1、 Scope of Implementation
According to the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China, the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations on the Administration of Pollutant Discharge Permits, and the Shanghai Environmental Protection Regulations and other relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this city,The implementation scope of automatic monitoring of fixed pollution sources in this city includes:
（1） Polluting units included in the list of key water and gas polluting units;
（2） National and local regulations require the installation of automatic monitoring for polluting units.
After on-site verification, if the polluting unit does not have the technical conditions for automatic monitoring and installation of pollutants, it should carry out key operating parameters for pollutant generation, treatment and discharge status, water and electricity consumption of main facilities, and video monitoring of key locations for corresponding production facilities. If there are relevant standards or regulations in the country or this city, follow their regulations.
2、 Overall requirements
（1） Setting up sewage outlets.Polluting units should identify all pollution sources and discharge outlets based on the production process, production and discharge links, and the treatment process of pollution treatment facilities, and set up discharge outlets and sampling platforms that meet the requirements for monitoring in accordance with regulations. Wastewater discharge outlets should comply with the requirements of "Technical Requirements for Standardized Treatment of Pollutant Discharge Outlets (Trial)", "Technical Specifications for Installation of Online Monitoring Systems for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 353), and "Technical Specifications for Sewage Monitoring" (HJ 91.1). Waste gas discharge outlets should comply with the requirements of "Determination of Particulate Matter and Sampling Methods for Gaseous Pollutants in Fixed Pollution Sources" (GB/T 16157), "Technical Specifications for Fixed Source Waste Gas Monitoring" (HJ/T 397), "Technical Specifications for Continuous Monitoring of Flue Gas (SO2, NOX, Particulate Matter) Emissions from Fixed Pollution Sources" (HJ 75), and "Comprehensive Emission Standards for Air Pollutants" (DB31/933).
（2） Data collection and transmission.
1. All pollutant concentration data, water quality, and flue gas parameters are obtained from real measurements. The on-site automatic monitoring equipment shall not have any data simulation software, analog signal generator, hidden operation interface, remote login software, or any other functions or loopholes for filtering data, limiting data upper and lower limits, and modifying monitoring data and equipment parameters to falsify data. New automatic monitoring equipment data cannot be processed by an industrial computer before being sent to a data acquisition and transmission device. It must be directly transmitted to the monitoring platform of the ecological environment department through the data acquisition and transmission device. Polluting units should complete the elimination of industrial control computers in conjunction with equipment updates.
2. The data transmission between the on-site end and the monitoring platform shall comply with the "Data Transmission Standard for Pollution Source Online Automatic Monitoring (Monitoring) System" (HJ 212), the "Notice on Strengthening the Automatic Monitoring and Supervision Law Enforcement of Domestic Waste Incineration Power Plants" (Environmental Office Law Enforcement [2019] No. 64), and the "Rules for Marking Automatic Monitoring Data of Pollutant Discharge Units in Thermal Power, Cement and Paper Industries (Trial)" (Law Enforcement Letter [2020] No. 21). The data collection and transmission instrument shall meet the "Technical Requirements for Pollution Source Online Automatic Monitoring (Monitoring) Data Collection and Transmission Instrument" (HJ 477), and other software or equipment that may interfere with the storage, processing, and transmission of monitoring data shall not be added. It is encouraged to use data collection and transmission instruments that have obtained the "China Environmental Protection Product Certification Certificate". The sentence is:.
（3） Construction progress。Polluting units that issue pollutant discharge permits shall complete the construction, networking, and filing of automatic monitoring of fixed pollution sources within 6 months from the date of issuance; Other polluting units shall complete the construction, networking, and filing of automatic monitoring of fixed pollution sources within 6 months from the date of inclusion in the installation scope of automatic monitoring of fixed pollution sources in this city. Polluting units should conduct inspections of existing automatic monitoring equipment in accordance with the "Technical Specifications for Installation of Online Monitoring Systems for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 353), "Technical Specifications for Operation of Online Monitoring Systems for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 355), and "Technical Specifications for Continuous Monitoring of Fixed Pollution Source Smoke (SO2, NOX, particulate matter) Emissions" (HJ 75). Following the principle of "old first, new later, old utilization and conservation", the equipment should be updated and renovated step by step to ensure that the sewage treatment plant is fully completed by the end of 2022 and other polluting units are fully completed by the end of 2023.
