今天是2024年05月17日
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the environmental protection law of the people's Republic of China and other relevant laws for the purpose of strengthening the management of pollutant discharge permits, standardizing the discharge of pollutants by enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators, controlling the discharge of pollutants, and protecting and improving the ecological environment.
Article 2 enterprises, institutions and other producers and business operators (hereinafter referred to as pollutant discharge units) that implement the management of pollutant discharge licenses in accordance with the provisions of the law shall apply for pollutant discharge licenses in accordance with the provisions of these regulations; those that have not obtained pollutant discharge licenses shall not discharge pollutants.
According to the amount of pollutants produced, discharged, the degree of impact on the environment and other factors, the pollutant discharge units shall be subject to the classified management of pollutant discharge permits
（1） Pollutant discharge units that produce or discharge pollutants or have a greater impact on the environment shall implement key management of pollutant discharge permits;
（2） Pollutant discharge units that produce and discharge less pollutants and have less impact on the environment shall implement simplified management of pollutant discharge permit.
The scope, implementation steps and management category list of pollutant discharge units subject to the management of pollutant discharge permits shall be formulated by the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council and published for implementation after being submitted to and approved by the State Council. In drawing up a list of the scope, implementation steps and management categories of pollutant discharge units that are subject to the management of pollutant discharge permits, the opinions of relevant departments, trade associations, enterprises, institutions and the public shall be solicited.
Article 3 the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council shall be responsible for the unified supervision and administration of pollutant discharge permits throughout the country.
The competent department of ecological environment of the local people's government at or above the level of a city divided into districts shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of pollutant discharge permits in its own administrative region.
Article 4 the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council shall strengthen the construction and management of the national information platform for the management of pollutant discharge licenses, and improve the online handling level of pollutant discharge licenses.
The examination and decision of pollutant discharge license and information disclosure shall be handled through the national pollutant discharge license management information platform.
Article 5 the people's government at or above the level of a city divided into districts shall include the funds required for the administration of pollutant discharge permits in the budget at the corresponding level.
Chapter II Application and examination and approval
Article 6 a pollutant discharging unit shall apply to the competent department of ecological environment of the local people's government at or above the municipal level (hereinafter referred to as the examination and approval department) of the place where its production and business operation site is located for a pollutant discharging license.
If a pollutant discharge unit has two or more production and business operation sites to discharge pollutants, it shall apply for a pollutant discharge license according to the production and business operation sites.
Article 7 to apply for a pollutant discharge license, an application form for a pollutant discharge license may be submitted through the national pollutant discharge license management information platform, or by letter.
The application form for pollutant discharge license shall include the following items:
（1） Information such as the name, domicile, legal representative or principal person in charge, location of production and business operation site, unified social credit code, etc;
（2） Approval documents of environmental impact report (form) of construction project or filing materials of environmental impact registration form;
（3） The pollutant emission standards and total emission control indicators of key pollutants implemented in accordance with the pollutant emission types, concentrations and quantities applied by pollutant emission outlets, main production facilities or workshops or factory boundaries;
（4） Information on pollution prevention and control facilities, location and quantity of pollutant discharge outlets, pollutant discharge mode, discharge direction, self monitoring scheme, etc;
（5） Information about main production facilities, main products and production capacity, main raw and auxiliary materials, links of producing and discharging pollutants, and whether it involves trade secrets.
Article 8 under any of the following circumstances, when applying for a pollutant discharge license, corresponding materials shall also be submitted:
（1） As for the key management of pollutant discharge license, the pollutant discharge unit has disclosed the basic information of the unit and the explanatory materials of the items to be applied for before applying through the national pollutant discharge license management information platform;
（2） If it belongs to centralized treatment facilities for urban and industrial sewage, the pollutant receiving scope, pipe network layout, final discharge direction and other explanatory materials of the pollutant discharging unit;
（3） For new construction, reconstruction and expansion projects as well as technical transformation projects that discharge key pollutants, pollutant discharge units shall obtain explanatory materials for total emission control indicators of key pollutants through reduction and substitution of pollutant emission.
