Notice on Public Solicitation of Opinions on the "Notice on Further Promoting the Informatization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management (Draft for Comments)"

In order to implement the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste" and the "Implementation Plan for Strengthening the Supervision and Utilization and Disposal Capacity Reform of Hazardous Waste" and other relevant requirements, further enhance the level and capacity of hazardous waste environmental management informatization, and provide convenient informatization services for relevant units dealing with hazardous waste, our department has drafted the "Notice on Further Promoting the Informatization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management (Draft for Comments)". We are now publicly soliciting opinions (the draft for comments and preparation instructions can be found on our department's websitehttp://www.mee.gov.cn/Search and view in the "Opinion Collection" section).

　　All government agencies, organizations, enterprises, institutions, and individuals can submit opinions and suggestions. Relevant opinions should be fed back to our department in writing (electronic documents should also be sent to the contact email). The deadline for soliciting opinions is January 30, 2022.

　　Contact: He Zudao, Ma Li, Solid Waste and Chemical Management Department, Ministry of Ecology and Environment

　　Tel: (010) 65645770

　　Fax: (010) 65645745

　　Email: hwmd@mee.gov.cn

　　Address: 12 Dongchang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

　　PC: 100006

　　Attachment: 1. Notice on Further Promoting the Informatization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management (Draft for Comments)

　　　　　2. Preparation Instructions for the "Notice on Further Promoting the Informatization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management (Draft for Comments)"

　　General Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

　　January 17, 2022

Attachment 1

Notice on Further Promoting the Informatization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management

(Draft for Comments)

In order to implement the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste" and the "Implementation Plan for Strengthening the Supervision and Utilization and Disposal Capacity Reform of Hazardous Waste" and other relevant requirements, further enhance the level and capacity of hazardous waste environmental management informatization, and provide convenient informatization services for relevant units dealing with hazardous waste, the following matters are hereby notified.

1. Continuously promote the informatization of hazardous waste environmental management.

(1) Implement electronic management ledgers for hazardous waste.Units that generated a total of 10 tons or more of hazardous waste in the previous year should establish electronic management ledgers for hazardous waste and can record relevant information truthfully through the National Solid Waste Management Information System (hereinafter referred to as the National Information System) constructed and operated by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Other units generating hazardous waste are encouraged to establish electronic management ledgers for hazardous waste through the National Information System, either independently or by entrusting small and micro enterprises or other hazardous waste operating units, and to record relevant information truthfully. Units generating hazardous waste should regularly report the types, quantities, flow, storage, disposal, and other relevant materials of hazardous waste through the National Information System in accordance with national regulations.

(2) Achieve unified management of hazardous waste transfer slips.Hazardous waste transfer slips will be uniformly numbered by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the relevant information on hazardous waste in the slips will be linked to the hazardous waste management plan filed in the National Information System. The transfer process of hazardous waste should be recorded through vehicle-mounted positioning devices to track the transfer trajectory and be associated with the electronic transfer slips for hazardous waste.

(3) Implement paperless operations for cross-provincial transfer of hazardous waste.The provincial ecological environment departments of the origin and receiving areas for cross-provincial transfer of hazardous waste should exchange relevant materials for cross-provincial transfer applications through the National Information System, implementing paperless operations throughout the process to improve the efficiency of cross-provincial transfer approvals.

(4) Standardize reports on hazardous waste operations.Hazardous waste operating units should establish records of hazardous waste operations and can report the acceptance, storage, utilization, and disposal of hazardous waste truthfully through the National Information System. The acceptance of hazardous waste in the operating records should be linked to the electronic transfer slips for hazardous waste.

(5) Standardize the approval for hazardous waste exports.Units intending to export hazardous waste should fill in export information in the hazardous waste management plan through the National Information System. Hazardous waste that has been exported should be reported truthfully through the National Information System.

2. Promote the enhancement of intelligent supervision of hazardous waste.

(1) Implement new models of Internet of Things supervision for hazardous waste.Ecological environment departments at the municipal level and above can apply intelligent video monitoring, electronic tags, smart scales, and other Internet of Things technologies based on local realities to promote the realization of full-process information traceability for hazardous waste.

(2) Develop online trading platforms for hazardous waste and pilot third-party payment.Support regions with conditions to select certain waste categories to develop online trading platforms for the collection, transfer, utilization, and disposal of hazardous waste and pilot third-party payment, exploring the establishment of a "three-in-one" system for the flow of funds, logistics, and information for hazardous waste.

