Recently, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Anhui Province issued the Notice of the Implementation Plan of the Action Plan for provention and control of Soil Pollution Sources in Anhui Province.
The notice clearly requires that heavy metal emissions be reduced. We will promote the transformation of key industries with ultra-low emissions, basically complete the transformation of the iron and steel industry by the end of 2025, and basically complete the transformation of the cement and coking industries in key regions by the end of 2026. To guide enterprises that have completed the transformation of ultra-low emissions to change their emission permits in a timely manner.
We will continue to revise local emission standards and technical specifications for air pollutants in key industries and accelerate the improvement of local emission standards for air pollutants. The special emission limits of pollutants shall be strictly enforced in the key control areas of air pollution prevention and control. Special emission limits for particulate matter and key heavy metals in some industries are implemented in Guichi District of Chizhou City and Yian District of Tongling City. In areas where
polluted cultivated land is concentrated and the content of heavy metals in cultivated land soil is on the rise, it is mainly caused by air pollution sources after investigation, and corresponding source control measures should be taken. We will promote the in-depth control of particulate matter in the mining and smelting industries of non-ferrous metals, implement the upgrading and transformation project of particulate matter control, and strengthen the collection and treatment of dust removal process waste gas and low-altitude flue gas from production workshops.
The following is the full text of the Plan:
Notice
on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Plan of the Action Plan for provention and control of Soil Pollution Sources in Anhui Province The ecological environment bureaus, development and reform commissions, industry and information bureaus, public security bureaus, judicial bureaus, financial bureaus, natural resources and planning bureaus, urban and rural construction bureaus, Transportation Bureau, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Areas, Bureau of Water Affairs, Bureau of Commerce, Urban Management Bureau, Market Supervision Bureau, and branches of the People's Bank of China in all cities:
In order to implement the Action Plan for provention and control of Soil Pollution Sources (Huan Tu Zi [2024] No.80) jointly issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other 18 ministries and commissions, The Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, together with the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Provincial Department of Public Security, the Provincial Department of Justice, the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Natural Resources, the Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction, the Provincial Department of Transportation, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Areas, the Provincial Department of Water Resources, the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau and the Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau. The Anhui Branch of the People's Bank of China has formulated the Implementation Plan of the Action Plan for provention and control of Soil Pollution Sources in Anhui Province. It is now printed and distributed to you. Please implement it conscientiously in light of local conditions. Department
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Objectives 0 HTML 0 UNK3 1 By 2027, the provention and control of soil pollution sources has achieved remarkable results, the qualified rate of hidden danger investigation and rectification of key supervision units of soil pollution has reached more than 90%, the safe utilization rate of polluted cultivated land has reached more than 94%, and the safe utilization of construction land has been effectively guaranteed. By 2030, the indicators will be further improved. 0 HTML 0 UNK3 2 2. Task 0 HTML 0 UNK3 3 (1) Implementing the management and control of ecological environment zoning. Strengthen the classified management of agricultural land, link up the land and space planning, dynamically adjust the quantity and boundary of priority protection, safe use and strict control of agricultural land, and formulate and implement classified management measures according to law. To strengthen the construction and management of development zones, no development zones shall be planned and constructed outside the boundaries of urban development, and all kinds of development and construction activities in the zones shall strictly implement the list of ecological environment admittance. We will further standardize the adjustment of the scope of development zones and the change of leading industries, and control the land for new industrial projects. Strengthen the access management of key construction land. When the competent departments of natural resources of cities and counties handle the business of changing to "one residence, two public" land, they shall log on to the "National Soil Environmental Management Information System for Construction Land", verify the information of land pollution, and solicit the opinions of the competent departments of ecological environment in writing. The land that has not been investigated according to law or included in the list of control and restoration shall not be used as "one residence, two public" land. Optimize the key areas of groundwater pollution prevention and control, encourage the municipal and county levels to optimize the key areas of groundwater pollution prevention and control, and incorporate the results of groundwater environmental risk management and control zoning into the ecological environment zoning management and control system. 