Beijing's first legislation on the issue of soil pollution highlights the source of the governance and strengthen the whole process of control

China News Service, Beijing, September 23 (Reporter Chen Hang) The "Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution in Beijing" prominent source governance, strengthen the entire process of control, use the quality of the soil environment as the basis for preparation and review of the relevant land and space planning, improve the transfer of soil to the soil Disposal measures to realize the control of soil pollution prevention and control.

On the 23rd, the 43rd session of the Standing Committee of the 15th National People's Congress of Beijing passed the "Beijing Soil Pollution Prevention Regulations".

The regulations have a total of 6 chapters and 57, divided into general rules, planning, standards, detailed inspections and monitoring, prevention and protection, risk control and restoration, legal responsibility, and attachment, which aims to protect and improve the ecological environment, prevent soil pollution, ensure the public of the public Health, promote the sustainable use of soil resources, promote the construction of the capital's ecological civilization, and promote the development of the capital in the new era. From January 1, 2023, it will be implemented.

Wang Aisheng, deputy director of the Legislative Office of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress and a spokesman for the Legal Affairs Office, said that the "Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution in Beijing" is an important legislation in the legislative plan of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress this year. It is the first time that Beijing is targeted at Legislation of soil pollution. The role of this regulation is not only to prevent soil pollution and improve the ecological environment. It also has a close relationship with the diet and living in the people.

Wang Aisheng said that the main content and system design of the regulations present five major characteristics:

The first is to improve the institutional mechanism and strictly implement responsibility. The regulations strengthen the requirements of multi -polluting the cooperative control and regional collaborative governance requirements, which stipulate that the people's governments at all levels of Beijing at all levels are responsible for the prevention and use of soil pollution prevention and safety of their administrative regions, and requires towns and streets to incorporate the prevention and control of soil pollution into grid management. The ecological environment departments have been established. Comprehensive supervision, planning natural resources, agricultural and rural and garden greening departments to refine their duties, and other relevant departments implement the soil pollution prevention and control system within the scope of their responsibilities.

The second is to improve regulatory standards to ensure that you can eat safely. Combined with the actual situation of Beijing agricultural and forestry production, the regulations further strengthen the supervision of the prevention and control of agricultural land pollution to ensure the safety of ordinary people's "rice bags" and "vegetable baskets". For agricultural investment and agricultural waste, improve related plans, standardize and establish recycling networks, and clarify user responsibilities; regulate the requirements of agricultural appliances, related products, irrigation water, etc.; Facilities agriculture, orchards and forest land, livestock and poultry farms above designated size proposes soil pollution prevention requirements.

The third is to strictly use land admission to ensure that you live with peace of mind. The regulations stipulate that the construction land of over screening must take risk prevention measures; for the plot that may have higher soil pollution risks, if there is no investigation of soil pollution, it is not appropriate to plan as related land; If the situation is investigated, the classification is coded and refined the time node; if the soil pollution situation is not completed, the construction of unrelated projects is prohibited.

The fourth is to highlight the governance of the source and strengthen the whole process of control. The regulations strengthen the planning and control of planning, and use the quality of soil environment as a basis for preparation and review of related land and space planning; for industrial enterprises with potential pollution of the soil and buried land and facilities that transport and transport toxic and harmful substances, etc. ; For key regulatory units, soil and groundwater pollution prevention systems are required; for the tailings and other tailings of gold mines, environmental risk assessment is required to be regularly carried out; measures to improve the disposal of soil to transport soil pollution to achieve full chain control of soil pollution prevention.

Fifth, improve legal responsibilities and increase punishment. In accordance with the requirements of "letting the law grow to teeth and truly bite", in these regulations, the relevant provisions of the specific refinement of the prevention and control of soil pollution prevention with the penalty of the upper law; The amount of penalties for the degree of violations of similar behaviors has set corresponding legal liability. (Finish)

Source: Zhongxin.com

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