The “Release & Transfer Report Template for Hazardous Chemicals of Priority Environmental Concern (HCPECs) and their Characteristic Pollutants” is a supporting document released by the China MEP to implement the MEP Order 22, the regulation on environmental registration of hazardous chemicals. Released together with the Release & Transfer Report template is another template for the HCPEC environmental risk control plan. HCPEC companies are required to fill out the Report and the Plan based on the format of the issued templates and to document them with the local environmental agencies before Jan 31 each year.

The template for the transfer report consists of 7 forms:

• General information about the HCPEC company;

• Release& Transfer information about the HCPECs and their characteristic pollutants;

• Release & transfer amount of the HCPECs and the characteristic pollutants;

• Release& Transfer information about the HCPECs of the area;

• Release& Transfer information about the characteristic pollutants of the area;

• Summary of the HCPEC companies of the area;

• Summary of the HCPEC industries of the area;

The first 3 forms should be filled by the HCPECs companies and other 4 should be filled by the competent authorities of environmental protection on the country, city and provincial level. The capacity, consumption, release and transfer of the HCPECs and the pollutants, together with the calculation methods should be submitted to the MEP so that different level of authorities will be better informed of the environmental impacts. Demonstrations have been provided in the instructions.