Chinese Updates: Environmental Standard Putting into Effect as of Nov. 1, 2012

Environmental Standard Putting into Effect as of Nov. 1, 2012

2012-11-09

National environmental standard
Technical requirements for environmental protection products —Portable cooking fume detector (HJ2526-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, strengthening management on emission of cooking fumes from the catering service and regulating the design and production of cooking fume detectors.
	The standard specifies the definition of cooking fume detectors, technical requirements, testing methods and rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage.
	It is applicable to instruments testing the level of cooking fume emissions through charge volume test.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection products— Fast analyzer for detergent in gasoline (HJ2525-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, reducing vehicle exhaust and supervising detergent added to gasoline.
	The standard defines the technical requirements, testing methods and rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage of analyzers testing the detergent in car gasoline and ethanol-gasoline through thin layer chromatography.
	The standard applies to fast analyzers for addition of sufficient detergent made up of PIBA and Polyethenoxyamines (molecular weight 600-1500) to car gasoline and ethanol-gasoline.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection products —Single screw pump (HJ2524-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, regulating the production and manufacturing of single screw pumps and upgrading the quality of this product.
	The standard defines the technical requirements, testing methods and rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage of single screw pumps.
	The standard applies to single screw pumps used for transporting water containing solid particles and fiber medium.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection product Electrostatic-fabric Integrated —Dust Collector (HJ2529-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, preventing and controlling air pollution, regulating the design, production, manufacturing, installation and check & acceptance of electrostatic-fabric integrated dust collectors.
	The standard specifies the terminology and definition of electrostatic-fabric integrated dust collectors, its naming, basic requirement, performance requirement, testing methods & rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage.
	The standard applies to technologies that install electric field area and fabric field area within one case which enables integrated dust collectors to combine electrostatic and fabric dust removal technologies.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection products membrane bioreactor (HJ2527-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, regulating the production and manufacturing of membrane bioreactors and improving the quality of the product.
	The standard specifies the definition of membrane bioreactors, its classification and naming, basic requirement, performance requirement, testing methods & rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage.
	The standard applies to membrane bioreactors for treatment or reuse of domestic sewage and industrial wastewater that can be treated biochemically with treatment capacity under 500 m3/d.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection product—Silencers for ventilation (HJ2523-2012 replacing HJ/T 16-1996)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution, improving the quality of silencers for ventilation and guiding R & D and production of the product.
	The standard specifies the technical requirement, testing methods & rules for silencers for ventilation.
	The standard applies to silencers for ventilation and air conditioning engineering.
	Silencers for ventilation (HJ/T 16-1996) will be abolished upon the implementation of this standard.
Guideline of specifications for environmental protection product (HJ2521-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, regulating the development of specifications for environmental protection products and promoting standardization of environmental products. The standard was prepared according to the standards of Directives for Standardization and special requirements of environmental products.
	The standard defines the basic principle, procedures, composing elements, the requirement for formulating composing elements and other requirements for preparing specifications for environmental products.
	The standard applies to the formulation and revision of specifications for environmental products.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection products —Hollow fiber membrane bio-reactor unit (HJ2528-2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, regulating the design and production of hollow fiber membrane bioreactor units and improving the quality of the product.
	The standard specifies the definition of hollow fiber membrane bioreactor units, their classification and naming, technical requirement, testing methods & rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage.
	The standard applies to submersed membrane bio-reactors for treating domestic sewage and industrial sewage that can be treated in biochemical method.
	This is the first issuance of the standard.
Technical requirement for environmental protection products —Ultraviolet disinfection equipment (HJ 2522—2012)	The standard was formulated for the purpose of implementing Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, regulating the production and manufacturing of ultraviolet disinfection equipment and improving the quality of the product.
	The standard specifies the basic requirement, performance requirement, testing methods & rules, marks, packaging, transport and storage of ultraviolet disinfection equipment.
	The standard applies to ultraviolet disinfection equipment used for sterilize drinking water, municipal sewage, reused water, hospital wastewater and raising farm wastewater.
The following standard will be abolished upon the implementation of the above regulations and standards:
Silencers for ventilation (HJ/T 16-1996)

(This English version is for your reference only.In case any discrepancy exists between the Chinese and English context, the Chinese version shall prevail.) For more information: http://english.mep.gov.cn/standards_reports/standards/Catalogue_Standards/201211/t20121109_241777.htm