Chương VI Thông tư 31/2016/TT-BTNMT: Quan trắc môi trường

Chapter VI

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PRACTICE

Article 25. Periodic monitoring of waste generation

1. Regulated entities must carry out monitoring of wastewater and gas emissions generated from production, business and service activities, and the minimum frequency rate specified in the Appendix 10 hereto.

2. Any regulated entity that owns an automatic and constant system of monitoring of wastewater and gas emissions under regulations laid down in Article 26 hereof shall only be required to carry out periodic monitoring of wastewater and gas emissions as prescribed with respect to parameters which have not been measured through such automatic and constant monitoring process. 

3. Establishments referred to in regulations of the Appendix IV to the Decree No. 18/2015/ND-CP and the Appendix I to the Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP shall not be required to carry out monitoring of waste generation.

Article 26. Automatic monitoring of waste generation

1. Automatic monitoring of wastewater:

a) Parameters that must be measured through the monitoring process shall include the followings: flow volume of influent and effluent wastewater, pH level, temperature, COD, TSS and other activity-specific parameters (if there are technologies and equipment available on the market to be suitable for automatic monitoring activities) as requested by state regulatory authorities having competence in approving the environmental impact statement and detailed environmental protection scheme;

b) The automatic wastewater monitoring system must include the automatic sampler which is sealed and managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment; have the attached camera connected to Internet to observe the outlet of the wastewater treatment system and store images taken within the last 03 months.  

2. Automatic monitoring of gas emissions:

a) Parameters measured through the monitoring process are provided for in the Appendix 11 hereto;

b) In case an establishment has various sources of industrial emission generation that belong in the list referred to in the Appendix 11 hereto, the owner thereof shall carry out automatic and constant monitoring of all sources of generation thereof.

3. The system of automatic and constant monitoring of wastewater and gas emissions must operate in a stable manner, must be inspected and calibrated as prescribed, and ensure that it conforms to technical requirements concerning data connection to transmit data directly to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Article 27. Depositing, reporting and disclosure of information and data obtained through the environmental monitoring process

1. Investors in construction and business operation of infrastructure facilities of industrial zones, industrial clusters, management boards of concentrations of businesses and service providers, and owners of establishments, must safely keep results achieved from the automatic environmental monitoring process in the form of electronic files; store the original of periodic report on results achieved from the environmental monitoring process, and the original of notification of analysis results, within a minimum period of 03 years.

2. These investors, management boards and owners shall be responsible for submitting required reports and results achieved from the environmental monitoring process.

3. These investors, management boards and owners that require automatic monitoring of waste generation shall be responsible for posting and publicizing the results achieved from the environmental monitoring process on a periodic basis on their websites (if available).