（4） Data application.Polluting units bear the main responsibility for the automatic monitoring data review of fixed pollution sources, and are responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the data. From the date of filing, the automatic monitoring data of fixed pollution sources can serve as the basis for environmental law enforcement and management.
3、 Construction and installation
（1） Polluting units shall carry out the construction of fixed pollution source automatic monitoring equipment based on the following relevant situations and requirements. The requirements for automatic monitoring equipment in construction projects shall be implemented in accordance with the following:
1. Polluting units involved in heavy metal emissions shall install water quality automatic samplers at the discharge outlets of workshop treatment facilities and the main discharge outlet for wastewater discharge; The organized waste gas emission monitoring project should include particulate matter, flue gas flow rate or flow rate, and the flue gas emission monitoring project should also include oxygen content, flue gas temperature, flue gas pressure, flue gas moisture content, etc.
2. Sewage treatment plants should install automatic monitoring equipment at the inlet and outlet, including flow rate pH、 Chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus, and total nitrogen. The monitoring projects for wastewater discharge from other polluting units should include flow rate pH、 Chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen, characteristic pollutants including total nitrogen and total phosphorus, monitoring items should also include total nitrogen and total phosphorus.
3. The sewage monitoring project of medical institutions should include flow rate and total residual chlorine.
4. For boilers or gas turbines with a rated evaporation capacity of 20 tons per hour and a rated power of 14 megawatts or more, monitoring items should include boiler load, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, oxygen content, flue gas temperature, flue gas pressure, flue gas flow rate or flux, flue gas moisture content, etc; Industrial furnaces and other waste gas emission devices with a designed hourly emission of 60000 cubic meters or more should include monitoring items such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, oxygen content, flue gas temperature, flue gas pressure, flue gas flow rate or flow rate, and flue gas moisture content. If the aforementioned exhaust gas emission device uses natural gas as fuel, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter may not be monitored and controlled; For those using processes such as blast furnace gas to produce gas as fuel, particulate matter may not be monitored based on the fuel condition.
5. Solid waste incineration and discharge units (including domestic waste incineration and discharge units) should monitor sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, oxygen content, hydrogen chloride, flue gas temperature, furnace temperature, flue gas pressure, flue gas flow rate or flux, flue gas moisture content, etc.
For domestic waste incineration and pollution discharge units, the furnace temperature includes the temperature of the section where the secondary air injection point of the incinerator is located, the lower section of the furnace, the middle section of the furnace, and the upper section of the furnace. The specific requirements refer to the "Automatic Monitoring Data Marking Rules for Domestic Waste Incineration Power Plants" (Announcement No. 50 of 2019 by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment).
For solid waste incineration and discharge units other than household waste incineration, the furnace temperature includes the temperature of the lower section, middle section, and upper section of the furnace, and at least one thermocouple temperature measuring point should be set up.
6. Polluting units involved in organized emission of VOCs waste gas shall have organized discharge outlets for VOCs waste gas with a designed air volume greater than 10000 cubic meters per hour in their treatment facilities. For non combustion methods used to treat VOCs, monitoring items should include non methane total hydrocarbons, flue gas temperature, flue gas pressure, flue gas flow rate or flux, flue gas moisture content, etc; In addition to the monitoring items mentioned above, nitrogen oxides should also be monitored when using combustion methods to control VOCs. For VOCs single indicators with clear emission limits in the "Emission Standards for Pollutants from Petrochemical Industry" (GB 31571-2015), "Emission Standards for Pollutants from Petroleum Refining Industry" (GB 31570-2015), and other industry standards, polluting units should also choose key discharge outlets to pilot automatic monitoring of key indicators.
Due to limitations in monitoring technology and equipment, the import of VOCs treatment facilities and the discharge of flare systems are temporarily not included in the installation scope, and will be separately regulated after relevant technical requirements are issued.
7. If there are clear provisions in other laws, regulations, standards, technical specifications for the application and issuance of pollutant discharge permits, self monitoring technical guidelines for pollutant discharge units, and relevant management requirements, pollutant discharge units should also comply with their provisions.
