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December 26, 2007
Water Pollution Laws Stregthened in China
In what this writer can only characterize as it is about time, the 31st session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) has amended the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, and significantly raised the fines charged to enterprise water polluters.
In addition, enterprises who failed to rectify the situation within a fixed time period would be closed, according to the NPC's Law Committee.
The NPC's Law Committee said, "The amount of fines should be imposed according to the severity of violations, and too little money cannot effectively tackle the long-standing problem of 'low violation cost'."
According to the amendment, victims of water pollution incidents were entitled to get compensation from polluters. The compensation could be more "expensive" for polluters than the fines, the Law Committee said, noting that would further augment their "violation cost."
In China, Water pollution is one of the biggest environmental concerns for both the government and public, as reported by Xinhuanet, and published by China Economic Net
Posted by Stephen Betheil at December 26, 2007 10:45 AM
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