Measures for the Monitoring of Reduction of Total Emissions of Major Pollutants

Measures for the Monitoring of Reduction of Total Emissions of Major Pollutants Measures for the Monitoring of Reduction of Total Emissions of Major Pollutants (Made by the State Environmental Protection Administration, and issued by the State Council on November 17, No. 36 [2007] of the State Council) Article 1 To accurately assess the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and volume of sulfur dioxide emissions of a pollution source, these Measures have been made, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China , the Regulation on the Levy and Use of Pollutant Discharge Fees (Order No. 369 of the State Council), the Official Reply of the State Council on the Plan on Controlling the Total National Emissions of Major Pollutants During the Period of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” (No. 70 [2006] of the State Council), the Decision of the State Council on Implementing the Scientific Development View and Strengthening the Environmental Protection (No. 39 [2005] of the State Council) and the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Issuing the Comprehensive Working Scheme on the Energy Conservation and Reduction of Pollutant Emissions (No. 15 [2007] of the State Council). Article 2 The monitoring of reduction of emissions of major pollutants shall refer to such monitoring activities as assessing the total volumes of major pollutants emitted by a pollution source and providing data for the work on the reduction of emissions of major pollutants determined by the state. The monitoring work shall adopt the automatic monitoring of a pollution source and the supervisory monitoring of a pollution source (including manual monitoring and lab comparison monitoring), mainly to control the types, concentrations and volumes of pollutants emitted by a pollution source. The monitoring techniques for the COD and volume of sulfur dioxide emissions at a pollution source shall adopt the mode of combination of automatic monitoring techniques and pollution source supervisory monitoring techniques. Article 3 In principle, the competent authority for environmental protection of the government at the county level shall be responsible for the supervisory monitoring of pollution sources. Where the competent authority for environmental protection of the government at the county level is short of the monitoring capability, the competent authority for environmental protection of the government at or above the municipal (or prefecture) level shall be responsible for the monitoring, or the competent authority for environmental protection at the provincial level shall make a determination. The key state-monitored pollution sources shall refer to the industrial pollution sources and city sewage treatment plants under the state monitoring that account for more than 65% of the national industrial emission load of major pollutants, and the list of the key state-monitored pollution sources shall be published by the competent authority for environmental protection of the State Council, and subject to dynamic adjustment each year. The competent authority for environmental protection of the government at or above the municipal (or prefecture) level shall be responsible for the supervisory monitoring of key state-monitored pollution sources, and the com......