0 HTML 0 UNK3 4 (2) Accelerate the green transformation of industry. Strictly implement the requirements of the guidance catalogue for industrial restructuring, improve the project approval mechanism, and strengthen dynamic supervision. Completely shut down indigenous coking (including improved coke ovens) and single-furnace production capacity. 7. By the end of 2025, the vertical retort zinc smelting process and equipment will be eliminated. Construction projects involving coking, such as iron and steel complexes and independent coking enterprises, should be synchronized with the construction of coke dry quenching, coal loading, coke pushing and dust removal, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) treatment devices. Copper smelting projects using PS converter blowing process will be restricted, and the upgrading and transformation of environmental protection facilities of PS converter for copper smelting will be accelerated. By the end of 2025, a list of underground (including semi-underground) chemical storage tanks (including oil tanks) will be established; by the end of 2026, enterprises in petroleum exploitation, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industries will be organized to complete the investigation of single-layer underground storage tanks. If the leakage risk is high, replacement or anti-seepage transformation will be implemented in combination with the production cycle. 0 HTML0 UNK3 5 (3) Promoting mandatory cleaner production audits in key industries. Enterprises involved in heavy metal industries such as heavy non-ferrous metal mining and dressing industry, heavy non-ferrous metal smelting industry, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry shall be included in the scope of compulsory cleaner production audit according to law, and the audit and supervision requirements for unorganized emission, leakage prevention, loss prevention and dispersion prevention of gaseous and dust shall be strengthened. Engineering design and construction shall be carried out in strict accordance with the relevant regulations and standards of ecological environment protection and engineering construction, so as to provide conditions for the prevention and control of soil and groundwater pollution. In the evaluation of green factories, green industrial parks and eco-industrial parks, the provention and control requirements of pollution sources are implemented, and the risk control of soil and groundwater pollution is taken as an important part of the identification and review of chemical industrial parks. Promote electroplating enterprises to enter the park and standardize the construction of electroplating (centralized) parks according to local conditions. 0 HTML0 UNK3 6 (IV) Strengthening the protection of uncontaminated soil. Strengthen the management of priority protected cultivated land, and classify eligible priority protected cultivated land as permanent basic farmland according to law. In areas where permanent basic farmland is concentrated, no new construction projects that may cause soil pollution shall be planned. Implement actions to protect and improve the quality of cultivated land, improve soil organic matter, and carry out soil acidification control of cultivated land. The cumulative risk analysis of heavy metal discharge on surrounding cultivated land should be strengthened for new reconstruction and expansion projects involving heavy metal discharge, and risk provention and control measures should be taken if there are risks. HTML0 UNK3 7 (5) Strengthen environmental management of key units. Strictly manage the list of key units for environmental supervision to ensure that key units for soil pollution and key units for groundwater pollution prevention and control should be fully accepted. Strengthen the management of pollutant discharge permits, and urge key regulatory units to implement the requirements of controlling the discharge of toxic and harmful substances, investigating potential soil pollution hazards, and self-monitoring. To guide and urge key units to continuously improve the quality of hidden danger investigation and self-monitoring. We will promote green transformation such as anti-corrosion and anti-seepage transformation, storage and transshipment sealing, and visualization of pipeline transportation. Enterprises that have already caused pollution must adopt effective measures to provention and control pollution when carrying out reconstruction, expansion and technical transformation projects. Key pollutant discharge units discharging cadmium and other heavy metals shall regularly monitor the discharge outlets and surrounding environment according to law, assess the cumulative risk of heavy metals in the soil of surrounding agricultural land, and take effective measures to prevent environmental risks. 0 HTML0 UNK3 8 (VI) Take strict precautions against leakage of sewage and waste liquid. We will comprehensively promote the investigation and renovation of sewage pipe networks in industrial parks, and encourage chemical enterprises to implement "one enterprise, one pipe, open pipe transportation and real-time monitoring" of sewage.We will promote pilot demonstrations of initial rainwater pollution control in chemical industry parks where conditions permit. To guide some chemical industrial parks in five cities along the Yangtze River to carry out the construction of "one park, one policy, one map" and three-level provention and control system for environmental emergency response. To formulate local emission standards for water pollution in coal mining and other industries, and continue to promote the formulation of emission standards and technical specifications for pollutants in heavy metal-related industries.