（2） The installation of automatic monitoring equipment for fixed pollution sources shall comply with the following relevant technical requirements:
1. Chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus, total nitrogen pH、 Flow automatic monitoring equipment should meet the requirements of "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Chemical Oxygen Demand (CODCr) Water Quality Online Automatic Monitoring Instrument" (HJ 377), "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Ammonia Nitrogen Water Quality Online Automatic Monitoring Instrument" (HJ 101), "Technical Requirements for Total Phosphorus Water Quality Automatic Analyzer" (HJ/T 103), "Technical Requirements for Total Nitrogen Water Quality Automatic Analyzer" (HJ/T 102), "Technical Requirements for pH Water Quality Automatic Analyzer" (HJ/T 96), "Technical Specifications for Installation of Water Pollution Source Online Monitoring System (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 353), etc. It is encouraged to use products listed in the "Qualified List of Water Quality Online Automatic Monitoring Instrument Testing". The aforementioned automatic monitoring equipment should also have the automatic standard sample verification function as specified in the "Technical Specifications for the Operation of Online Monitoring Systems for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 355).
2. The automatic monitoring instrument for total residual chlorine in sewage of medical institutions shall comply with the technical specifications of this city (Attachment 1).
3. The water quality automatic sampling unit of the online monitoring system for water pollution sources should meet the requirements of the "Technical Specifications for Acceptance of Online Monitoring Systems for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 354).
4. Water quality automatic samplers installed by pollutant discharge units involving heavy metal emissions shall meet the technical requirements of automatic samplers for pollution sources in this city (Attachment 2).
5. Automatic monitoring equipment for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and flue gas parameters should comply with relevant specifications such as the "Technical Specification for Continuous Monitoring of Fixed Pollution Source Flue Gas (SO2, NOX, particulate matter) Emissions" (HJ 75) and the "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Continuous Monitoring System of Fixed Pollution Source Flue Gas (SO2, NOX, particulate matter) Emissions" (HJ 76). It is encouraged to use products listed in the "List of Qualified Manufacturers for Continuous Automatic Monitoring System (CEMS) Certification and Testing of Smoke and Dust Flue Gas".
6. Other automatic monitoring equipment such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, and furnace temperature used in facilities such as household waste incineration should meet the requirements of the "Notice on Strengthening the Automatic Monitoring and Supervision Law Enforcement of Household Waste Incineration Power Plants" (Environmental Management Law Enforcement [2019] No. 64), the "Regulations on the Application and Management of Automatic Monitoring Data in Household Waste Incineration Power Plants" (Order No. 10 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment), and the "Rules for Marking Automatic Monitoring Data in Household Waste Incineration Power Plants" (Announcement No. 50 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in 2019).
7. Non methane total hydrocarbon automatic monitoring equipment should meet the requirements of "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Non methane Total Hydrocarbon Continuous Monitoring System of Fixed Pollution Source Waste Gas" (HJ 1013) and "Technical Guidelines for Continuous Monitoring of Non methane Total Hydrocarbon Emissions in Fixed Pollution Source Waste Gas (Trial)" (Environmental Monitoring Letter [2020] No. 90).
4、 Internet registration
（1） The automatic monitoring equipment for fixed pollution sources is an integral part of pollution control facilities, and the polluting units are responsible for the normal operation of pollution control facilities. They are responsible for networking the automatic monitoring equipment with the ecological environment department to ensure multiple transmissions and achieve networking with the three-level monitoring platforms of districts, cities, and ecological environment departments.
（2） Polluting units shall organize timely acceptance, and only equipment systems that pass the acceptance can be put into use. If the main or core components of the equipment (including data acquisition and transmission devices) are replaced, the sampling position or installation position changes, etc., the acceptance should be reorganized.
（3） Polluting units shall submit relevant materials of pollution source automatic monitoring equipment to the competent ecological environment department for registration and filing within five working days after the equipment acceptance is qualified.
5、 Operation and maintenance
（1） The operation and maintenance of automatic monitoring equipment for fixed pollution sources shall be carried out in accordance with the "Technical Specification for Continuous Monitoring of Fixed Pollution Source Smoke (SO2, NOX, Particulate Matter) Emissions" (HJ 75), "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Continuous Monitoring System of Fixed Pollution Source Smoke (SO2, NOX, Particulate Matter) Emissions" (HJ 76), "Technical Specification for Operation of Online Monitoring System for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 355), "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Continuous Monitoring System of Non methane Total Hydrocarbons in Fixed Pollution Source Waste Gas" (HJ 1013), and "Data Transmission Standard for Online Monitoring (Monitoring) System of Pollution Sources" (HJ 212).
