What are the penalties for failure to have any work or equipment for in-situ wastewater or emission treatment at establishments, dedicated areas for production, industrial clusters in Vietnam?

What are the penalties for failure to have any work or equipment for in-situ wastewater or emission treatment at establishments, dedicated areas for production, industrial clusters in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 15 of the Decree 45/2022/NĐ-CP stipulating penalties for failure to have any work or equipment for in-situ wastewater or emission treatment at establishments, dedicated areas for production, industrial clusters in Vietnam as follows:

2. A fine ranging from VND 1,500,000 to VND 2,000,000 shall be imposed upon a household/individual business establishment generating wastewater or emission for failure to have any work or equipment for in-situ wastewater or emission treatment satisfying environmental protection requirements.

What are the penalties for failure failure to assign personnel to take charge of the environmental protection at establishments, dedicated areas for production, industrial clusters in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3.a Article 15 of the Decree 45/2022/NĐ-CP stipulating penalties for failure failure to assign personnel to take charge of the environmental protection at establishments, dedicated areas for production, industrial clusters in Vietnam as follows:

a) A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to assign personnel to take charge of the environmental protection as prescribed;

b) A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to promulgate regulations on environmental protection of the industrial cluster in conformity with required environmental protection requirements; failure to request a competent authority to take actions upon discovery of an offence against environmental protection committed by an organization or individual; failure to cooperate with a competent authority in environmental protection and inspection of environmental protection by investment projects and business establishments located in the industrial cluster;

c) A fine ranging from VND 30,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to maintain an adequate ratio of green space as prescribed; failure to install an independent electric meter at the centralized wastewater treatment plant; failure to have a manhole for sedimentation or separate oil scum in rainwater before discharge into a receiving body; keeping a centralized wastewater treatment system operation logbook which insufficiently records one of the following pieces of information: flow (input, output), typical parameters of input and output wastewater (if any); amount of electricity used; type and amount of chemicals used, sewage sludge generated; failure to archive a centralized wastewater treatment system operation logbook as prescribed;

d) A fine ranging from VND 50,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to have a logbook which records operation of the centralized wastewater treatment system;

dd) A fine ranging from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for completing the construction or installation of the operating industrial cluster's rainwater collection and drainage system in accordance with environmental protection requirements; failure to dredge, maintain or care the wastewater or rainwater collection and drainage system as prescribed; failure to have a rainwater collection and drainage system in each investment phase of the operating industrial cluster as prescribed; failure to have a rainwater collection and drainage system separated from the wastewater collection and drainage system as prescribed; accepting a new project or increasing capacity of the investment project that generates wastewater in the industrial cluster without a centralized wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system as prescribed;

e) A fine ranging from VND 100,000,000 to VND 150,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to completely collect or connect wastewater to establishments in the industrial cluster to the centralized wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system as prescribed (except for exemption from connection of treated wastewater permitted to be discharged into the environment outside the scope of the industrial cluster); building a wastewater drainage system failing to satisfy environmental protection requirements as prescribed;

g) A fine ranging from VND 150,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for constructing or installing a centralized wastewater treatment system against regulations or against environmental protection requirements as prescribed; failure to complete the construction or installation of the operating industrial cluster's wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system as prescribed; failure to operate or properly operate the operating industrial cluster's centralized wastewater treatment system as prescribed;

h) A fine ranging from VND 400,000,000 to VND 500,000,000 shall be imposed for building or installing equipment, pipes or other systems used for discharging untreated waste into the environment; failure to have a centralized wastewater treatment system as prescribed.

What are the penalties for failure to promulgate regulations on environmental protection of the industrial cluster in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3.b Article 15 of the Decree 45/2022/NĐ-CP stipulating penalties for failure to promulgate regulations on environmental protection of the industrial cluster in Vietnam as follows:

a) A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to assign personnel to take charge of the environmental protection as prescribed;

b) A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to promulgate regulations on environmental protection of the industrial cluster in conformity with required environmental protection requirements; failure to request a competent authority to take actions upon discovery of an offence against environmental protection committed by an organization or individual; failure to cooperate with a competent authority in environmental protection and inspection of environmental protection by investment projects and business establishments located in the industrial cluster;

c) A fine ranging from VND 30,000,000 to VND 50,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to maintain an adequate ratio of green space as prescribed; failure to install an independent electric meter at the centralized wastewater treatment plant; failure to have a manhole for sedimentation or separate oil scum in rainwater before discharge into a receiving body; keeping a centralized wastewater treatment system operation logbook which insufficiently records one of the following pieces of information: flow (input, output), typical parameters of input and output wastewater (if any); amount of electricity used; type and amount of chemicals used, sewage sludge generated; failure to archive a centralized wastewater treatment system operation logbook as prescribed;

d) A fine ranging from VND 50,000,000 to VND 60,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to have a logbook which records operation of the centralized wastewater treatment system;

dd) A fine ranging from VND 60,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 shall be imposed for completing the construction or installation of the operating industrial cluster's rainwater collection and drainage system in accordance with environmental protection requirements; failure to dredge, maintain or care the wastewater or rainwater collection and drainage system as prescribed; failure to have a rainwater collection and drainage system in each investment phase of the operating industrial cluster as prescribed; failure to have a rainwater collection and drainage system separated from the wastewater collection and drainage system as prescribed; accepting a new project or increasing capacity of the investment project that generates wastewater in the industrial cluster without a centralized wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system as prescribed;

e) A fine ranging from VND 100,000,000 to VND 150,000,000 shall be imposed for failure to completely collect or connect wastewater to establishments in the industrial cluster to the centralized wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system as prescribed (except for exemption from connection of treated wastewater permitted to be discharged into the environment outside the scope of the industrial cluster); building a wastewater drainage system failing to satisfy environmental protection requirements as prescribed;

g) A fine ranging from VND 150,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 shall be imposed for constructing or installing a centralized wastewater treatment system against regulations or against environmental protection requirements as prescribed; failure to complete the construction or installation of the operating industrial cluster's wastewater collection, drainage and treatment system as prescribed; failure to operate or properly operate the operating industrial cluster's centralized wastewater treatment system as prescribed;

h) A fine ranging from VND 400,000,000 to VND 500,000,000 shall be imposed for building or installing equipment, pipes or other systems used for discharging untreated waste into the environment; failure to have a centralized wastewater treatment system as prescribed.

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