China Environmental Law

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Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Hey what’s everyone so excited about? Oh, it looks like I correctly guessed the acronym for the new, improved SEPA.  It will be known as the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) in English. Even though it’s clear my specualtions on this issue were instrumental in the final selection, I’m sorry I got involved. I really don’t like MEP, but [...]

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Water Pollution Act Amendments (Chapters I-III)(Again)

March 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I know you have been waiting patiently for us to return to the topic of China’s water pollutant discharge standards. As you will recall there are two referenced standards in Article 9 of the new Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act amendments that a discharger needs to meet:

standards for water pollutant discharge, and
the total control [...]

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