（2） The reagents, standard substances, and quality control samples required for on-site automatic monitoring equipment of fixed pollution sources should indicate important information such as preparation unit, preparation personnel, preparation date, substance concentration, and expiration date.
（3） Polluting units shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the national and local regulations on the operation, use, management system, and ledger of fixed pollution source automatic monitoring equipment, maintain, verify, and calibrate the automatic monitoring equipment, and be responsible for the authenticity and integrity of the ledger. The retention period of the ledger shall not be less than five years.
（4） Polluting units may entrust ecological environment monitoring socialized service agencies with corresponding capabilities to be responsible for the operation and maintenance of fixed pollution source automatic monitoring equipment. If the polluting unit has the corresponding operation and maintenance capabilities, it can also be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the fixed pollution source automatic monitoring system on its own.
（5） If the automatic monitoring equipment for fixed pollution sources malfunctions and cannot be used normally, the polluting unit shall report to the ecological environment department with jurisdiction within 12 hours. The automatic monitoring equipment for water pollution sources shall comply with the requirements of "9 Maintenance and Fault Handling" in the "Technical Specifications for Operation of Online Monitoring Systems for Water Pollution Sources (CODCr, NH3-N, etc.)" (HJ 355). The automatic monitoring system for gas pollution sources should be implemented in accordance with the requirements of "11.5 Common Fault Analysis and Troubleshooting" in the "Technical Specification for Continuous Monitoring of Fixed Pollution Source Smoke (SO2, NOX, Particulate Matter) Emissions" (HJ 75).
（6） During the shutdown period of the automatic monitoring equipment for fixed pollution sources, the polluting units shall, in accordance with relevant technical specifications, use manual self-monitoring and other methods to monitor the emission status of pollutants, and submit monitoring data to the ecological environment department with jurisdiction. The manual monitoring data of wastewater pollutants shall be submitted no less than 4 times a day, and the monitoring interval shall not exceed 6 hours; The manual monitoring data of exhaust gas pollutants shall be submitted at least once a day. If manual monitoring is not carried out, data supplementation shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of "12.2 CEMS Data Invalid Time Period Data Processing" in the "Technical Specification for Continuous Monitoring of SO2, NOX, and Particulate Matter Emissions from Fixed Pollution Sources" (HJ 75).
（7） It is prohibited to dismantle or idle fixed pollution source automatic monitoring equipment without authorization. If the polluting unit needs to dismantle or idle the fixed pollution source automatic monitoring equipment, it shall report to the competent ecological environment department for approval 30 days before dismantling or idle.
（8） Polluting units should carry out information disclosure work in accordance with the requirements of the "Management Measures for Legal Disclosure of Enterprise Environmental Information" and other regulations.
6、 Related legal responsibilities
（1） If the polluting unit fails to complete the relevant procedures such as automatic monitoring equipment construction, networking, acceptance, and filing within the prescribed time, it shall be dealt with in accordance with relevant regulations.
（2） If a polluting unit engages in any of the following behaviors, it shall be deemed that the automatic monitoring equipment is not functioning properly:
1. Failure to maintain in accordance with technical specifications, where the ecological environment department conducts comparative sampling of automatic monitoring equipment or uses standard substances or quality control samples, and the test results do not meet the requirements of technical specifications;
2. Abnormal correlation between production conditions, operation of pollution control facilities, and automatic monitoring data of polluting units;
3. Automatic monitoring equipment malfunctions and cannot operate normally, without reporting according to regulations;
4. The data transmission rate does not meet the relevant technical requirements;
5. Abnormal operation of automatic monitoring equipment caused by other reasons.
（3） The acts of tampering, forgery, or instructing tampering or forgery of automatic monitoring data are defined in accordance with the "Measures for the Determination and Handling of Fraudulent Environmental Monitoring Data".
