Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.682
July 16, 2017
The Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects, as adopted at the 177th executive meeting of the State Council on June 21, 2017, is hereby issued for implementation as of October 1, 2017.
Li Keqiang, Premier
Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
The State Council has decided to revise the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects as follows:
I. Paragraph 2 of Article 6 is deleted.
II. Paragraph 2 of Article 7 is revised as: "The directory of classified administration of environmental impact evaluation of construction projects will be developed and announced by the competent administrative department of environmental protection under the State Council after organizing experts for demonstration and seeking opinions of the relevant departments, industry associations, enterprises and public institutions and the public."
III. Paragraph 2 of Article 8 is deleted.
IV. Article 9 and Article 10 are merged to be Article 9, stating that: "For a construction project for which an environmental impact report or environmental impact statement shall be prepared, the construction unit shall submit, before starting construction, the environmental impact report or environmental impact statement to the competent administrative department of environmental protection with the authority of examination and approval for approval; if the environmental impact evaluation document of the construction project fails to be examined by the examination and approval department in accordance with the law or is not approved after examination, the construction unit may not start construction..
When examining and approving an environmental impact report or environmental impact statement, the competent administrative department of environmental protection shall mainly examine the environmental feasibility, the reliability of environmental impact analysis, prediction and evaluation, the effectiveness of environmental protection measures, and the scientificity of environmental impact evaluation conclusions in respect of the construction project, and make an examination and approval decision within 60 days of receipt of the environmental impact report or within 30 days of receipt of the environmental impact statement.
The competent administrative department of environmental protection may organize a technical organization to make a technical evaluation of the environmental impact report or environmental impact statement of a construction project and bear the relevant costs; the technical organization shall be held liable for the technical evaluation opinions given by it and shall charge no fee from the construction unit and unit engaging in the work of environmental impact evaluation.
For a construction project for which an environmental impact registration form shall be filled in in accordance with the law, the construction unit shall submit the environmental impact registration form to the competent administrative department of environmental protection at the county level of the locality of the construction project for record-filing, according to the provisions of the competent administrative department of environmental protection under the State Council.
The competent administrative department of environmental protection shall carry out online examination and approval, record-filing and information disclosure of environmental impact evaluation documents."
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Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.682
July 16, 2017
The Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects, as adopted at the 177th executive meeting of the State Council on June 21, 2017, is hereby issued for implementation as of October 1, 2017.
Li Keqiang, Premier
Decision of the State Council on Revising the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects
The State Council has decided to revise the Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection of Construction Projects as follows:
I. Paragraph 2 of Article 6 is deleted.
II. Paragraph 2 of Article 7 is revised as: "The directory of classified administration of environmental impact evaluation of construction projects will be developed and announced by the competent administrative department of environmental protection under the State Council after organizing experts for demonstration and seeking opinions of the relevant departments, industry associations, enterprises and public institutions and the public."
III. Paragraph 2 of Article 8 is deleted.
IV. Article 9 and Article 10 are merged to be Article 9, stating that: "For a construction project for which an environmental impact report or environmental impact statement shall be prepared, the construction unit shall submit, before starting construction, the environmental impact report or environmental impact statement to the competent administrative department of environmental protection with the authority of examination and approval for approval; if the environmental impact evaluation document of the construction project fails to be examined by the examination and approval department in accordance with the law or is not approved after examination, the construction unit may not start construction..
When examining and approving an environmental impact report or environmental impact statement, the competent administrative department of environmental protection shall mainly examine the environmental feasibility, the reliability of environmental impact analysis, prediction and evaluation, the effectiveness of environmental protection measures, and the scientificity of environmental impact evaluation conclusions in respect of the construction project, and make an examination and approval decision within 60 days of receipt of the environmental impact report or within 30 days of receipt of the environmental impact statement.
The competent administrative department of environmental protection may organize a technical organization to make a technical evaluation of the environmental impact report or environmental impact statement of a construction project and bear the relevant costs; the technical organization shall be held liable for the technical evaluation opinions given by it and shall charge no fee from the construction unit and unit engaging in the work of environmental impact evaluation.
For a construction project for which an environmental impact registration form shall be filled in in accordance with the law, the construction unit shall submit the environmental impact registration form to the competent administrative department of environmental protection at the county level of the locality of the construction project for record-filing, according to the provisions of the competent administrative department of environmental protection under the State Council.
The competent administrative department of environmental protection shall carry out online examination and approval, record-filing and information disclosure of environmental impact evaluation documents."
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