On Jan 23, 2019, China MEE officially published the list of toxic and hazardous air pollutants (First Batch) (有毒有害大气污染物名录(第一批)) after a short consultation in Dec 2018.
The first batch in the draft list contains 11 air pollutants:
No. | Pollutants |
1 | Dichloromethane |
2 | Formaldehyde |
3 | Tri-chloromethane |
4 | Tri-chloroethylene |
5 | Tetra-chloroethylene |
6 | Acetaldehyde |
7 | Cadmium and its compounds |
8 | Chromium and its compounds |
9 | Mercury and its compounds |
10 | Arsenic and its compounds |
11 | Lead and its compounds |
Companies discharging pollutants must comply with the following obligations:
According to Article 78, Air Pollution Prevention Law-
Establish environment risk early warning system
Regular monitoring on outlets and surroundings
Assessment on environment risk to check environment potential safety hazard
Improve technics to prevent environment risk
According to Management measures on pollutants emission permit-
Implementing pollutants emission permit system
Supervision and original data record
This is the first batch released since the implementation of the Air Pollution Prevention Law. The list will be dynamically updated based on the results of air pollutant risk assessment.