Starting July 1, pesticide companies need to pay special attention!

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2020-06-28

On June 24, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment released the “2020 Action Plan for Tackling Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions.” The plan calls for a nationwide summer campaign (June–September) to address VOCs. It emphasizes a combination of targeted measures and science-based management, focusing on key sectors such as petrochemicals, chemicals, industrial coatings, packaging and printing, and the storage, transportation, and marketing of petroleum products. Priority control will be given to industrial parks, enterprise clusters, and major enterprises, with comprehensive efforts to strengthen the regulation of VOCs that exhibit high photochemical reactivity.

The plan stipulates that, effective July 1, enforcement actions shall be carried out under the “double-random, one-public” inspection model, and enterprises that fail to consistently meet emission standards or do not comply with uncontrolled emissions control requirements shall be subject to penalties in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Production shutdowns for maintenance will be implemented at petrochemical, chemical, coal‑chemical, and pharmaceutical facilities, Pesticide Industry enterprises are brought under the scope of law enforcement and regulatory oversight, with particular attention paid to whether emissions during start-up and shutdown periods, as well as during cleaning, material withdrawal, purging, venting, and drying processes, comply with applicable emission standards.

The plan emphasizes that cases involving serious violations with severe consequences, as well as repeated offenses, will be rigorously investigated and prosecuted, with typical cases publicly disclosed. The scope of issues subject to investigation primarily encompasses ten types of conduct that contravene relevant laws, regulations, and standards:

1. Storing, transferring, transporting, or disposing of VOC-containing materials in forms that are directly exposed to ambient air, such as open storage or leakage;

2. Industries such as the chemical sector use open‑type, open‑flow production equipment;

3. When not in operation, keep the inlet and outlet ports, inspection hatches, sight glasses, and other openings of the VOCs material reaction unit open.

4. Open‑air spraying, air‑drying, and similar production processes (excluding large workpieces);

5. Obvious leaks, such as seepage or dripping, occur at the sealing points of equipment and pipeline components;

6. Observable leaks, such as damage, unusual odors, or air leakage, are present in the organic waste gas conveyance pipelines.

7. The collection, storage, and treatment of high-concentration organic wastewater are in direct contact with ambient air.

8. Organic waste gases from production processes and use stages are discharged directly without collection or treatment;

9. Illegally shutting down or operating exhaust gas collection and treatment facilities, as well as VOCs automatic monitoring systems, in an abnormal manner;

10. Enterprises in the petrochemical, chemical, organic chemical raw material manufacturing, pesticide manufacturing, fertilizer manufacturing, coke oven, man-made board, and furniture manufacturing industries that are required to obtain a pollutant discharge permit are discharging pollutants without such a permit.

The plan stipulates that for industrial parks and enterprise clusters with high VOC concentrations, as well as for enterprises experiencing slow progress in pollution control, frequent public complaints, and serious violations, monitoring frequency will be increased and penalties will be imposed strictly in accordance with the law. Enterprises found to have particularly severe exceedances or engaged in fraudulent practices will be publicly disclosed, their records will be entered into the social integrity database, and they will be incorporated into the National Credit Information Sharing Platform.

Source: Pesticide Market Information

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