(seven) reduce the emission of heavy metals. We will promote the transformation of key industries with ultra-low emissions, basically complete the transformation of the iron and steel industry by the end of 2025, and basically complete the transformation of the cement and coking industries in key regions by the end of 2026. To guide enterprises that have completed the transformation of ultra-low emissions to change their emission permits in a timely manner. We will continue to revise local emission standards and technical specifications for air pollutants in key industries and accelerate the improvement of local emission standards for air pollutants. The special emission limits of pollutants shall be strictly enforced in the key control areas of air pollution prevention and control. Special emission limits for particulate matter and key heavy metals in some industries are implemented in Guichi District of Chizhou City and Yian District of Tongling City. In areas where polluted cultivated land is concentrated and the content of heavy metals in cultivated land soil is on the rise, it is mainly caused by air pollution sources after investigation, and corresponding source control measures should be taken. We will promote the in-depth control of particulate matter in the mining and smelting industries of non-ferrous metals, implement the upgrading and transformation project of particulate matter control, and strengthen the collection and treatment of dust removal process waste gas and low-altitude flue gas from production workshops.
(Eight) promote the source reduction and comprehensive utilization of solid waste. We will strengthen the standardized management of industrial solid wastes, carry out thorough investigation and classified rectification of historical solid waste storage sites such as tailings, phosphogypsum, coal gangue and fly ash, and implement measures to prevent leakage, loss and dispersion. Provention and control the environmental risk of hazardous waste, promote the whole process of information-based environmental management, strictly control the final landfill disposal, and reduce the proportion of hazardous waste landfill disposal. Strictly crack down on illegal discharge, dumping, transfer and disposal of solid waste, especially hazardous waste environmental violations and crimes. We will accelerate the construction of demonstration bases for the comprehensive utilization of bulk solid wastes, and recommend a number of technical products to be included in the National Catalogue of Advanced and Applicable Technologies and Equipment for the Comprehensive Utilization of Industrial Resources and the National Catalogue of Advanced Solid Waste and Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Technologies. Promote the implementation of phosphogypsum comprehensive treatment plan. We will strengthen supervision over the prevention and control of soil and groundwater pollution in enterprises processing and utilizing renewable resources such as waste electrical and electronic products and scrap motor vehicles, and guide the implementation of anti-seepage measures. We will strengthen supervision over the operation of domestic waste landfills and hazardous waste disposal sites, and implement measures such as rain and sewage diversion, surface water and groundwater drainage, and leachate collection and treatment. Promote the standardized renovation of municipal solid waste landfills, and carry out closure treatment for those whose storage capacity is full. Implement the whole process management of construction waste and strengthen the supervision of decoration waste. Promote the construction of construction waste resource utilization projects and improve the level of resource utilization. We will carry out special remediation of construction waste, severely crack down on illegal dumping and other acts, strengthen cooperation in law enforcement of construction waste, and organize timely "looking back" at problem points.
(Nine) strengthen the traceability of polluted agricultural land. We will comprehensively carry out investigation and remediation of contaminated agricultural land, establish a list of pollution sources, draw up remediation plans, and treat them in stages. By the end of 2027, pollution source remediation will be completed in Guichi District of Chizhou City, Yian District of Tongling City, Lujiang County of Hefei City and Chaohu City, and other relevant cities will complete the traceability investigation of polluted cultivated land. By the end of 2030, other relevant cities have basically completed the remediation of pollution sources. Optimize the technical route of soil pollution remediation, and coordinate the ecological restoration and pollution control of heavy metal-related historical mines around cultivated land.
(10) Promoting the treatment of contaminated land in key areas. We will strengthen the supervision of land such as industrial transfer, relocation and evacuation of hazardous chemicals production enterprises in densely populated urban areas, and promote the control of soil pollution in land not developed and utilized for the time being. We will carry out a special action to control soil pollution in the land vacated by chemical enterprises 1 km along the Yangtze River, comprehensively investigate the soil pollution situation in the land vacated by chemical enterprises within 1 km of the main stream and main tributaries of the Yangtze River, and take risk control or remediation measures to prevent pollution from entering the river.
