Chapter IV of the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Pollution and Other Public Hazards Article 42 Enterprises, public institutions and other producers and business operators discharging pollutants shall take measures to Prevent and control environmental pollution and hazards caused by waste gas, waste water, waste residue, medical waste, dust, malodorous gases, radioactive substances, noise, vibration, light radiation and electromagnetic radiation generated in production, construction or other activities.
Enterprises and institutions that discharge pollutants shall establish a responsibility system for environmental protection and clarify the responsibilities of the person in charge of the unit and relevant personnel.
Key pollutant discharge units shall install and use monitoring equipment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State and monitoring norms, ensure the normal operation of monitoring equipment, and keep original monitoring records.
It is strictly prohibited to illegally discharge pollutants through hidden pipes, seepage Wells, pits, perfusion, tampering, falsifying monitoring data, or abnormal operation of pollution prevention and control facilities to evade supervision.
Article 43 Enterprises, public institutions and other producers and business operators that discharge pollutants shall pay pollutant discharge fees in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State. All pollution discharge fees shall be used exclusively for the prevention and control of environmental pollution, and no unit or individual may withhold, divert or misappropriate them for other purposes.
Where the environmental protection tax is collected in accordance with the provisions of the law, the sewage discharge fee shall not be collected.
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Enterprise environmental protection work to have actual results, must ensure appropriate investment, specifically to ensure the following investment:
1. Manpower investment. To set up a special organization to carry out environmental protection management, management personnel should be professional; Environmental protection facilities shall be equipped with special operators for operation and management.
2. Investment in the operation of pollution control facilities. Pollution control facilities should be like production facilities, operation and maintenance, overhaul investment, as far as possible to maximize the effect.
3. Investment in technical transformation. In the technological transformation, priority should be given to the advanced technology with less pollution; The existing process should be improved in time to gradually eliminate the emission of pollutants.
4. Investment in pollution control projects. The basic research of pollution control is poor, and the technology of pollution control is immature, which is the current situation of environmental protection in China. This has also caused many enterprises to invest a lot of money in the construction of pollution control projects, but ultimately can not play the expected effect.
