Responsibilities of local agencies about supervision of extraction and use of water resources in Vietnam

Regulations on responsibilities of local agencies about supervision of extraction and use of water resources in Vietnam

Responsibilities of local agencies about supervision of extraction and use of water resources are specified in Clause 2, Article 14 of Circular 17/2021/TT-BTNMT, as follows:

1. Provincial People’s Committees shall direct Departments of Natural Resources and Environment and relevant authorities and units in building stems of network infrastructure, servers and supervision software in accordance with this Circular; building database of measurement and monitoring information and data obtained from works for extraction and use of water resources licensed by provincial People’s Committees;

2. Departments of Natural Resources and Environment shall:

a) Update information on effective water resources licenses issued by provincial People’s Committees to the database of information on shared water resources licenses of central and local governments;

b) Manage, operate, maintain and upgrade local supervision systems; report results of extraction and use of water resources within provinces to provincial People’s Committees;

c) Organize the management and supervision of water resources extraction and use in cases subject to licensing by provincial People’s Committees and cooperate with the Department of Water Resources Management in carrying out supervision in cases subject to licensing by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;

d) Provide guidance on connecting and transmitting data to local supervision systems for establishments extracting and using water resources which are licensed by provincial People’s Committees;

dd) Carry out inspections of compliance with regulations on supervision or handle within their competence or request a competent authority to handle the violations of this Circular committed by establishments within their provinces.

Best Regards!