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The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) promulgated an amendment to Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act on July 27, 2009, by which the scope of the designated and officially announced industries is expanded. The amendment will come into force on January 1, 2010.
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According to Article 8 of the Act, the transferor of land used by designated and officially announced enterprises shall provide soil pollution inspection data; a land transferor that fails to provide the required data shall bear the same responsibility as that of the landowner if such land is officially announced as a pollution control site or a pollution remediation site.
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According to Article 9 of the Act, before filing applications with the competent authorities of the industries concerned for establishment, or suspension or termination of operations, enterprises in the designated and officially announced industries shall submit to the local competent authorities for recordation the soil pollution inspection data regarding the land used or to be used by the enterprises.
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The EPA found that it is highly likely that the land used by some enterprises not included in the designated and publicly announced enterprises was also contaminated, and that the 17 designated and publicly announced industries under Articles 8 and 9 of the Act can no longer cover all the enterprises having contaminated sites. Therefore, the scope of the designated and officially announced enterprises was expanded by adding 13 industries to the list of designated and officially announced industries. The designated and officially announced industries added are as follows:
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Lumbering industries
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Fertilizer manufacturing industries
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Paint, varnish, dye, pigment manufacturing industries
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Steel and iron casting industries
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Aluminum smelting industries
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Aluminum casting industries
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Copper smelting industries
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Copper casting industries
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Metal heat treatment industries
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Passive electronic component manufacturing industries
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Optoelectronic material and component manufacturing industries
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Waste Disposal Industries
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Storage and transportation yards for petroleum industries
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