put forward.
    Improve the departmental consultation mechanism, dynamically update the content of environmental management requirements based on the principle of "implementable and supervisable", and improve the practicality
    of pollution discharge permits.

     
    4.
    Implementation progress and expected results
     
    (1) Start-up phase (November 2021 - January 2022).

    Establish a leading group for pilot work, clarify the division of responsibilities, establish a working mechanism, issue the Implementation Plan, and organize and launch various pilot work
    .

     
    (2) Research phase (January 2022 to March 2022).

    Organize the preparation of relevant technical documents for the pilot work of organic connection between pollution discharge permits and environmental impact assessment systems, put forward suggestions for industry enterprises to supplement the management of pollution discharge permits, clarify the handling principles of common problems in the current pollution discharge permit issuance and management, and establish a dynamic improvement mechanism
    .

     
    (3) Implementation phase (March 2022 - April 2023).

    Promote the implementation work in an orderly manner in accordance with the pilot technical documents, regularly schedule the pilot situation, and continuously optimize and improve the pilot content
    .

     
    (4) Assessment and acceptance stage (April 2023-June 2023).

    Organize and carry out the evaluation of pilot work in each district, form a pilot work evaluation report, and submit it to the Ministry of
    Ecology and Environment.

     
    (2) Linkage of supervision, monitoring and supervision of pollutant discharge permits
     
    1.
    Work objectives
     
    Through the pilot work of supervision, monitoring and supervision of the "three supervision linkage", further improve the linkage work mechanism covering all fixed pollution sources, strengthen departmental coordination, optimize supervision methods, and promote the performance of duties; Promote the improvement of the informatization and intelligence level of post-certification supervision, realize the closed-loop supervision, monitoring, and law enforcement management, process traces and information sharing, and improve the efficiency
    of supervision.

     
    2.
    Scope of implementation
     
    Pilot the establishment of a unified fixed pollution source information database throughout the city, improve the division of supervision responsibilities and the "three supervision linkage" working mechanism
    based on informatization.
    In Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, pilot pilot of "three supervision linkage" with information supervision as the core
    .

     
    3.
    Implementation content
     
    (1) Establish a unified fixed pollution source information database
    .
    Based on the scope of registration of pollution discharge permits, combined with information such as environmental impact assessment, solid waste, and petitions, integrate other fixed pollution sources with certain environmental impacts, build a unified fixed pollution source information database for the whole city, and establish a dynamic update mechanism
    .
    Ecological and environmental supervision, monitoring and law enforcement departments at all levels carry out regulatory work
    on the basis of fixed pollution source information databases.

     
    (2) Promote hierarchical supervision and implement departmental responsibilities
    .
    Establish a three-level supervision system of "city, district, and township (street)" vertically, and clarify the scope and responsibilities
    of hierarchical supervision.
    Ecological and environmental departments at the municipal and district levels implement hierarchical supervision in accordance with the principle of "who issues and who supervises"; Townships (streets) are responsible for the inspection of registered pollutant discharge within their jurisdiction, and promptly report
    illegal acts when discovered.
    Horizontally establish a coordination mechanism for the "three supervisions" work with the participation of regulatory departments, monitoring departments, law enforcement departments, and so forth, and clarify the division of responsibilities
    .
    The lead department for pollution discharge permits coordinates the supervision of fixed pollution sources, and the environmental impact assessment and pollution discharge permits, atmosphere, water, noise, ecology, solid waste and other environmental element management departments put forward regulatory needs and requirements
    .
    The monitoring and law enforcement management departments are to coordinate and summarize monitoring and law enforcement needs, and organize and advance implementation
    .
    Surveillance and law enforcement agencies specifically implement monitoring and law enforcement tasks and feedback the results to regulatory authorities, forming a closed loop
    of work.
    The information technology support department is responsible for building and improving the information platform and implementing operation guarantees
    .

     
    (3) Improve the working mechanism
    of "three supervisions linkage".
    According to the "three supervision linkage" work plan, build a fixed pollution source management information system, improve supervision, monitoring and law enforcement linkage, urban linkage, etc.
    , refine routine tasks, special tasks, self-monitoring and inspection, over-total law enforcement and other linkage types of processes, to achieve whole-process supervision and management
    .
    Strengthen the problem feedback mechanism to promote the quality of pollution discharge permits
    .
    Carry out "three supervision linkage" scheduling and supervision, and report
    on the dispatch situation and spot check results.

