Question:What is a pollutant discharge permit?
Answer:A pollutant discharge permit serves as the sole administrative license for pollutant discharge activities of enterprises, public institutions, and other producers and operators (hereinafter referred to as "pollutant-discharging entities") during their production and operation periods. It is the main legal document for pollutant-discharging entities to accept supervision and for ecological and environmental departments to carry out supervision. The permit specifies the environmental management requirements that pollutant-discharging entities shall abide by in accordance with the law, as well as their legal responsibilities and obligations.Pollutant-discharging entities shall apply for pollutant discharge permits in accordance with the law, discharge pollutants in line with the permits, and prove their compliance with the law on their own initiative. Based on the pollutant-discharging entities' commitments to law-abiding, ecological and environmental departments shall issue pollutant discharge permits in accordance with the law, strengthen in-process and post-process supervision based on the permits, and severely crack down on illegal acts.
