Principles and criteria for identification and classification of soil pollution areas in Vietnam
May I ask, what are regulations on principles and criteria for identification and classification of soil pollution areas in Vietnam? What are regulations on investigation and preliminary assessment of the quality of the soil environment; detailed investigation and assessment of soil pollution area in Vietnam? Please advice.
Principles and criteria for identification and classification of soil pollution areas in Vietnam
Pursuant to Article 6 of Circular 02/2022/TT-BTNMT stipulating the principles and criteria for identification and classification of soil pollution areas as follows:
1. The soil pollution area shall be classified according to criteria of source of residual contamination, possibility of spread of residual contamination and affected subjects.
2. The pollution level identification shall be subject to the total score for assessment of the criteria specified in Clause 3 of this Article.
3. The criteria for identification of pollution level of a soil pollution area and calculation of the score for the assessment of the criteria of the a soil pollution area shall comply with regulations of Form No. 01, Appendix I issued together with this Circular.
4. The soil environmental pollution area shall be classified according to one of the following three levels:
a) Pollution level: The total score for assessment of the criteria specified in Clause 3 of this Article shall be less than 40 points
b) Serious pollution level: The total score for assessment of the criteria specified in Clause 3 of this Article shall be from 40 points to 75 points.
c) Extremely serious pollution level: The total score for assessment of the criteria specified in Clause 3 of this Article shall be more than 76 points.
Investigation and preliminary assessment of the quality of the soil environment; detailed investigation and assessment of soil pollution area in Vietnam
Article 7 of Circular 02/2022/TT-BTNMT stipulates the investigation and preliminary assessment of the quality of the soil environment; detailed investigation and assessment of soil pollution area as follows:
1. The agencies, organizations, community, households and individuals that use land of the areas specified in Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree No. 08/2022/ND-CP shall be responsible for making of reports on investigation and preliminary assessment of the quality of the soil environment; detailed investigation and assessment of soil environmental pollution areas, measures for treatment, improvement and remediation of the soil environment according to regulations of Forms No. 02, Form No. 03 and Forms No. 05 Appendix I issued together with this Circular.
2. Before December 25 every year, the People's Committee of province, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall summarize and send a list of existing polluted areas or polluted areas without identifiable perpetrators according to regulations of Form No. 04, Appendix I issued with this Circular to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
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