(3) Deepen the pilot work for the collection and transfer of waste lead-acid batteries.Ecological environment departments at all levels should guide and supervise relevant units to use the waste lead-acid battery collection and processing information platform in the National Information System, based on the "Pilot Work Plan for the Centralized Collection and Cross-Regional Transfer System for Lead-Acid Battery Production Enterprises" and the "Notice on Continuing the Pilot Work for the Centralized Collection and Cross-Regional Transfer System for Lead-Acid Battery Production Enterprises," to record relevant information truthfully, using waste lead-acid batteries as a pilot to explore new models of informatization supervision for hazardous waste.

3. Further strengthen the docking and application of the National Information System.

Ecological environment departments at all levels should strengthen the promotion and application of the National Information System; local ecological environment departments should strictly implement real-time docking with the National Information System for hazardous waste environmental management-related information systems built based on local realities, ensuring the authenticity, accuracy, and completeness of the docking data. Provincial ecological environment departments should promptly summarize and analyze the reporting, transfer, and utilization and disposal of hazardous waste in their administrative regions for the previous year through the National Information System and submit it in writing to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment by March 31 each year, with a copy sent to the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Technical Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (hereinafter referred to as the Solid Management Center).

Ecological and environmental departments at all levels should focus on the application of the national information system as a key point in the assessment of hazardous waste standardized environmental management; the hazardous waste-related information in the system should be the main basis for daily environmental supervision, law enforcement inspections, and environmental statistics; strict legal investigations should be conducted on illegal clues such as enterprises falsely reporting, omitting, or concealing hazardous waste-related information found during environmental supervision. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment entrusts the Solid Waste Management Center to build, operate, and maintain the national information system, ensuring stable operation of the system and network information security, and guiding local ecological and environmental departments in the informationization of hazardous waste environmental management.

Attachment 2

"Notice on Further Promoting the Informationization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management"

Compilation Instructions (Draft for Comments)

1. Background and Necessity of Compilation

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment continuously promoted the informationization of hazardous waste environmental management, established and operated the national solid waste management information system, and gradually deployed and promoted the application of the system. Ecological and environmental departments at all levels actively carried out related work as required, initially clarifying the entire process of hazardous waste generation, transfer, and disposal, and a preliminary "one network" for national hazardous waste informationization environmental supervision was established.

The newly revised "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste" (hereinafter referred to as the "Solid Waste Law") in 2020 stipulates the need to "promote the monitoring and information traceability of the entire process of solid waste collection, transfer, and disposal"; in May 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Plan for Strengthening Hazardous Waste Supervision and Utilization and Disposal Capacity Reform" (hereinafter referred to as the "Reform Implementation Plan"), proposing the reform task of "improving the informationization system for hazardous waste environmental management"; in November 2021, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued the "Measures for the Management of Hazardous Waste Transfer" (hereinafter referred to as the "Transfer Management Measures"), clarifying the requirements for "filling out and operating hazardous waste electronic transfer orders through the national hazardous waste information management system". In order to implement the relevant requirements of the "Solid Waste Law", "Reform Implementation Plan", and "Transfer Management Measures", further enhance the informationization level and capacity of hazardous waste environmental management, and provide informationization convenience services for hazardous waste-related units, our department organized the drafting of the "Notice on Further Promoting the Informationization of Hazardous Waste Environmental Management" (Draft for Comments).

2. Compilation Process

Since 2021, we have organized local ecological and environmental departments, information system development and operation units, etc., to hold multiple special seminars on hazardous waste environmental management informationization; we have investigated the progress of related work in Tianjin, Fujian, Henan, Guangdong, Chongqing, and other provinces (cities) and widely listened to the opinions and suggestions of local ecological and environmental departments and related enterprises, sorting out the key content that needs to be promoted in the current hazardous waste environmental management informationization work, and drafted the "Notice".

3. Main Content

The "Notice" includes three parts:

The first part proposes to continuously promote the informationization work of hazardous waste environmental management, mainly including the implementation of hazardous waste electronic management ledgers, achieving unified management of hazardous waste transfer orders, implementing paperless operations for cross-provincial hazardous waste transfers, standardizing hazardous waste business reporting, and standardizing hazardous waste export approvals.

The second part proposes to promote the improvement of the intelligent level of hazardous waste environmental supervision, mainly including the implementation of new models for hazardous waste Internet of Things supervision, the construction of online trading platforms for hazardous waste and pilot projects for third-party payments, and deepening the pilot work for the collection and transfer of waste lead-acid batteries.

The third part proposes to further strengthen the docking and application of the national information system, clarifying the relevant requirements for data docking, reporting, and application.