New regulations on hazardous waste transportation in Nghe An

Accordingly, in addition to the regulation that the scope of regulation is the routes in Nghe An, the subjects of application are agencies, organizations and individuals related to transportation.hazardous wasteandordinary industrial solid wastemust be treated on the roads in Nghe An. These waste groups are clearly defined according to the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection and Circular No. 02/2022 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Specifically, the Decision has the following main contents:

Workers of Thai Binh Nguyen Environmental Joint Stock Company in Quynh Luu sort waste for treatment. Photo: Nguyen Hai

+ Routes and time for waste transportation: In Vinh city and districts, all activities are allowed on the roads, except for prohibited routes according to regulations. For districts and towns, in addition to the roads in urban areas (urban roads) and roads outside urban areas (national highways, provincial roads, district roads and specialized roads... outside urban areas).

The pedestrian street on Ho Tung Mau and Nguyen Van Cu streets and some other main streets in Vinh City are prohibited for vehicles transporting hazardous substances. Photo courtesy of Nghe An Newspaper

+ Permitted transportation time: in Vinh city, for hazardous waste, from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the next day; for industrial solid waste: routes with limited traffic time are implemented according to Decision No. 70/2016/QD-UBND, Decision No. 30/2022/QD-UBND of the Provincial People's Committee and other legal regulations; other routes: transportation time is from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day.

Evidence of a hazardous waste transportation case seized by Nghe An Provincial Police's Environmental Police. Photo courtesy of Provincial Police

For districts and towns: hazardous waste from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the following day and regular industrial solid waste from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the following day.

+ In the above regulation, the Provincial People's Committee also assigns responsibility to relevant agencies and units in waste transportation, including waste source owners, transportation units, People's Committees of wards, communes, towns, and district-level People's Committees, responsible for declaring, managing and organizing transportation, strictly complying with legal regulations when transporting; managing and using meanstransport waste on the right routeand time, installationGPS deviceFor means of transport, have a plan to overcome problems and be responsible during the process of transporting waste according to regulations.

Environmental service company takes waste from rural areas for treatment. Photo: Nguyen Hai

The People's Committee assigned the departments, specifically the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the Department of Transport and the Provincial Police, according to their state management functions, to coordinate with each other to manage, monitor, supervise and handle waste transport vehicles according to regulations; check, remind and handle relevant units; provide operational data of waste transport vehicles through the journey monitoring system in the area when requested.

The Department of Information and Communications coordinates with the Department of Transport and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns and mass media agencies to organize propaganda so that agencies, organizations and individuals seriously implement this decision.

The Decision takes effect from January 18, 2023./.