MEP releases notice of implementation of 15 environmental standards and technical specifications

The Ministry of Environmental Protection published a notice of implementation of 15 environmental standards and technical specifications. The implementation starts from 1 January 2012 onwards.

The standards and technical specifications are the following:
- "Power plant air pollutant emission standards" (GB 13223-2011)
- "Pharmaceutical industry water pollutant discharge standards " (GB 14470.3 - 2011)
- "Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard" (GB 26877 - 2011)
- "Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard" (GB 27631-2011)
- "Rubber products industry emission standards" (GB 27632-2011)
- "Technical Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment Master" (HJ 2.1-2011)
- "Technical guidelines for environmental impact assessment of coal mining and engineering "
    (HJ 619-2011)
- "Regional biodiversity assessment standards " (HJ 623-2011)
- "Alien species, environmental risk assessment techniques guidelines" (HJ 624-2011)
- "Insect-resistant transgenic plants ecological safety testing guidelines (trial) " (HJ 625-2011)
- "Biological genetic resources grading standards " (HJ 626-2011)
- "The economic value of genetic resources evaluation of technical guidelines" (HJ 627-2011)
- "Technical specifications of biological genetic resources collection" (trial) (HJ 628-2011)
- "Bio-contact oxidation treatment engineering and technical specifications" (HJ 2009-2011)
- "Membrane biological wastewater treatment engineering and technical specifications " (HJ 2010-
    2011)

For more information please visit:
zfs.mep.gov.cn/gzdt/201112/t20111231_222078.htm

(Source: SESEC Report 12/2011)