Shaoyang City Zijiang Protection Regulations

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the protection and restoration of the ecological environment in the Zijiang Basin, promote the rational and efficient use of resources, promote the high-quality development of the Zijiang Basin, and realize the harmonious existence of man and nature, according to The "Yangtze River Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and relevant laws and regulations are formulated in conjunction with the actual situation of this city. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to water pollution prevention and control, resource protection and ecological environment restoration, green development, cross-regional collaboration and other Zijiang protection activities in the Zijiang River Basin within the administrative region of this city.

The Zijiang River Basin referred to in these regulations refers to the water catchment area formed by the main stream of Zijiang River and its tributaries within the administrative region of this city. The specific scope shall be delimited by the Municipal People's Government and announced to the public. Article 3 The economic and social development of the Zijiang River Basin should adhere to ecological priority and green development, and focus on large-scale protection rather than large-scale development; Zijiang protection should adhere to scientific planning, innovation-driven, systematic governance, linkage collaboration and social participation. Article 4 The municipal and county (city, district) people’s governments shall strengthen leadership over Zijiang protection work, incorporate Zijiang protection into national economic and social development plans, land spatial planning, and environmental protection planning, and coordinate the overall planning and coordination of Zijiang protection within their respective administrative regions. Protection affairs, increase financial investment in ecological environment protection and restoration in the Zijiang River Basin, organize and implement cross-regional collaborative protection-related work, and implement the responsibility system and assessment and evaluation system for ecological environment protection in the Zijiang River Basin.

Township people's governments and sub-district offices are responsible for organizing and implementing the specific work of Zijiang protection within their respective jurisdictions, and assisting relevant departments in doing relevant work.

Village (resident) committees assist township people’s governments and sub-district offices in the work related to the protection of Zijiang. They can stipulate matters related to the protection of Zijiang through village rules and regulations, residents’ conventions, etc. Article 5 Municipal and county (city, district) people’s governments are responsible for water administration, ecological environment, development and reform, industry and informatization, education, public security, finance, natural resources and planning, housing and urban and rural construction, urban management, transportation, Relevant departments such as agriculture and rural areas, forestry, culture, tourism and sports, health, health, and emergency management should do a good job in protecting river resources within their respective administrative regions in accordance with the division of responsibilities. Article 6 Municipal, county (city, district), township, and sub-district offices shall establish a river and lake chief system to organize and lead the water resources protection, water shoreline management, water pollution prevention, and water environment in the Zijiang River Basin within their respective administrative regions at different levels. Governance and other work. Article 7 Municipal and county (city, district) people's governments shall use network technology and scientific and technological means to set up video surveillance, remote sensing monitoring and other equipment at sewage outlets, dams, and administrative division junction sections to improve supervision capabilities and promote the development of river infrastructure. Delicate management of watersheds. Article 8 The municipal and county (city, district) people's governments and their relevant departments shall organize, guide and support enterprises, institutions, social organizations, volunteers and other social forces to participate in the ecological environment protection and restoration, rational utilization of resources, and Promote green development and other activities.

On major decision-making matters in the protection of Zijiang River, the opinions of the public, experts and scholars should be widely listened to through hearings, demonstration meetings, etc.

Any unit or individual has the obligation to protect Zijiang and has the right to complain and report any behavior that hinders the protection of Zijiang. Chapter 2 Water Pollution Prevention and Control Article 9 Newly built industrial projects that discharge pollutants shall enter industrial parks, development zones and other industrial clusters in accordance with regulations, unless there are special requirements in terms of safety or industrial layout.

Operators of centralized sewage treatment facilities in industrial agglomeration areas shall ensure the normal operation of sewage treatment facilities and shall not suspend operations without authorization.

Where industrial wastewater is discharged into centralized sewage treatment facilities, it must be pre-treated in accordance with relevant national regulations, and can be discharged only after meeting the treatment process requirements of centralized sewage treatment facilities. Article 10 Without approval, no unit or individual may build, reconstruct or expand sewage outlets in the Zijiang main stream and its tributaries, reservoirs and channels; approved sewage outlets should be set up in accordance with relevant regulations and achieve discharge standards.

The competent departments of ecology and environment of the municipal and county (city, district) people's governments should establish systems for registration and statistics of sewage outlets and establishment of files and cards, do a good job in coding sewage outlets, setting up signboards, etc., and strengthen the supervision of sewage outlets. Daily supervision and monitoring.

Key pollutant discharging units should install automatic monitoring equipment for water pollutant discharge, network with the monitoring equipment of the ecological environment department, ensure the normal operation of the monitoring equipment, and preserve the original monitoring records.

Article 11 When constructing waste storage and treatment facilities or sites, material storage yards, tailings ponds, hazardous waste disposal sites, etc. that are prone to water pollution, measures such as leakage prevention and overflow prevention shall be taken, and the main stream of the Zijiang River shall not be polluted. and its tributaries, reservoirs, channels and groundwater quality.

It is prohibited to build garbage collection, storage and transfer facilities within the area extending 50 meters outside the management scope of the Zijiang main stream and its tributaries; if they have been built, they will be ordered to relocate by the local people's government. Article 12 The municipal and county (city, district) people's governments shall regularly carry out investigations and assessments of heavy metal pollution conditions, and determine the heavy metal pollution areas, industries and enterprises that are key to prevention and control within their respective administrative regions.

City, county (city, district) people's governments and their relevant departments should take measures to deal with enterprises involving heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, arsenic, thallium, antimony, manganese, and other radioactive metal enterprises. Carry out key supervision and support and guide relevant enterprises to carry out technological transformation and centralized treatment; for heavy metal polluted areas within the administrative region, a treatment plan should be formulated, responsibilities should be clarified, and standards should be met on schedule.

Enterprises involved in heavy metals shall recycle and harmlessly treat tailings, waste residues, wastewater, etc. containing heavy metals to prevent environmental pollution; if pollution has been caused, they shall bear the responsibility for environmental restoration. For heavy metal-related enterprises that have collapsed or been shut down, the municipal, county (city, district) people's governments and their relevant departments should include their tailings, waste residue and slag dump sites in the heavy metal pollution area control plan, and actively solve the problems left over from history.