In the future, environmental assessments for all new chemical projects in Sichuan Province must include an environmental risk assessment. If there is no such evaluation, or if the content of the evaluation is not perfect, or if any problem is found in the evaluation, it will not be approved. On January 4, the Environmental Protection Bureau of the province issued the "Circular on Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessment Management to Prevent Environmental Risks" and acted as the 'No. 1 Document' in 2006 to carry out large-scale environmental risk investigations across the province.
The "Notice" requires that all development and construction in the three types of areas, the newly laid chemical and petrochemical concentration industrial parks, bases and other parks and bases with toxic and hazardous flammable and explosive substances must be subject to development and construction plans. . These three types of areas are: coastal areas along the rivers and lakes, especially drinking water source protection areas, nature reserves and important fishery water areas, and nearby areas of rare aquatic habitats; near densely populated residential areas; "Construction Project Environmental Protection Classification Management Catalogue" Other environmentally sensitive areas identified in and around it.
The "Notice" requires that new chemical and petrochemical construction projects and other construction projects with toxic and hazardous flammable and explosive substances be included in the environmental impact assessment documents of the construction project, and a special environmental risk assessment chapter must be added to carry out environmental risk assessment.