Notice of the State Council Municipality on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution (Authorized Release)
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 31st
Notice of the State Council Municipality on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Soil Pollution Prevention and Control
People’s governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, ministries and commissions and institutions directly under the State Council:
The Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution is hereby printed and distributed to you, please implement it carefully.
The State Council, People’s Republic of China (PRC)
May 28th, 2016
Action plan for soil pollution prevention and control
Soil is the material basis of sustainable economic and social development, which is related to people’s health and the construction of beautiful China. Protecting soil environment is an important content to promote the construction of ecological civilization and safeguard national ecological security. At present, the overall situation of soil environment in China is worrying, and some areas are seriously polluted, which has become one of the outstanding shortcomings of building a well-off society in an all-round way. This action plan is formulated to effectively strengthen the prevention and control of soil pollution and gradually improve the quality of soil environment.
General requirements: fully implement the spirit of the 18th CPC National Congress and the 3rd, 4th and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 18th CPC Central Committee, firmly establish the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing in accordance with the overall layout of "Five in One" and the strategic layout of "Four in All", conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, base on China’s national conditions and development stages, focus on the overall situation of economic and social development, and take improving the quality of soil environment as the core. Taking ensuring the quality of agricultural products and the safety of human settlements as the starting point, we should adhere to prevention first, protection first, risk control, highlight key areas, industries and pollutants, implement classification, separate use and phased treatment, strictly control new pollution, gradually reduce the stock, form a soil pollution prevention and control system with government-led, corporate responsibility, public participation and social supervision, promote the sustainable utilization of soil resources, and build a "blue sky is always there, green mountains are always there".
Work objective: By 2020, the increasing trend of soil pollution in China will be initially curbed, the overall quality of soil environment will remain stable, the soil environmental safety of agricultural land and construction land will be basically guaranteed, and the soil environmental risks will be basically controlled. By 2030, the quality of soil environment in China will be stable and good, the soil environmental safety of agricultural land and construction land will be effectively guaranteed, and the soil environmental risks will be fully controlled. By the middle of this century, the quality of soil environment has been improved in an all-round way, and the ecosystem has achieved a virtuous circle.
Main indicators: By 2020, the safe utilization rate of polluted farmland will reach about 90%, and the safe utilization rate of polluted land will reach over 90%. By 2030, the safe utilization rate of polluted farmland will reach more than 95%, and the safe utilization rate of polluted land will reach more than 95%.
First, carry out soil pollution investigation and master the quality of soil environment.
(a) in-depth investigation of soil environmental quality. On the basis of existing relevant investigations, focusing on agricultural land and land used by enterprises in key industries, carry out a detailed investigation of soil pollution, and find out the area and distribution of soil pollution in agricultural land and its impact on the quality of agricultural products before the end of 2018; By the end of 2020, master the distribution of contaminated land and its environmental risks in key industries and enterprises. Formulate the overall plan and technical regulations for detailed investigation, and carry out technical guidance, supervision and inspection and results audit. Establish a regular survey system of soil environmental quality, which will be carried out once every 10 years. (The Ministry of Environmental Protection takes the lead, with the participation of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Health and Family Planning Commission, and the local people’s governments at all levels are responsible for the implementation. The following must be implemented by local people’s governments at all levels, and are no longer listed)
(two) the construction of soil environmental quality monitoring network. Unified planning, integration and optimization of soil environmental quality monitoring points, before the end of 2017, complete the setting of national soil environmental quality monitoring points, build a national soil environmental quality monitoring network, give full play to the role of industry monitoring network, and basically form soil environmental monitoring capabilities. All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) carry out at least 1 training for soil environmental monitoring technicians every year. According to the needs of the work, all localities can set up additional monitoring points, increase the monitoring items of characteristic pollutants and increase the monitoring frequency. By the end of 2020, all counties (cities, districts) will be fully covered by soil environmental quality monitoring points. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, with the participation of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture)
(3) Improve the level of information management of soil environment. Using the relevant data of environmental protection, land resources, agriculture and other departments, we will establish a basic database of soil environment and build a national information management platform for soil environment, and strive to complete it before the end of 2018. With the help of mobile Internet, Internet of Things and other technologies, we will broaden the channels of data acquisition and realize dynamic data update. Strengthen data sharing, compile a resource sharing catalogue, clarify the rights and methods of sharing, and play the role of soil environment big data in pollution prevention, urban and rural planning, land use and agricultural production. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, with the participation of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the State Forestry Administration)
Two, promote the prevention and control of soil pollution legislation, establish and improve the system of laws and regulations.
