Chương III Nghị định 167/2018/NĐ-CP: Tổ chức thực hiện

Chapter III

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 14. Responsibilities of ministries and ministerial agencies

1. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment:

Direct the localities to impose restriction on groundwater extraction as specified in this Decree.

b. Provide guidance on the delineation of restricted areas and provide opinions about the List and Map of areas where groundwater extraction is restricted and about the plan for imposing restriction thereof of each locality as specified in this Decree.

c. Carry out inspection and handle violations against the law regulations on restriction on groundwater extraction.

2. Related ministries and/or ministerial agencies shall, within their competence, cooperate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the provincial People’s Committee in implementing the regulations on extraction restriction as specified in this Decree.

Article 15. Responsibilities of the People's Committees of all levels and organizations and individuals extracting groundwater

1. Provincial People’s Committee:

Direct the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in carrying out delineation and announce the List and Map of areas where groundwater extraction is restricted, as well as making a plan to restrain the extraction within their area.

b. Approve the above-mentioned List and Map and the Plan for imposing restriction on extraction within their area, as well as directing the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, People’s Committees of provinces and communes to carry out implementation after the approval is received.

c. Carry out inspection and handle violations against the law regulations on restriction on groundwater extraction within their area.

d. Allocate funds derived from the provincial state budget for restraining extraction within the province as specified in the Law on Budget.

2. People’s Committees of districts and communes shall cooperate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in delineating areas where groundwater extraction is restricted and announce the List and Map thereof; carry out supervision for the implementation of restriction measures of organizations and individuals within their area as specified in approved Plan.

3. Organizations and individuals extracting groundwater:

a. Provide information and data which are related to the extraction works and extraction activities as requested by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in order to serve the delineation of areas where extraction is restricted as specified in the regulations hereof.

b. Cooperate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in determining the plan and road map for implementing the measures to restrain groundwater extraction (if any) from the works under their management as specified in this Decree.

c. Implement the measures to restrain groundwater extraction as specified in the approved plan.

Article 16. Transitional provisions

1. If the restricted areas get an approval before this Decree comes into force and comply with the regulations hereof, they shall continue to apply the restriction measures; if such areas do not comply with the regulations, the provincial People's Committees shall review and amend the measures until they comply with the regulations hereof before December 31, 2020.

2. Entities who have not implemented the measures to restrain groundwater extraction or are currently implementing them as requested by the competent regulatory agency or such measures have not been fully implemented by the time this Decree came into force, shall continue to implement such measures. If this Decree imposes lesser liability, the regulations hereof shall be implemented.

3. The plans on natural resources of provinces and central-affiliated cities which have been approved before this Decree comes into force and the contents related to the restriction on groundwater extraction shall be implemented in accordance with the regulations hereof.

Article 17. Entry into force and implementation responsibilities

1. This Decree shall come into force from February 10, 2019.

2. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall take charge and cooperate with the related ministries and sectors in implementing this Decree.

3. Ministers and Heads of ministerial agencies, Heads of governmental agencies, Chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities, related organizations and individuals shall be responsible for implementing this Decree./.