(11) Strengthen risk control and remediation of contaminated land in key industries. Promote the experience of redevelopment and utilization of construction land in old industrial zones in Hefei, and explore the mode of risk management, control and restoration by stages and "environmental restoration, development and utilization". By the end of 2027, a list of vacated plots such as pesticide raw material manufacturing and coking enterprises will be established to gradually identify soil pollution and take measures to control soil pollution. In principle, enterprises such as pesticide raw material manufacturing should give priority to expanding ecological space when vacating heavily polluted land, and measures should be taken to prevent odor diffusion if risk control and remediation are really needed.
(12) Implementing key management and control of high-risk plots. To strengthen the management of priority supervision plots, the plots included in the list of priority supervision plots should implement pollution control measures in a timely manner; the implementation of engineering control should generally complete pollution control within 24 months after being included in the list. To guide the implementation of risk management and control in chemical industry parks with high risk of groundwater pollution, organize detailed investigation and traceability investigation in chemical industry parks with groundwater characteristic pollutants exceeding the standard, eliminate potential pollution hazards, and effectively control the risk of groundwater pollution by the end of 2027.
3. Safeguard measures
(1) Improve the working mechanism. We will improve the joint supervision mechanism of ecological environment, natural resources, agriculture and rural departments, and establish a mechanism for reporting and sharing information on soil and groundwater pollution. We will strengthen the management of access to key construction land, promote the investigation of soil pollution in reclaimed cultivated land, implement multi-source data sharing in land spatial planning, land use control and soil environmental management, and form a "map" for provention and control of soil pollution sources. We will carry out provention and control effectiveness assessment of soil pollution sources in key cities, collect typical cases, and promote pollution risk control and green low-carbon remediation. Construct the incentive mechanism to fulfill the responsibility of provention and control of soil pollution sources, and cultivate the leading enterprises of provention and control of soil pollution sources.
(Two) strengthen capacity building. Improve the monitoring network of soil and groundwater environment, and carry out regular monitoring. Satellite remote sensing and other methods are used to continuously monitor key construction land, priority regulatory land and strictly control cultivated land, so as to prevent illegal development and utilization and illegal planting. According to the deployment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, before the end of 2026, the investigation and evaluation of groundwater pollution in our province will be launched; before the end of 2027, the second national survey of soil pollution in our province will be launched.
(3) Strict law enforcement and supervision. Regularly carry out provention and control situation and effectiveness analysis of soil pollution sources, and crack down on environmental violations according to law. We will carry out technical research on the identification and assessment of soil and groundwater ecological environment damage, promote compensation for related ecological environment damage, and do a good job of linking up with environmental public interest litigation.
(4) Strengthen scientific and technological support. We will carry out research on coordinated control of multiple pollutants, coordinated prevention and control of soil and groundwater, assessment of bioavailability and bioaccumulation effects of pollutants, health risk assessment of pollutants, soil pollution risk of heavy metals in resistance-reducing products, and treatment of new pollutants. We will encourage the development and application of new technologies, new materials and new equipment, such as rapid leakage detection, non-destructive leakage detection, low-disturbance and low-cost risk management and control, and green and low-carbon remediation. Increase the research on the creation of agricultural green inputs.
(Five) broaden the channels of funds. We will actively strive for special funds from the central government for ecological environment and support soil heavy metal pollution control projects. We should give full play to the supporting role of various financial institutions and steadily promote the implementation of environmental liability insurance for soil pollution prevention and control. To guide local governments to plan EOD projects around soil pollution prevention and control. We should innovate the mode of investment and financing and guide social capital to participate in the provention and control of soil pollution sources.
(6) Strengthen publicity and education. Do a good job in publicizing and interpreting laws, regulations, standards and knowledge of soil pollution prevention and control. Develop special training and popular science education on provention and control at the source, enhance the awareness of provention and control at the source of soil pollution in the whole society, and continuously improve the ability of provention and control at the source of soil pollution.
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