Article 9 the examination and approval department shall deal with the application for pollutant discharge license according to the following situations:
（1） If it is not necessary to apply for a pollutant discharge license according to law, it shall be informed immediately that it is not necessary to apply for a pollutant discharge license;
（2） If it does not fall within the scope of the authority of the examination and approval department, it shall immediately make a decision not to accept it, and inform the pollutant discharge unit to apply to the competent department of ecological environment with the power of examination and approval;
（3） If there are errors in the application materials that can be corrected on the spot, the pollutant discharge unit shall be allowed to correct them on the spot;
（4） If the application materials are incomplete or do not conform to the legal form, a notice shall be issued on the spot or within three days to inform the pollutant discharge unit of all the materials that need to be supplemented and corrected at one time; if the application materials are not informed within the time limit, it shall be deemed as accepted from the date of receiving the application materials;
（5） If the application materials are complete and conform to the legal form within the scope of the authority of the examination and approval department, or the pollutant discharge unit supplements and corrects all the application materials as required, it shall accept the application.
The examination and approval department shall make public the decision on whether to accept or not to accept the application for the pollutant discharge license on the national information platform for the management of pollutant discharge license, and issue a written certificate with the special seal of the examination and approval department and the date to the pollutant discharge unit.
Article 10 the examination and approval department shall examine the application materials submitted by the pollutant discharge units, and may conduct on-site verification on the production and business operation sites of the pollutant discharge units.
The examination and approval department may organize technical institutions to conduct technical evaluation on the application materials for pollutant discharge license, and bear the corresponding expenses.
The technical institutions shall be responsible for the technical evaluation opinions put forward by them and shall not charge any fees from the pollutant discharge units.
Article 11 pollutant discharge licenses shall be issued to pollutant discharge units that meet the following conditions:
（1） Obtain the approval document of the environmental impact report (form) of the construction project according to law, or have gone through the filing procedures of the environmental impact registration form;
（2） The discharge of pollutants shall meet the requirements of the pollutant discharge standards, and the discharge of key pollutants shall meet the requirements of the technical specifications for the application and issuance of pollutant discharge licenses, the approval documents of environmental impact reports (forms), and the total amount control of key pollutants. Where the production and operation sites of pollutant discharge units are located in key areas or river basins that do not meet the national environmental quality standards, they shall also meet the relevant requirements Special requirements of local people's governments for improving the quality of ecological environment;
（3） The use of pollution prevention and control facilities can meet the requirements of permitted emission concentration or meet the feasible technology of pollution prevention and control;
（4） The monitoring points, indicators and frequency of the self monitoring scheme meet the national self monitoring standards.
Article 12 the examination and approval department shall, within 20 days from the date of accepting the application, make a decision on the examination and approval of the pollutant discharge units that implement the simplified management of pollutant discharge permits; issue pollutant discharge permits to those that meet the conditions, and refuse to grant permits to those that do not meet the conditions, with written reasons.
The examination and approval department shall, within 30 days from the date of acceptance of the application, make a decision on examination and approval for the pollutant discharge units under the key management of pollutant discharge license; if on-site verification is needed, the decision on examination and approval shall be made within 45 days from the date of acceptance of the application; if the application meets the requirements, the pollutant discharge license shall be issued, and if the application fails to meet the requirements, the license shall not be granted and the reasons shall be explained in writing.
The examination and approval department shall generate a unified pollutant discharge license number through the national pollutant discharge license management information platform.
Article 13 a pollutant discharge license shall record the following information:
（1） The name, domicile, legal representative or principal person in charge of the pollutant discharging unit, and the location of the production and business operation site, etc;
（2） The term of validity, issuing authority, issuing date, certificate number and two-dimensional code of pollutant discharge license, etc;
（3） Links of producing and discharging pollutants, pollution prevention and control facilities, etc;
（4） The location and quantity of pollutant discharge outlets, pollutant discharge mode and discharge direction, etc;
（5） Pollutant discharge type, permitted discharge concentration, permitted discharge amount, etc;
（6） The operation and maintenance requirements of pollution prevention and control facilities, and the standardized construction requirements of pollutant discharge outlets, etc;
（7） Requirements for prohibiting or restricting pollutant discharge during special periods;
（8） The contents and frequency of self-monitoring, environmental management account records and emission permit implementation report, etc;
（9） Environmental information disclosure requirements of pollutant discharge units;
（10） The requirements of unorganized emission control in the case of unorganized emission of air pollutants;
（11） Other requirements for controlling pollutant discharge that pollutant discharging units shall comply with according to laws and regulations.
Article 14 The term of validity of a pollutant discharge permit is five years.
