Anhui opened the second batch of "free penalty lists" in the ecological environment field

In order to further promote tolerance and prudent supervision in the ecological environment and optimize law enforcement methods, recently, the Anhui Provincial Department of Justice and the Provincial Department of Ecological Environment jointly issued the "List of Minor Ecological Environmental Environmental Minor Violations (Second Batch)"). Starting from the 1st.

A total of 12 "Free Penalty List (Second Batch)" issued this time, involving environmental protection management, pollution permit system, water pollution prevention, air pollution prevention, solid waste pollution prevention, noise pollution prevention, radioactive pollution prevention and control, prevention and control of construction project Eight aspects of environmental emergency management.

The new list of free penalties is that after the first implementation of the "slight penalty" in 2021, Anhui Province has once again expanded in the field of ecological environment -free. It aims to in response to the needs of market entities and further divide slightly illegal violations. Avoid the "one -size -fits -all" law enforcement, and better reduce the burden on enterprises, especially small and medium -sized enterprises.

The reporter learned from the Anhui Provincial Department of Justice that the free penalty list strictly defines the slight identification conditions for violations of laws and regulations, in accordance with the principles of no harm, short duration, and small pollution, and clarify the slight environmental violations of laws and regulations. At the same time, not punishment is not to relax regulatory requirements. The list emphasizes that minor environmental violations must be corrected and rectified in a timely manner to avoid penalties.

According to statistics, since the implementation of the "Small Violations of the Ecological Environment (the first batch)", the 16 cities in Anhui have handled a total of 82 cases of minimal violations and violations, and the amount of penalties was 5.59 million yuan.

In the next step, the Department of Justice of Anhui Province will focus on insisting on tolerance and prudent supervision, combined with the actual situation of Anhui Province, continue to organize and unite relevant departments to broaden the fields of minor violations and regulations, continuously optimize the more competitive business environment, promote the sustainable economy of Anhui economy healthy growth. (Han Zhenzhen, Liu Qin, Peng Jiyou)

Manuscript Source: Anhui Channel, People's Daily Online, June 15, 2022

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