(4) Accelerate the legislative process. Cooperate to complete the drafting of soil pollution prevention and control law. Timely revision of pollution prevention, urban and rural planning, land management, quality and safety of agricultural products related laws and regulations, increase the content of soil pollution prevention and control. Before the end of 2016, the revision of pesticide management regulations will be completed, and the measures for the management of soil environment of polluted plots and agricultural land will be issued. Before the end of 2017, departmental regulations such as pesticide packaging waste recycling, soil environmental management of industrial and mining land, and waste agricultural film recycling will be issued. By 2020, the system of laws and regulations for the prevention and control of soil pollution will be basically established. All localities can study and formulate local laws and regulations for the prevention and control of soil pollution in light of actual conditions. (The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council and the Ministry of Environmental Protection take the lead, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration participate)
(5) System construction standard system. Improve the relevant standards and technical specifications for soil pollution prevention and control. Before the end of 2017, release the soil environmental quality standards for agricultural land and construction land; Complete the preparation and revision of technical specifications for soil environmental monitoring, investigation and evaluation, risk management and control, treatment and restoration, and technical guidelines for environmental impact assessment; Revise the limits of toxic and harmful substances in fertilizer, feed and irrigation water and the standards for controlling pollutants in agricultural sludge, and further tighten the requirements for controlling pollutants; Revise the agricultural film standard, improve the thickness requirement, and study and formulate the degradable agricultural film standard; Revise pesticide packaging standards and increase requirements for preventing pesticide packaging waste from polluting soil. Revise pollutant discharge standards in a timely manner, and further clarify the requirements for special pollutant discharge limits. Improve the analysis and testing methods of pollutants in soil and develop soil environmental standard samples. Local soil environmental quality standards that are stricter than the national standards can be formulated by all localities. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the State Forestry Administration)
(6) Comprehensively strengthen supervision and law enforcement. Clear regulatory focus. Focus on monitoring heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, arsenic, lead, chromium and organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and petroleum hydrocarbons in soil, and focus on monitoring non-ferrous metal mining, non-ferrous metal smelting, petroleum exploitation, petroleum processing, chemical industry, coking, electroplating, tanning and other industries, as well as major grain (oil) producing counties and built-up areas of cities above prefecture level. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Agriculture)
Strengthen law enforcement. Take the prevention and control of soil pollution as an important part of environmental law enforcement, make full use of the environmental supervision grid, and strengthen the daily supervision and law enforcement of soil environment. Severely crack down on environmental violations such as illegal discharge of toxic and harmful pollutants, illegal storage of hazardous chemicals, illegal disposal of hazardous waste, abnormal use of pollution control facilities, and falsification of monitoring data. Carry out special environmental law enforcement for enterprises in key industries, and supervise and supervise enterprises that seriously pollute the soil environment and are strongly reflected by the masses. Improve the environmental law enforcement conditions at the grass-roots level and equip them with necessary law enforcement equipment such as rapid detection of soil pollution. Carry out one round of professional technical training on soil pollution prevention and control for national environmental law enforcement personnel every three years. Improve the emergency response capability of environmental emergencies, improve the emergency plans for environmental pollution incidents at all levels, and strengthen the construction of environmental emergency management, technical support, and disposal and rescue capabilities. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Administration of Work Safety and the State Forestry Administration)
Three, the implementation of agricultural land classification management, to ensure the safety of agricultural production environment