If a pollutant discharging unit needs to continue to discharge pollutants at the expiration of the valid period of the pollutant discharge license, it shall apply to the examination and approval department 60 days before the expiration of the valid period of the pollutant discharge license. The examination and approval department shall complete the examination within 20 days from the date of accepting the application, extend the application if it meets the conditions, and refuse to extend the application if it does not meet the conditions, with written reasons.
If a pollutant discharge unit changes its name, domicile, legal representative or principal person in charge, it shall apply to the examination and approval department for the change of pollutant discharge license within 30 days from the date of change.
Article 15 within the period of validity of a pollutant discharge license, a pollutant discharge unit shall apply for a new pollutant discharge license under any of the following circumstances:
（1） New construction, reconstruction and expansion projects that discharge pollutants;
（2） Changes in the production and business operation sites, the location of the pollutant discharge outlets, or the pollutant discharge methods and directions;
（3） The number of pollutant discharge outlets or the type, quantity and concentration of pollutant discharge increase.
Article 16 if the pollutant discharge standards and requirements for total amount control of key pollutants applicable to pollutant discharge units change and it is necessary to change the pollutant discharge license, the examination and approval department may change the corresponding items of the pollutant discharge license according to law.
Chapter III pollution management
Article 17 the pollutant discharge license is the main basis for the supervision of the ecological environment of pollutant discharge units.
Pollutant discharge units shall abide by the regulations of pollutant discharge license, operate and maintain pollution prevention and control facilities in accordance with the requirements of ecological environment management, establish environmental management system, and strictly control pollutant discharge.
Article 18 pollutant discharge units shall construct standardized pollutant discharge outlets and set up signboards in accordance with the provisions of the competent department of ecological environment.
The location and quantity of pollutant discharge outlets, the way and direction of pollutant discharge shall be consistent with the provisions of the pollutant discharge license.
Pollutant discharge units that implement new construction, reconstruction, expansion projects and technological transformation shall, while constructing pollution prevention and control facilities, construct standardized pollutant discharge outlets.
Article 19 pollutant discharge units shall, in accordance with the provisions of pollutant discharge licenses and relevant standards and specifications, carry out their own monitoring according to law and keep the original monitoring records. The original monitoring records shall be kept for at least 5 years.
Pollutant discharge units shall be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of their own monitoring data and shall not tamper with or forge them.
Article 20 pollutant discharge units that implement key management of pollutant discharge permits shall install, use and maintain automatic monitoring equipment for pollutant discharge according to law, and connect with the monitoring equipment of the competent department of ecological environment.
If a pollutant discharge unit discovers that the data transmitted by the automatic pollutant discharge monitoring equipment is abnormal, it shall timely report to the competent department of ecological environment for inspection and repair.
Article 21 pollutant discharging units shall establish an environmental management account recording system to truthfully record the operation of main production facilities and pollution prevention and control facilities as well as the concentration and quantity of pollutants discharged in accordance with the format, content and frequency specified in the pollutant discharge license. The retention period of environmental management account records shall not be less than 5 years.
When a pollutant discharging unit finds that the pollutant discharge exceeds the pollutant discharge standard and other abnormal conditions, it shall immediately take measures to eliminate and mitigate the harmful consequences, truthfully record the environmental management account, and report to the competent department of ecological environment to explain the reasons. The pollutant discharge exceeding the pollutant discharge standard and other abnormal conditions shall be included in the pollutant discharge volume of the pollutant discharge unit.
Article 22 pollutant discharge units shall, in accordance with the content, frequency and time requirements of the pollutant discharge license, submit to the examination and approval department the report on the implementation of the pollutant discharge license, and truthfully report the discharge behavior, concentration and quantity of pollutants.
In case of shutdown within the validity period of the pollutant discharge license, the pollutant discharge unit shall truthfully report the change of pollutant discharge and explain the reasons in the implementation report of the pollutant discharge license.
The pollutant discharge amount reported in the implementation report of pollutant discharge permit can be used as the basis for annual ecological environment statistics, assessment of total discharge amount of key pollutants and compilation of emission inventory of pollution sources.
Article 23 pollutant discharge units shall, in accordance with the provisions of pollutant discharge licenses, truthfully disclose pollutant discharge information on the national pollutant discharge license management information platform.