     
    (4) Improve the level of
    information supervision.
    Establish a comprehensive management information system for fixed pollution sources, take pollution discharge in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park as the pilot pilot, promote the automatic docking of various environmental supervision information such as online and manual monitoring, law enforcement and punishment with the fixed pollution source management information system, realize the interconnection of various data systems, increase the application of pollution discharge permit data, and improve the level of
    "three supervision linkage" informatization.

     
    4.
    Schedule and expected results
     
    (1) Start-up phase (November 2021 - January 2022).

    Establish a leading group for pilot work, clarify the division of responsibilities, establish a working mechanism, issue the Implementation Plan, and organize and launch various pilot work
    .

     
    (2) Research phase (January 2022 to March 2022).

    Establish a unified fixed pollution source information database for the whole city, and initially build a municipal management fixed pollution source management information system
    based on the "three supervision linkage".

     
    (3) Implementation phase (March 2022 - April 2023).

    In accordance with the Shanghai Fixed Pollution Source Supervision Measures and the three-supervision linkage work plan, promote the formation of the "three-supervision linkage" operation mode of fixed pollution sources with information-based supervision as the core in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, regularly schedule the pilot situation, and continue to optimize and improve the pilot content
    .

     
    (4) Assessment and acceptance stage (April 2023-June 2023).

    Organize and carry out the evaluation of pilot work in each district, form a pilot work evaluation report, and submit it to the Ministry of
    Ecology and Environment.

     
    3.
    Organizational safeguard measures
     
    (1) Strengthen organizational leadership
     
    The Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment has established a leading group for the pilot work of fixed pollution source discharge permits, with the main leader of the bureau as the team leader, the leader in charge as the deputy team leader, and the responsible persons of relevant business departments and monitoring and law enforcement as the main members
    .
    The leading group has an office, led by the EIA department, responsible for organizing and promoting work, comprehensive coordination, and establishing mechanisms
    such as scheduling reports, regular work meetings, and supervision and guidance.
    The ecological and environmental departments of each district actively participate in the pilot work, strengthen organizational leadership according to actual needs, decompose work tasks, implement work responsibilities, establish and improve working mechanisms, and regularly carry out summary and evaluation to ensure that the pilot work is carried out smoothly and orderly
    .

     
    (2) Clarify the division of duties
     
    The pilot work is led by the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, and the ecological and environmental departments and bureaus of each district are coordinated
    according to their responsibilities and division of labor.
    The competent departments of ecology and the environment at all levels shall, in accordance with the requirements of the Measures for the Supervision and Management of Fixed Pollution Sources, clarify the division of labor among internal departments, coordinate and participate in the implementation of the pilot work, and ensure that the implementation is in place
    .
    The pollutant discharge permit issuance department takes the lead in compiling the pilot work plan, carrying out comprehensive coordination, strengthening supervision and guidance, and regularly scheduling the progress of work and inspecting the effectiveness
    of work.
    The management departments of environmental elements such as atmosphere, water, solid waste, and noise are responsible for refining and improving environmental management regulations, studying and solving the operational problems of relevant standards and policy documents, and ensuring that they can be implemented and supervised
    after being loaded into pollution discharge permits.
    The monitoring and management departments are responsible for improving the self-monitoring management and total volume control systems, and the monitoring institutions are responsible for implementing the monitoring and management requirements and conducting law enforcement monitoring, self-monitoring and inspection, and actual emission verification
    .
    The law enforcement management department is responsible for improving the "one-certificate" law enforcement supervision system, and the law enforcement agency is responsible for implementing law enforcement needs and carrying out law enforcement inspections
    of pollution discharge permits.
    The information technology support department is responsible for implementing the information guarantee
    of the pilot work.

     
    (3) Strengthen financial and technical safeguards
     
    In view of the key and difficult problems affecting the implementation of the pollution discharge permit system, encourage ecological and environmental departments at all levels to introduce third-party technical support, strengthen scientific research cooperation and departmental communication, and expand ways to solve problems
    .
    The required funds should be included in the annual budget to ensure the smooth progress and practical results
    of the pilot work.
    Strengthen communication and exchanges with the Assessment Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the municipal information technology support department to provide platform guarantee
    for information construction.

     
    (4) Strengthen publicity, training, and guidance
     
    Competent departments of ecology and the environment at all levels should do a good job in publicity and training, do a good job in interpreting systems, carry out multi-level and multi-form publicity and promotion, and increase guidance and training for enterprises, institutions and third-party service organizations, guide and establish the awareness of the main responsibility of enterprises to "discharge pollution with certificates, self-certify compliance with the law, and discharge pollutants according to certificates", strengthen the exposure of typical cases of illegal acts in pollution discharge permits, and ensure the orderly advancement
    of pilot work.

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