Chapter 4
PROTECTION OF THE RIVER BASIN WATER ENVIRONMENT
Article 22. Control of polluting sources and protection of river basin water quality
1. Within the ambit of their respective responsibilities, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, provincial-level People’s Committees, corporations, state-run economic groups, and organizations and individuals engaged in the exploitation or use of river basin water shall:
a/ Organize regular observation and measurement of wastewater sources;
b/ Inspect and supervise locations where wastewater is discharged into water sources, ensuring that wastewater volumes and quality meet the wastewater-receiving capacity and water quality criteria of each river, river section, lake, lagoon and submerged area in river basins;
c/ Apply measures to protect water sources which they directly manage, exploit or use;
d/ Establish databases on wastewater discharged into water sources and register them into river basin environment-water resource data directories.
2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall:
a/ Direct and organize the investigation, survey and assessment of water source pollution, degeneration or exhaustion: build systems of water environment observation and information on quality of water sources and wastewater discharge sources in river basins.
b/ Provide for the protection of river corridors with regard to sensitive water sources with high biodiversity and cultural preservation values; the protection and development of natural ecological systems in river corridors and river-mouth and coastal areas;
c/ To guide solutions for the restoration of water quality if the water environment is polluted and degenerated.
Article 23. Plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins
1. Formulation of plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins:
a/ A plan for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basin will be formulated once for every five (5) years;
b/ The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall organize the formulation of plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins in a priority order based on the approved river basin plannings for river basins on the list of big river basins and the list of inter-provincial river basins;
c/ Provincial-level People’s Committees shall organize the formulation of plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins in a priority order, based on the approved river basin plannings for river basins lying within their respective localities on the list of intra-provincial river basins;
d/ Plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins must be commented by ministries, branches, localities, economic organizations involved in the exploitation and use of water resources or discharge of wastewater into water sources and representatives of population communities in river basins.
2. Notification of plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins:
a/ The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall notify plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources to ministries, branches and provincial-level People’s Committees of localities having land areas in river basins on the list of big river basins or the list of inter-provincial river basins.
b/ Provincial-level People’s Committees shall notify departments and branches under their management and concerned agencies of the plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins lying within their localities and being on the list of intra-provincial river basins;
c/ To-be-notified contents and forms of notifying plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins shall be decided by agencies with notifying competence.
3. Implementation of plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins:
a/ Plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins serve as grounds for the elaboration of environmental protection programs and projects of ministries, branches or localities;
b/ Ministries, branches, corporations, state-run economic groups and People’s Committees at all levels shall direct the adjustment of programs, plans, projects and regimes on wastewater discharge under their respective management in to be in line with plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins.
c/ The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and provincial-level People’s Committees shall inspect, oversee, monitor and periodically report to the Prime Minister on the implementation of plans for water pollution prevention and combat and rehabilitation of polluted water sources in river basins.
Article 24. Responding to and addressing river basin water environment incidents
1. Responding to and addressing river basin water environment incidents:
a/ Production, business or service establishments shall formulate schemes and be fully equipped with facilities to prevent, combat and respond to water environment incidents they have caused;
b/ Upon the occurrence of water environment incidents, production, business or service establishments shall apply measures to respond to and address the incidents according to law;
c/ Organizations and individuals that cause water environment incidents shall, apart from being held responsible therefor according to law, pay compensations in order to address the pollution and degeneration in the immediate future and rehabilitate and improve the environment for a long-term future.
d/ In case of incidents. local functional bodies shall coordinate with one another in minimizing harms caused by the incidents, identifying the incident causes, grounds and individuals at fault; supervise and evaluate the extent of degeneration of quality of the water environment in river basins and harms caused by the incidents so as to have grounds for requesting the incident-causing establishments or individuals to pay damages.
2. Responding to and addressing trans boundary river basin water environment incidents:
a/ Provincial-level People’s Committees shall actively apply measures to stop and restrict the spread of pollution, treat and minimize pollution under their management and promptly notify such to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;
b/ The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall coordinate with concerned authorities in countries where trans boundary water environment incidents occur in immediately taking preventive and remedial measures compliant with commitments or treaties to which Vietnam is a contracting party.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 120/2008/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)