The information of pollutant discharge shall include the type, concentration and quantity of pollutant discharge, the construction and operation of pollution prevention and control facilities, the implementation report of pollutant discharge license, self monitoring data, etc.; where water pollutants are discharged into the municipal drainage network, it shall also include the location and discharge mode of sewage water connected to the municipal drainage network.
Article 24 enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators that produce and discharge very little pollutants and have little impact on the environment shall fill in the pollutant discharge registration form and need not apply for a pollutant discharge license.
The list of enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators that need to fill in the pollution discharge registration form shall be formulated and published by the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council. When drawing up the list of enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators that need to fill in the pollutant discharge registration form, the opinions of relevant departments, trade associations, enterprises, institutions and the public shall be solicited.
Enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators that need to fill in the pollutant discharge registration form shall fill in the basic information, pollutant discharge destination, pollutant discharge standards implemented and pollution prevention measures and other information on the national pollutant discharge license management information platform; if the information filled in changes, the change shall be filled in within 20 days from the date of the change.
Chapter IV Supervision and inspection
Article 25 The competent department of ecological environment shall strengthen the supervision of the discharge permit in the process and after the event, incorporate the inspection of the discharge permit into the annual plan of the ecological environment law enforcement, and reasonably determine the inspection frequency and mode according to the management category of the discharge permit, the credit record of the discharge unit, the needs of the ecological environment management and other factors.
The competent department of ecological environment shall record the time, content, result and punishment decision of law enforcement and inspection on the national information platform of pollutant discharge license management, and at the same time, incorporate the punishment decision into the relevant national credit information system and publish it to the public.
Article 26 pollutant discharge units shall cooperate with the supervision and inspection of the competent department of ecological environment, truthfully reflect the situation, and provide relevant materials such as pollutant discharge license, environmental management account records, implementation report of pollutant discharge license, self monitoring data, etc.
It is forbidden to forge, alter or transfer pollutant discharge licenses.
Article 27 The competent department of ecological environment can monitor the pollutant discharge of pollutant discharge units through the national pollutant discharge license management information platform. If it is found that the pollutant discharge concentration of pollutant discharge units exceeds the allowable discharge concentration, it shall require pollutant discharge units to provide relevant materials such as pollutant discharge license, environmental management account records, pollutant discharge license implementation report, self monitoring data, etc. for verification If necessary, on-site monitoring can be organized.
Article 28 According to the monitoring data collected in the process of administrative law enforcement, as well as the pollutant discharge permit, environmental management account records, implementation report of pollutant discharge permit, self monitoring data and other relevant materials of pollutant discharge units, the competent department of ecological environment shall determine the pollutant discharge amount of pollutant discharge units within the specified period, and whether the operation and maintenance of pollution prevention and control facilities of pollutant discharge units meet the requirements of pollutant discharge permit Check.
Article 29 the data of pollutant discharge from the pollutant discharge unit obtained by the competent department of ecological environment through the on-site monitoring, automatic monitoring equipment for pollutant discharge by the pollutant discharge unit and the national sewage discharge license management information platform may be used as evidence to determine whether the pollutant discharge concentration exceeds the permitted emission concentration.
If the self monitoring data of the pollutant discharge unit is inconsistent with the monitoring data collected by the competent department of ecological environment and its subordinate monitoring agencies in the process of administrative law enforcement, the monitoring data collected by the competent department of ecological environment and its subordinate monitoring agencies shall be taken as the basis for administrative law enforcement.
Article 30 the State encourages the units that discharge pollutants to adopt feasible technologies for pollution prevention and control. The competent department of ecological environment under the State Council shall formulate and publish feasible technical guidelines for pollution prevention and control.
If the pollutant discharge unit does not adopt feasible pollution prevention technology, the competent ecological environment department shall comprehensively judge the pollution prevention and control technology adopted by the pollutant discharge unit according to the relevant materials such as the emission permit, the environmental management account record, the emission permit implementation report, the self monitoring data, and the monitoring data collected by the competent department of ecological environment and its subordinate monitoring agencies in the process of administrative law enforcement Whether the technology can stably meet the requirements of the emission permit; if the technology fails to meet the requirements of the emission permit stably, the rectification requirements shall be put forward and the inspection frequency can be increased.
In formulating feasible technical guidelines for pollution prevention and control, opinions from relevant departments, trade associations, enterprises and institutions and the public shall be consulted.
Article 31 Any unit or individual shall have the right to report to the competent department of ecological environment any act of violating the provisions of these regulations by the pollutant discharge unit.