(seven) the classification of soil environmental quality of agricultural land. According to the degree of pollution, agricultural land is classified into three categories, those that are unpolluted and slightly polluted are classified as priority protection categories, those that are lightly and moderately polluted are classified as safe utilization categories, and those that are heavily polluted are classified as strict control categories. Focusing on cultivated land, corresponding management measures are taken respectively to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products. Before the end of 2017, the technical guidelines for the classification of soil environmental quality of agricultural land will be issued. Based on the detailed investigation results of soil pollution, we will carry out collaborative monitoring and evaluation of cultivated land soil and agricultural products, promote the classification of cultivated land soil environmental quality in an orderly manner on the basis of pilot projects, and gradually establish a classification list, which will be completed by the end of 2020. Delineation results are examined and approved by provincial people’s governments, and data are uploaded to the national soil environment information management platform. According to the change of land use and the change of soil environmental quality, the information of cultivated land area and distribution of various categories is updated regularly. Conditional areas should gradually carry out the classification of soil environmental quality of other agricultural land such as woodland, grassland and garden. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Agriculture, with the participation of the Ministry of Land and Resources and the State Forestry Administration)
(8) Effectively strengthen protection. All localities should classify qualified priority protected cultivated land as permanent basic farmland, and implement strict protection to ensure that its area does not decrease and the quality of soil environment does not decline. Except for the location of key construction projects stipulated by law, it is really unavoidable, no other construction shall be occupied. Large grain-producing (oil-producing) counties should formulate soil environmental protection plans. High-standard farmland construction projects are inclined to areas where priority protection farmland is concentrated. Measures such as returning straw to the field, increasing the application of organic fertilizer, less tillage and no tillage, rotation of grain and beans, reduction and recycling of agricultural film, etc. Continue to carry out pilot projects for the protection and utilization of black land. The transferee of rural land transfer should fulfill the responsibility of soil protection and avoid the degradation of soil environmental quality caused by predatory agricultural production methods such as excessive fertilization and abuse of pesticides. The people’s governments at the provincial level should give early warning to the counties (cities, districts) where the area of priority protected cultivated land is reduced or the quality of soil environment is declining within their respective administrative areas, and take restrictive measures such as limiting the approval of environmental impact assessment according to law. (Led by the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture, with the participation of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Water Resources)
Prevent and control enterprise pollution. Strictly control the construction of new enterprises in industries such as non-ferrous metal smelting, petroleum processing, chemical industry, coking, electroplating, tanning, etc. in areas where priority protected cultivated land is concentrated, and the existing enterprises in related industries should adopt new technologies and new processes to accelerate the pace of upgrading and upgrading. (Led by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the National Development and Reform Commission, with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)
(nine) efforts to promote the safe use. According to the situation of soil pollution and agricultural products exceeding the standard, counties (cities, districts) with concentrated safe use of cultivated land should formulate and implement the safe use plan of contaminated cultivated land in combination with local main crop varieties and planting habits, and take measures such as agronomic regulation and alternative planting to reduce the risk of agricultural products exceeding the standard. Strengthen the quality inspection of agricultural products. Strengthen technical guidance and training for farmers and farmers’ cooperatives. Before the end of 2017, a technical guide for the safe use of contaminated cultivated land will be issued. By 2020, the area of lightly and moderately polluted cultivated land will reach 40 million mu. (The Ministry of Agriculture takes the lead and the Ministry of Land and Resources participates)
(10) Fully implement strict control. Strengthen the management of the use of cultivated land under strict control, demarcate areas where specific agricultural products are prohibited from production according to law, and prohibit the cultivation of edible agricultural products; To threaten the safety of groundwater and drinking water sources, the relevant counties (cities, districts) should formulate environmental risk management and control plans and implement relevant measures. The study will bring strictly controlled cultivated land into the scope of the new round of implementation of returning farmland to forests and grasslands, and formulate plans to adjust the planting structure of heavily polluted cultivated land or return farmland to forests and grasslands. We will continue to carry out pilot projects in Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, Hunan Province to restore farmland contaminated by heavy metals and adjust crop planting structure. Pilot implementation of the farmland rotation fallow system. By 2020, the planting structure of heavily polluted cultivated land will be adjusted or the area of returning farmland to forests and grasslands will strive to reach 20 million mu. (Led by the Ministry of Agriculture, with the participation of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Water Resources and the State Forestry Administration)