What kind of punishment should be imposed on the pollution of inland waters, and the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Preventing and Controlling the Pollution of Vessels Contaminated with Inland Waters and Environment" recently promulgated by the Ministry of Communications will specifically investigate the legal responsibility of those responsible. This is China's first special regulation to prevent ships from polluting inland waters and will be implemented on January 1, 2006.
This provision further clarifies the responsibility for pollution prevention for transport, loading and unloading operations, and the acceptance and handling of pollutants. It also stipulates the emergency management authority's authority for ship pollution accidents and local government responsibility. Its implementation will effectively improve the ability to prevent and treat ships from polluting the inland water environment and better protect people's safety and water environment.
According to statistics, currently there are about 220,000 vessels in China's inland rivers. The large amount of bilge water, garbage, and domestic sewage generated during the operation of ships is a non-negligible source of pollution. In addition, with the development of China's petrochemical industry, the number of inland water transport vessels carrying dangerous goods that have been polluting increased year by year. Every year, such ships have different degrees of pollution accidents caused by water traffic accidents or illegal discharges. What is more interesting is that inland waters are important sources of water resources for human survival, and ship pollutant discharges and ship accidents involving dangerous chemicals directly threaten the safety of water intakes.
The regulations mainly provide detailed regulations on ship pollution prevention safety management, pollutant discharge control and reception processing, emergency handling of pollution accidents, and legal liability.
This provision further clarifies the responsibility for pollution prevention for transport, loading and unloading operations, and the acceptance and handling of pollutants. It also stipulates the emergency management authority's authority for ship pollution accidents and local government responsibility. Its implementation will effectively improve the ability to prevent and treat ships from polluting the inland water environment and better protect people's safety and water environment.
According to statistics, currently there are about 220,000 vessels in China's inland rivers. The large amount of bilge water, garbage, and domestic sewage generated during the operation of ships is a non-negligible source of pollution. In addition, with the development of China's petrochemical industry, the number of inland water transport vessels carrying dangerous goods that have been polluting increased year by year. Every year, such ships have different degrees of pollution accidents caused by water traffic accidents or illegal discharges. What is more interesting is that inland waters are important sources of water resources for human survival, and ship pollutant discharges and ship accidents involving dangerous chemicals directly threaten the safety of water intakes.
The regulations mainly provide detailed regulations on ship pollution prevention safety management, pollutant discharge control and reception processing, emergency handling of pollution accidents, and legal liability.
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