Emission Reporting, Registration and Permit System

Abstract

There are two key parts of the Emission Reporting, Registration and Permit System (“the Emission Permit System” in short), namely, emission reporting and registration, and emission permit, respectively. First, the polluter shall report to and register with the competent authority for environmental protection for its pollution conditions, including pollutant(s) emission facilities, pollutant(s) treatment facilities, and the types, quantities and emission concentrations of pollutants under normal operating conditions, as per the relevant regulations. Second, according to the application of the polluter, the competent authority for environmental protection shall issue an emission permit to the polluter specifying the allowable emission terms for the polluter under normal operating and production conditions. As clearly defined in Sect. 6.2.1, whichever entity directly discharges pollutants (including air pollutants, water pollutants, noise, and solid wastes) into the environment is a polluter; they can be categorized as key pollutants polluters and general pollutants polluters. The Emission Permit System is a legal administrative management system aiming to improve the environmental quality by regulating the amount and volume of pollutants discharged, and the destination of discharge pollutants, based on the Emission Cap System, which will be described comprehensively in Chap. 10.