The Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment recently held the first press briefing in 2022, focusing on the background of the "Ten Measures of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment on Optimizing Key Project Services to Help High-quality Economic Development" (hereinafter referred to as the "Ten Measures"). and related content.

The "Ten Measures" reflects that the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment is more proactive in serving and integrating into the overall economic and social development, promoting the speed and efficiency of the EIA approval of key projects, strengthening environmental protection assistance services for enterprises, and promoting high-quality economic development and efficiency. High-level protection of the ecological environment.

Do a good job in the whole process and fully support the construction of key projects

"The introduction of the "Ten Measures" is that the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment adheres to the coordinated promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, actively serves the construction of a new development pattern, fully supports the construction of key projects, and promotes high-quality economic development and ecological environment. Specific measures for horizontal protection." Li Zhiguang, chief engineer of nuclear safety of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that the "Ten Measures" reflects the active service of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment to serve the "six stability" and "six guarantees", take the initiative to connect and intervene in advance, On the basis of strictly adhering to the bottom line of ecological and environmental protection, we will do a good job in EIA approval services for major projects.

"In the course of our daily work, we have found that the company is not fully aware of environmental protection-related laws, regulations, and policy requirements, is unfamiliar with the environmental impact assessment document preparation requirements and approval process, and is difficult to implement the total discharge indicators of major pollutants. Difficulties and blocking problems." Fang Pingbo, director of the Environmental Assessment Division of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that in response to these outstanding problems, the "Ten Measures" cover all stages of project planning, formalities, construction and operation, and provide services for the entire process of project construction.

"This is the application platform of 'three lines and one order' developed by us, which is open to the public." Fang Pingbo mentioned at the press conference that the application platform of "three lines and one order" in Guangdong Province was introduced. Guide enterprises to analyze and predict the environmental feasibility of project site selection and route selection through this platform. "Before an enterprise prepares to build a project, it can first inquire about the relevant requirements on the platform, input the coordinates or route of the proposed site of the project, and through the informatization and intelligent functions of the platform, can have a preliminary analysis and judgment, which is for enterprises It is a great help, and can guide enterprises to optimize the site selection and route selection of projects, implement the management and control requirements of 'three lines and one order' and planning environmental impact assessment."

At the stage of formalities, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment will adopt the method of accepting vacancies for projects that basically meet the review conditions, that is, technical evaluation in advance, and review as soon as the vacancy requirements are completed. "Some key project EIA documents have been prepared with high quality, the construction unit is going through relevant procedures for environmentally sensitive areas, and other approval materials are complete. In order to speed up the project construction, we will accept the lack of project EIA, and first organize technical evaluation and internal After the construction unit has obtained the relevant procedures for the project, it will be reviewed as soon as possible and the approval will be accelerated." Fang Pingbo said.

The total project index is difficult to implement. This is a "stumbling block" faced by many new projects. How to solve it? "We will guide companies in advance to optimize pollution prevention and other measures to reduce pollutant emissions, and guide the areas where the environmental quality of the area does not meet the standard or have no environmental capacity to formulate supporting pollutant reduction plans, which can free up environmental capacity for new projects." Fang Pingbo According to the introduction, in the next step, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment will also study the establishment of a provincial-level adjustment mechanism for the total emission of major pollutants, and promote the coordinated solution of the total emission of pollutants for key key projects. The emission-based air pollution prevention and control fund reward and subsidy policy helps enterprises to solve difficulties.

During the construction and operation stage of the project, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, on the one hand, has continuously improved the ecological environment law enforcement mechanism, standardized the exercise of discretionary power of administrative punishment, and made full use of information technology to carry out off-site inspections, so as not to disturb law-abiding enterprises. On the other hand, it continues to carry out special activities for service enterprises, guide enterprises to go through various environmental protection procedures, set up service teams to provide on-site assistance services and guide consultations, and support the development of emerging environmental consulting service industries such as environmental stewards and environmental supervision.

Strengthen source prevention and lay a solid foundation for high-quality development

The "Ten Measures" mentioned the implementation of the notification and commitment system for approval, simplifying the content of preparation, lowering the grades and other EIA reform measures. While greatly simplifying the EIA approval procedures, will there be loopholes or the situation that haste is not enough?

In response to this question, Fang Pingbo explained: "While we are simplifying the EIA procedures for construction projects and effectively reducing the burden of the EIA, we have also taken a series of effective measures to ensure the quality of EIA preparation and give full play to the preventive effect of EIA at the source."

The first is to strengthen the "three lines and one order" and the macro-control of planning and environmental assessment. Guangdong Province has included all industrial parks above the provincial level into the key control units of "Three Lines and One Order", and put forward relevant management and control requirements for construction projects in the unit from four aspects: regional layout control, energy resource utilization, pollutant emission control, and environmental risk control. . In January last year, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued the "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Environmental Impact Assessment of Industrial Park Planning" to further guide the industrial park management agencies to carry out the planning environmental impact assessment work in accordance with the law, and to guide the ecological environment departments at all levels to strictly review and control according to laws and regulations. . After the planning and environmental assessment review is passed, guide the park management agency to carry out environmental impact tracking assessment in a timely manner, compile an annual environmental status assessment report, and continue to pay attention to the impact of park development on the regional environment. The strict management and control of "Three Lines and One Order" and planning EIA lays a solid foundation for simplifying EIA for construction projects.

Second, strengthen EIA supervision during and after the event. "Although our previous approvals have been simplified and accelerated, the supervision during and after the event has been strengthened." Fang Pingbo explained that Guangdong Province has continuously strengthened the quality supervision of EIA in recent years, and the province's ecological environment departments will be practical in the EIA approval process. Strengthen quality supervision. At the same time, every quarter, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment will also organize a spot check and review of the environmental impact assessment documents of construction projects approved by the lower-level ecological environment department, especially for projects that implement simplified measures of environmental assessment such as notification and commitment system approval. The quality problems of the EIA found in the supervision and inspection shall be investigated and punished in strict accordance with the law. For serious EIA quality issues such as falsification, a case will be filed for investigation in a timely manner, one case will be verified, and one will be punished; for general EIA quality issues, Guangdong Province will, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, take measures such as notification of criticism and untrustworthy scores. By strengthening the quality supervision of EIA, we will further urge construction units, EIA preparation units and personnel to effectively implement EIA responsibilities, improve EIA quality, and ensure that the effectiveness of EIA reform measures is consolidated.

(Article source: China Environment News)