The Department in charge of ecological environment that receives the report shall deal with it in accordance with the law, feed back the result to the informant in accordance with the relevant provisions, and keep it confidential for the informant.
Chapter V Legal Liability
Article 32 in case of any of the following acts in the approval or supervision and administration of the discharge permit by the competent department of ecological environment in violation of the provisions of these regulations, the higher authorities shall order them to make corrections; the persons in charge directly in charge and other persons directly responsible shall be punished according to Law:
（1） The application for a discharge permit meeting the legal requirements shall not be accepted or not approved within the legal period;
（2） Issue a discharge permit to the pollutant discharge unit that does not meet the legal requirements;
（3） To approve the emission permit in violation of the approval authority;
（4） No investigation and treatment shall be conducted in case of any illegal act;
（5） Other acts that fail to perform the duties of supervision and management in accordance with the law.
Article 33 in case of any of the following acts committed by the pollutant discharge unit in violation of the provisions of these regulations, the competent department of ecological environment shall order it to correct or restrict production or stop production and rectification, and shall be fined not less than 200000 yuan but not more than RMB 1million yuan; if the circumstances are serious, it shall be reported to the people's government with the right to approve and order it to suspend business or close down:
（1） Discharge pollutants without a permit for discharge;
（2） The pollutant discharge license has not been applied for extension or the application for renewal has not been approved for discharge of pollutants at the expiration of the validity period;
（3） Discharge pollutants after being revoked, cancelled or revoked according to law;
（4） According to law, it shall apply for a new permit for discharge of pollutants, and fail to apply for a new permit for discharge of pollutants.
Article 34 If a unit that violates the provisions of these regulations commits one of the following acts, the competent department of ecological environment shall order it to rectify or restrict production or stop production and regulation, and shall be fined not less than 200000 yuan but not more than RMB 1million yuan; if the circumstances are serious, the permit for discharge of pollutants shall be revoked and submitted to the people's government with the right to approve and ordered to suspend business or close down:
（1） Discharge pollutants beyond the permitted emission concentration and permitted discharge;
（2） The pollutants are discharged illegally by means of concealed pipes, seepage wells, pits, grouting, tampering with, falsifying monitoring data, or abnormal operation of pollution prevention and control facilities.
Article 35 in case of any of the following acts committed by the pollutant discharge unit in violation of the provisions of these regulations, the competent department of ecological environment shall order it to make corrections and be fined not less than 50000 yuan but not more than 200000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, it shall be fined not less than 200000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan, and the unit shall be ordered to restrict production and stop production and complete treatment:
（1） The unorganized emission of air pollutants is not controlled in accordance with the emission permit;
（2） The discharge of pollutants is not stopped or restricted in accordance with the provisions of the emission permit in special period.
Article 36 in case of any of the following acts committed by the pollutant discharge unit in violation of the provisions of these regulations, the competent department of ecological environment shall order it to make corrections and shall be fined not less than 20000 yuan but not more than 200000 yuan; if it refuses to make corrections, it shall be ordered to suspend production and rectification:
（1） The location or quantity of pollutant discharge outlet does not conform to the requirements of the emission permit;
（2） The discharge mode or destination of pollutants does not conform to the provisions of the emission permit;
（3） Damage or move or change the automatic monitoring equipment for pollutant discharge without authorization;
（4） Fail to install or use automatic monitoring equipment for pollutant discharge in accordance with the regulations of the emission permit, and connect with the monitoring equipment of the competent department of ecological environment, or fail to guarantee the normal operation of the automatic monitoring equipment for pollutant discharge;
（5） Fail to formulate self monitoring plan and carry out self monitoring according to the regulations of emission discharge license;
（6） The original monitoring record is not kept in accordance with the regulations of the emission discharge license;
（7） Failing to disclose or not disclosing the information on pollutant discharge in accordance with the provisions of the emission permit;
（8） Abnormal data transmission of automatic monitoring equipment for pollutant discharge or abnormal conditions such as pollutant discharge exceeding pollutant discharge standard are not reported;
（9） Violation of other requirements for controlling pollutant discharge stipulated by laws and regulations.
