Comments on the Regulations on the Management of Investment Projects in the Chemical Industry of Shandong Province

In order to implement the new development concept, further strengthen and standardize the management of chemical investment projects, solve new situations and new problems encountered in the development of the chemical industry in Shandong Province, and promote the safe, environmentally friendly, high-quality and efficient development of the chemical industry, the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, together with the province On the basis of extensive solicitation of opinions from relevant departments, the "Regulations on the Management of Investment Projects in the Chemical Industry of Shandong Province (Draft for Comment)" was drafted
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In accordance with relevant requirements, it is now open to the public for comments
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Shandong Province Chemical Industry Investment Project Management Regulations (Draft for Comments)

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 These Provisions are formulated for the complete, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept, to further strengthen and standardize the management of investment projects in the chemical industry, and to promote the safe, environmentally friendly, green and low-carbon, intensive, high-quality and efficient development of the chemical industry
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Article 2 The chemical industry referred to in these Provisions includes the following industries in the National Economic Industry Classification (GB/T 4754-2017) of the National Bureau of Statistics: (1) 25 categories of petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industries (including 2524 coal Product manufacturing, 2530 nuclear fuel processing, 2542 biomass compacted fuel processing); (2) 26 categories of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing (except 2671 explosives and pyrotechnic products manufacturing); (3) 291 Middle category rubber products industry
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Article 3 The term "investment projects" as mentioned in these Provisions refers to the investment projects of fixed assets such as new construction, expansion, reconstruction and technological transformation implemented by enterprises
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Article 4 These regulations apply to investment projects in the chemical industry implemented within the jurisdiction of Shandong Province
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Chapter II Investment Principles

Article 5 Adhere to the principle of high quality and high efficiency
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Strictly implement the national industrial policy, support encouraged projects, strictly control restricted projects, and strictly prohibit eliminated projects
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Article 6 Adhere to the principle of safe development
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In accordance with the requirements of relevant regulations, do a good job in environmental impact assessment and safety production assessment to ensure that the safety and environmental protection facilities in the investment project are designed, constructed and put into operation at the same time as the main project
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Article 7 Adhere to the principle of green and low-carbon
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Implement the national dual-carbon strategy, strengthen technological innovation, improve the technical level of process equipment, and promote green transformation and circular low-carbon development in the industrial field
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Article 8: Adhere to the principle of agglomeration
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Promote chemical enterprises to enter the park, encourage enterprises to build chains, extend chains, supplement chains and strengthen chains, and promote the development of upstream and downstream coordination and industry coupling
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Chapter 3 Project Management

Article 9 Approval and filing agencies at all levels and other departments legally responsible for project supervision and management shall, according to the division of responsibilities, strictly implement relevant regulations on project approval and supervision, strengthen interim and ex post supervision, and increase supervision and guidance
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Article 10 In principle, chemical projects shall be implemented in chemical parks, specialized chemical parks and key monitoring points recognized by the provincial government, and shall comply with the national land and space planning
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Among them, the chemical projects to be built during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period in key areas along the Yellow River should enter the compliance industrial park
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Article 11 For a new project for the production of hazardous chemicals (see the latest version of the "Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals" for details), the investment in fixed assets shall in principle be no less than 300 million yuan (excluding land costs); The projects of the Encouraged Category in the Guiding Catalogue of Industrial Structure Adjustment and the Catalogue of Industries for Encouraging Foreign Investment, as well as relocation and entry projects, are not subject to the investment limit of 300 million yuan
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Article 12 Non-key monitoring point chemical enterprises outside the park may implement environmental pollution control and safety hazard control projects on the spot in the original factory area, without investment limit, but may not increase production capacity
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Article 13 Chemical projects that meet one of the following conditions, unless otherwise stipulated by the state, may be implemented outside chemical parks, specialized chemical parks and key monitoring points recognized by the provincial government, and are not subject to investment restrictions
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(1) 2625 Organic fertilizer and microbial fertilizer manufacturing, 2682 cosmetics manufacturing, 2683 oral cleaning products manufacturing, 291 rubber products industry projects
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(2) Non-hazardous chemical projects whose EIA categories are report forms and registration forms listed in the "Catalogue of Environmental Impact Assessment Classification Management of Construction Projects"
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(3) Extraction of bromine from seawater or brine, collection of carbon dioxide, new large-scale metallurgical projects supporting coking and gas production, chlorine consumption and hydrogen consumption projects for chlor-alkali enterprises, and pilot projects for renewable energy hydrogen production, hydrogen production and hydrogenation integrated stations
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Article 14 Strictly restrict the construction of new projects of highly toxic chemicals.
In principle, the number of highly toxic chemicals production enterprises will only be reduced but not increased
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Chapter IV Approval and Filing

Article 15 The provincial government's approval and filing authority is responsible for approving the newly-built oil refining and expansion of primary oil refining projects listed in the relevant plans approved by the state, and the newly-built ethylene, p-xylene (PX), and diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) projects; New coal-to-olefins, new coal-to-paraxylene (PX) projects, new coal-to-methanol projects with an annual output of more than 1 million tons, and projects that require provincial approval or filing for upgrading management
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Article 16 The approval and recordation authority of the municipal government divided into districts shall be responsible for the approval or recordation of hazardous chemical projects for new construction, expansion, reconstruction of new production capacity, and technological transformation of new production capacity beyond the provincial authority
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Article 17 The county (city, district) government's approval and filing authority is responsible for the filing of hazardous chemical projects that do not increase production capacity, technological transformation projects that do not increase production capacity, and non-hazardous chemical projects
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Chapter V Supplementary Provisions

Article 18 These regulations shall come into force from the date of promulgation and shall be valid for 5 years
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The "Notice of the General Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province on Printing and Distributing the Regulations on the Administration of Chemical Investment Projects in Shandong Province" (Lu Zheng Ban Zi [2019] No.
150) shall be repealed at the same time
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