China News Service, Hefei, June 28 (Reporter Zhang Qiang) Luo Hong, deputy director and first-level inspector of the Anhui Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, introduced that at present, the province has issued the "Exemption List for Minor Violations of the Ecological Environment (The Second Batch)" " (hereinafter referred to as the "Exemption List (Second Batch)"), which is the first in the Yangtze River Delta region and even the whole country.
On the same day, the Anhui Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment held a press conference to interpret the "Exemption List (Second Batch)" jointly issued by the Anhui Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment and the Provincial Department of Justice.
Minor violations of laws and regulations set forth in the "Exemption List (Second Batch)" involve environmental protection management of construction projects, pollution discharge permit system, water pollution prevention, air pollution prevention, solid waste pollution prevention, noise pollution prevention, radioactive pollution prevention, environmental protection There are 12 items in 8 areas of emergency management, involving 9 departments including "Regulations on Environmental Protection Management of Construction Projects", "Regulations on the Management of Pollution Discharge Permits", "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China", "Regulations on the Management of Ozone-Depleting Substances", and "Regulations on the Safety Management of Radioactive Wastes" laws and regulations.
Luo Hong said that on the basis of the first batch of 15 articles, the second batch of 12 exemption lists was issued. The two batches have clarified 27 minor violations of laws and regulations, and the number of exemptions is currently the largest in the country.
We will expand the exemptions from penalties, respond to the needs of market players, further classify minor violations of laws and regulations, and avoid “one-size-fits-all” administrative penalties, so as to better reduce the burden on enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.
Among them, four cases of exemption from punishment are the first cases in the country.
For violations of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution, failure to conduct self-monitoring of industrial noise, keep original monitoring records, and disclose monitoring results to the public, a 2-day correction period will be given.
For violations of the "Regulations on the Administration of Pollutant Discharge Permits", the pollutant discharge unit finds that the automatic pollutant discharge monitoring equipment and its ancillary facilities cannot transmit data normally due to failure, and fail to report to the local ecological environment department within 12 hours after the failure occurs. The first violation shall be exempted from punishment .
For violations of the "Regulations on the Administration of Pollution Discharge Permits", the pollutant discharging unit fails to submit a pollutant discharge permit implementation report to the approval department in accordance with the content, frequency and time requirements of the pollutant discharge permit, and does not discharge pollutants exceeding the standard or exceeding the total amount. day of opportunity for correction.
For violations of the Regulations on the Safety Management of Radioactive Waste, the operating units of nuclear facilities, nuclear technology utilization units, and radioactive solid waste storage and disposal units fail to conduct nuclear and radiation safety knowledge and professional knowledge on staff directly engaged in radioactive waste treatment, storage and disposal activities. The first violation shall be exempted from punishment if the training and assessment of operating techniques, or the behavior of the staff who fail to pass the assessment and still engage in the work, shall be given.
Luo Hong introduced that Anhui Province's handling of minor violations of laws and regulations without penalty cases follows the principle of combining punishment and education, reflects the temperature of environmental law enforcement, creates a good business environment, and achieves the unification of legal effects and social effects. .
It is reported that since the implementation of the "Exemption List for Minor Violations and Violations of the Ecological Environment (First Batch)", Anhui Province has handled a total of 115 cases of exemption from penalties for minor violations of laws and regulations, with an amount of 7.62 million yuan.
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