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Regulation of Guangdong Province on Environmental Protection Promulgation date: 09-24-2004 Effective date: 01-01-2005 Department: GUANGDONG PROVINCE Subject: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Announcement of the Standing Committee of the Tenth Peoples Congress of Guangdong Province(No.33)The Regulation of Guangdong Province on Environmental Protection, which was adopted at the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th Peoples Congress of Guangdong Province on September 24, 2004, is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of January 1, 2005.Standing Committee of the Peoples Congress of Guangdong ProvinceSeptember 24, 2004Regulation of Guangdong Province on Environmental ProtectionChapter I General ProvisionsArticle 1 The present Regulation is formulated in accordance with the Environmental Protection Law of the Peoples Republic of China and other laws and regulations for the purpose of protecting and improving the living environment and ecological environment, preventing and controlling pollution and other public hazards, safeguarding human health, and promoting the sustainable economic and social development, and in light of the actual situations of this Province.Article 2 The present Regulation shall apply to the protection and improvement of living environment and ecological environment, and the prevention and control of such pollutants and other public hazards as waste gas, waste water, waste residues, dust, malodorous gases, radioactive substances, and noise, vibration and electromagnetic radiation, etc. within the administrative division of this Province.Article 3 The peoples governments at each level shall be responsible for the environmental quality within their respective administrative divisions, implement the leadership responsibility system for environmental quality, fulfill annual goals and tasks of environmental protection set for their terms of office, and make the environmental quality of their jurisdictions up to the pre