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environmental pollution caused by waste gas, waste water, waste residues, dust,
malodorous gases, radioactive substances and noise, vibration and electromagnetic
radiation generated during production, construction or other activities.
Enterprises and public institutions that discharge pollutants shall each establish
an environmental protection accountability system to identify the responsibilities of
their persons-in-charge and relevant staff.
Key pollutant-discharging entities shall install and use monitoring equipment in
accordance with relevant national provisions and monitoring guidelines, guarantee
their normal operations, and shall properly keep the original monitoring records.
Discharging of pollutants by setting up concealed drains, making use of seepage
wells or pits, perfusion, tampering or forgery of monitoring data, abnormal operating
of pollution prevention and control facilities, or any other means that evade regulation,
is strictly prohibited.
Article 43. Enterprises, public institutions and other producers and business
operators that discharge pollutants shall pay pollution fees in accordance with relevant
state provisions. Pollution fees collected shall be exclusively used for environmental
pollution prevention and control, and shall not be withheld, misappropriated or
diverted for any other purposes by any entity or individual.
Pollution fee does not apply to those that are subject to environmental protection
tax.
Article 44. The State shall adopt total emission control system for key pollutants.
The total discharge quota of key pollutants is assigned by the State Council, and
allocated to provincial, autonomous region and provincial-level municipality
governments for implementation. While conforming to national and local pollutants
discharge standards, enterprises and institutions shall also fulfill the total emission
control quota for key pollutants as assigned to them.
For regions that fail to fulfill the total emission control quota or achieve the
environmental quality targets assigned by the State, environmental departments at or
above provincial level governments shall suspend the EIA approval for their new
construction projects that may cause increase of the total key pollutants emission in
the region.
Article 45. The State shall adopt pollution administrative permit system in
accordance with the law. Enterprises, public institutions and other producers and
business operators pursuant to pollution permit system shall discharge pollutants in
accordance with the requirements of their permits; No pollutant discharge is allowed
without a pollutant discharge permit.
Article 46. The State shall implement elimination system for pollution-intensive
techniques, equipment and products. No entities or individuals shall produce, sell,
transfer or use techniques, equipment and products that seriously pollute the
environment. Technology, equipment, material or product that fails to meet national