Circular of the General Office of the State Environmental Protection Administration on Strengthening the Examination and Approval of Waste Restricted from Import |
Huan Ban [2006] No.89 The competent bureaus (departments) of environmental protection in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government: For the purpose of strengthening the administration of solid waste used as raw materials which are restricted from import (hereinafter referred to as "imported waste"), regulating its examination and approval, putting an end to the illegal activities of reselling import licence of solid waste at high profits and preventing environmental pollution caused by the processing and utilization of solid waste, it is hereby notified: I. To further strengthen the examination and approval of waste import ports The competent departments of environmental protection at all levels shall strengthen the administration of waste import ports in accordance with the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning the Strengthening of Examination and Approval of Waste Restricted from Import (Huan Ban [2004] No.100). They shall be examined and approved by the competent departments nearby. When examining the applications of importing waste through coastal ports of other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, the competent departments in the following 21 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, i.e. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hebei, Henan and Beijing, shall strengthen the examination and verification of the capacity of the entities which process and utilize imported waste, their utilization record and the feasibility of cost accounting of importing waste through remote ports; the applications shall be submitted to the State Environmental Protection Administration only when they passed the local examinations. II. To further strengthen the supervision and administration of the entities which import and process waste plastics and waste hardware and electric appliance
III. To continue to combat forgery, falsification and reselling of import licence of solid waste at high profits To ensure that imported waste is processed and utilized in entities which have legally obtained the import licence of solid waste, the competent departments of environmental protection at all levels, especially those of coastal cities, shall strengthen the combat against local illegal activities of forgery, falsification and reselling of import licence of solid waste at high profits in conjunction with local competent departments of public security, customs and quality control. Those who are confirmed to have committed illegal activities shall take responsibilities in accordance with the law and be made known to all by announcement. Appendix:
General Office of the State Environmental Protection Administration August 1, 2006 |