Sinochem news on August 4, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a "Notice on accelerating the solution of the current outstanding problems in the treatment of volatile organic compounds", for the current outstanding problems in the treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to investigate and rectify, to petroleum refining, petrochemical, synthetic resin and other petrochemical industries, Organic chemical industry, coal chemical industry, coking (including charcoal), pesticides, coatings, ink, adhesives and other chemical industries, and requires key areas of air pollution prevention and control before the end of October 2021, other areas before the end of December, organize enterprises to complete a round of screening work.

"Notice" proposed, first, to carry out key tasks and problems rectification "look back". All localities should systematically sort out various tasks and measures in the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Prevention and Control of Volatile Organic Matter Pollution, the Comprehensive Treatment Plan for Volatile Organic Matter in Key Industries, the 2020 Treatment Plan for Volatile Organic Matter, and the problems of VOCs treatment that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will provide in the summer ozone pollution control supervision and feedback in 2020. "Look back" on the completion of key tasks and rectification of problems. The "Looking Back" work will be completed by the end of September 2021.

Second, we should investigate and rectify the current prominent problems. Local governments should focus on petrochemical industries such as petroleum refining, petrochemical industry and synthetic resin, chemical industries such as organic chemical industry, coal chemical industry, coking (including charcoal), pesticide, paint, ink, adhesives and oil storage, transportation and marketing, and organize enterprises to focus on 10 key links such as volatile organic liquid storage tank, loading and unloading, waste gas collection, treatment facilities, gas stations and product VOCs content. Carefully check the air pollution prevention and control law, emission permits, relevant emission standards and product VOCs content limit standards, etc.

According to the circular, enterprises should be organized to complete a round of inspections by the end of October 2021 in key air pollution control regions and by the end of December in other regions. On the basis of self-inspection by enterprises, local ecological and environmental departments will organize a round of sampling tests, and form a list of enterprises in administrative areas to check and manage.

According to the circular, central enterprises such as petrochina, Sinopec, CNOOC, National Energy Group and SinochemChina should play an exemplary role, organize professional teams, conduct systematic checks on their subsidiaries and complete various governance tasks with high standards. Before the end of December 2021, summarize the group inspection list and treatment ledger and submit them to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

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