（4） Those who illegally discharge pollutants by failing to install automatic monitoring equipment according to regulations, operating automatic monitoring equipment abnormally, or tampering or forging automatic monitoring data to evade supervision may be dealt with by the competent ecological environment department in accordance with Article 63 of the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, Article 71 of the Shanghai Environmental Protection Regulations, and the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Environmental Pollution Criminal Cases (Interpretation [2016] No. 29).
7、 Other
If the requirements for automatic monitoring in this city are inconsistent with these regulations, these regulations shall prevail.
8、 Implementation date
This regulation shall come into effect on [date] in 2022 and shall be valid from the date of implementation until [date] in 2027.
Attachment: 1. Technical Requirements for Automatic Monitoring Instrument of Total Residual Chlorine in Medical Institution Sewage
2. Technical requirements for automatic water quality samplers for fixed pollution sources
Annex 1
Technical requirements for automatic monitoring instrument of total residual chlorine in medical institution wastewater
1、 Overall requirements
1. Medical institutions should install automatic monitoring devices for total residual chlorine at the sewage discharge outlet, which should be connected to the ecological environment department to ensure one point multiple transmission and achieve networking with monitoring platforms at the district and city levels.
The "Discharge Standards for Water Pollutants in Medical Institutions" (GB 18466-2005) require the use of chlorine containing disinfectants to control the emission limit (daily average) of total residual chlorine, which is 6.5-10mg/L. When the total residual chlorine automatic monitoring data shows abnormal values, medical institutions should adjust sewage disinfection measures in a timely manner: when the data is below 6.5mg/L, disinfection should be strengthened; When the data is higher than 10 mg/L, the amount of disinfectant added to the sewage should be controlled.
2、 Technical requirements
1. Measurement range and working conditions of the instrument
(1) Measurement range: 0-20mg/L;
(2) Resolution: ≤ 0.01 mg/L;
(3) Response time: ≤ 60s;
(4) Working voltage: (220 ± 10%) V;
(5) Operating environment: -10 ℃ to 50 ℃, relative humidity within (65 ± 20)%, no condensation;
(6) Environmental requirements: The surrounding environment of the instrument should ensure the absence of corrosive gases or liquids, significant vibrations, strong magnetic and electric fields, etc;
(7) Performance requirements: The instrument should have functions such as setting, calibration, power-off protection, fault alarm, and display of time, parameters, measured values, etc.
3、 Management ledger requirements
1. The management ledger of the total residual chlorine automatic monitoring instrument includes the instrument manual, instrument installation and acceptance records, as well as daily inspection, calibration, maintenance, consumable replacement, comparative monitoring and other operational records. The retention period of the ledger shall not be less than five years
2. The operation records should be truthful, complete, accurate, and properly stored. On site records should be promptly filled out on site.
3. The data from the automatic monitoring instrument, data acquisition instrument, and monitoring platform should be consistent. Historical monitoring data should be kept for at least one year.
Annex 2
Technical requirements for automatic water quality samplers for fixed pollution sources
1、 Overall requirements
On the basis of meeting the basic requirements of "Technical Requirements and Testing Methods for Water Quality Automatic Samplers" (HJ/T372), the water quality automatic sampler should have functions such as access control management, video surveillance, and report query.
2. The automatic water quality sampler should be connected to the ecological environment department to ensure multiple transmissions and achieve networking with the district and city level monitoring platforms.
2、 Technical requirements
1. The automatic water quality sampler should have multiple sampling methods such as timing, flow triggering, and remote start, and have the functions of collecting instantaneous and mixed water samples, automatic rinsing and emptying, and sample retention. Record and upload information such as the time, amount, triggering method, and bottle number of each sampling to the monitoring platform. Equipped with historical data storage and report query functions, achieving automatic saving of set parameters without loss during power outages.
2. The automatic water quality sampler must have electronic access control, control permissions, and video monitoring functions. It can store the opening information of the access control (including opening and closing time and door access card information) as well as the image information of the operator, and upload it to the monitoring platform in real time to prevent tampering with the sample and ensure that the storage of the sample meets regulatory requirements.
3. The automatic water quality sampler should have a constant temperature unit to ensure that the storage environment for water samples is controlled at around 4 ℃, and meet the requirements of the "Regulations on the Storage and Management of Samples" (HJ 493) for retention in low light conditions of 1-5 degrees.
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