Procedures on the Administration of Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
Procedures on the Administration of Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
Procedures on the Administration of Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
June 1, 1990
In accordance with the stipulation of "The Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and "The Measurs on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects", all of the construction projects involved in industry, energy sources, transportation, airports, water conservancy, forestry, commerce, sanitation, culture and education, scientific research, tourism, municipal utilities etc. in the territory of the People's Republic of China, the project undertaken organizations as well as relevant authorities must exercise their responsibilities on the work of environmental protection and go through formalities for examination and approval in accordance with here under-listed procedures, in the course from the project proposal to the project completion and operation .
I. The construction projects refer to any capital construction projects, technical renovation projects and regional development and construction projects including foreign involved projects (Sino-foreign equity joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative ventures and wholly foreign owned enterprises).
II. The National Environmental Protection Agency of China (NEPA) is responsible for examining and approving Environmental Impact Statement (Form) (EIS(EIF)) of construction projects here under-listed:
1. The construction projects located transregionally across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
2. The construction projects with special characteristics (eg. nuclear facilities and top secret projects);
3. Super-sized projects (submitted for examination and approval by the State Council), i.e. the construction projects with total investment norm over 200 million yuan, approved by the State Planning Commissionor its project assignment submitted by the State Planning Commission to the State Council for approval.
4. The construction projects with argument over environmental impact submitted by environmental protection departments at provincial level.
III. Environmental management and its procedures for construction projects in five major phases
i. Environmental management in the phase of the project proposal and of pre-feasibility study.
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