2013年10月21日提交十二届全国人大常委会第五次会议三审的《环保法》修订草案三审稿建议将《环保法》“修正案草案”修改为“修订草案”,这意味着全国人大立法机关将对这部法律进行全面修改。“由小修变大改”,除了环境公益诉讼之外,包括政策环评、环境信息公开以及公众参与、按日计罚等内容都写入了《环保法》修正案的三审稿。2013年11月14日,环保部印发了《建设项目环境影响评价政府信息公开指南(试行)》,根据指南要求,2014年1月1起,环保部门应公开建设单位环评报告全本。
<<Was proposed in the drafted revision of the Environmental Protection Lawsubmitted on October 21,2013 to the 5th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC)for a third review that the drafted amendment to this law be changed to the drafted revision.This means that the NPC as China’s legislature will make comprehensive changes to this law.As part of the move “from minor to major changes”,such things as environmental assessment on policies,the disclosure of environmental information,public participation and penalty calculation by day,in addition to environmental public interest litigation (PIL),are all included into the drafted revision of the Environmental Protection Lawfor the third review.On November 14,2013,the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)issued the Guide to Disclosing Government Information Regarding Environmental Impact Assessment on Development Projects (Trial),requiring that environmental authorities disclose the full texts of environmental impact assessment (EIA)reports on project owners from January 1,2014 onward.
<<Keywords: | Public ParticipationDisclosure of Environmental InformationEnvironmental Assessment on PoliciesDisclosure of Full Texts of EIA Reports |