China Consults on Technical Specification for Application and Issuance of Pollutant Discharge Permit for the Waste Resources Processing Industry

On March 4, 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued a notice ^[1] soliciting comments on the draft of its new standard, Technical Specification for Application and Issuance of Pollutant Discharge Permit for the Waste Resources Processing Industry. The standard will, along with other standards in the same series, help to strengthen the implementation of the pollutant discharge permit system and ensure the technical attainability of environmental management goals.