Article 37 If a unit that violates the provisions of these regulations commits one of the following acts, the competent department of ecological environment shall order it to make corrections and be fined not less than 5000 yuan but not more than 20000 yuan at a time; if otherwise provided by law, it shall be governed by the provisions:
（1） No record system of environmental management account has been established or recorded in accordance with the regulations of emission discharge license;
（2） The operation of main production facilities and pollution prevention facilities or the pollutant emission concentration and discharge volume have not been recorded truthfully;
（3） Fail to submit the emission permit implementation report in accordance with the provisions of the emission permit;
（4） The pollutant discharge behavior or pollutant discharge concentration and discharge amount have not been reported truthfully.
Article 38 If a pollutant discharge unit, in violation of the provisions of these regulations, is fined and ordered to make corrections, the competent department of ecological environment shall organize a review and find that it continues to carry out the illegal act or refuses or obstructs the reexamination, it shall be punished continuously on a daily basis in accordance with the provisions of the environmental protection law of the people's Republic of China.
Article 39 If the pollutant discharge unit refuses to cooperate with the competent department of ecological environment supervision and inspection, or makes false mistakes when accepting supervision and inspection, the competent department of ecological environment shall order it to make corrections and be fined not less than 20000 yuan but not more than 200000 yuan.
Article 40 Where a pollutant discharge unit applies for a pollutant discharge permit by cheating or bribery, the examination and approval department shall revoke its emission permit according to law, and shall be fined not less than 200000 yuan but not more than 500000 yuan. No further application for the permit shall be made within three years.
Article 41 If anyone, in violation of the provisions of these regulations, forges, alters or transfers a pollutant discharge license, the competent department of ecological environment shall confiscate the relevant certificates or revoke the pollutant discharge license, impose a fine of not less than 100000 yuan but not more than 300000 yuan, and shall not apply for a pollutant discharge license again within three years.
Article 42 If, in violation of the provisions of these regulations, a pollutant discharge license technology institution entrusted by the examination and approval department practices fraud, the examination and approval department shall terminate the entrustment relationship, record the relevant information in its credit record, publish it on the national pollutant discharge license management information platform, and at the same time incorporate it into the relevant national credit information system for public disclosure; if the circumstances are serious, it is prohibited to engage in pollutant discharge license technology services.
Article 43 enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators that need to fill in the pollutant discharge registration form and fail to fill in the pollutant discharge information in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations shall be ordered by the competent department of ecological environment to make corrections and may be fined not more than 50000 yuan.
Article 44 If a pollutant discharging unit commits one of the following acts, which does not constitute a crime, in addition to being punished in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible for the act shall be detained in accordance with the provisions of the environmental protection law of the people's Republic of China:
（1） To discharge pollutants without a pollutant discharge permit and be ordered to stop discharging pollutants and refuse to implement it;
（2） Illegal discharge of pollutants by means of concealed pipes, seepage wells, seepage pits, grouting, or tampering with or forging monitoring data, or abnormal operation of pollution prevention and control facilities to evade supervision.
Article 45 anyone who violates the provisions of these regulations and constitutes an act in violation of the administration of public security shall be punished for public security administration according to law; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Chapter VI supplementary provisions
Article 46 If the units that have actually discharged pollutants before the implementation of these regulations fail to meet the requirements prescribed in these regulations, they shall rectify and rectify within the time limit prescribed by the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council, meet the requirements prescribed in these regulations and apply for a permit for discharge of pollutants; if the pollutant discharge permit is not obtained within the time limit, the pollutant discharge shall not continue. Within the rectification period, the competent ecological environment department shall issue a notice of rectification within the time limit for pollution discharge, and specify the rectification contents and rectification period.
Article 47 the format and content requirements of the application form for emission discharge license, the record of environmental management account, the report on the implementation of the emission discharge license, and the technical specifications for the application and issuance of the emission discharge license shall be formulated by the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council.
Article 48 Where enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators are involved in state secrets, their pollutant discharge licenses, supervision and administration shall abide by the provisions of laws and regulations on confidentiality.
Article 49 the management of pollutant discharge from mobile pollution sources such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles and trains shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.
Article 50 pollutant discharging units shall abide by the regulations on production safety, operate and maintain pollution prevention and control facilities in accordance with the requirements for the administration of production safety, and establish a system for the administration of production safety.
If a production safety accident occurs due to violation of production safety regulations in the course of operation and maintenance of pollution prevention and control facilities, the responsible pollutant discharging unit shall be punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the production safety law of the people's Republic of China.
Article 51 these Regulations shall come into force as of March 1, 2021.
