Article 47 The State carries out the system of registration of dangerous chemicals, and provides the technical and information support for the safety control over dangerous chemicals, accident prevention, and emergency rescue.

Article 48 Enterprises that manufacture or store dangerous chemicals, and units that use hyper-toxic chemicals and other dangerous chemicals that constitute serious hazard sources in quantity shall register dangerous chemicals with the organ responsible for registration of dangerous chemicals of the administrative department in charge of comprehensive management of economy and trade of the State Council. The specific measures for registration of dangerous chemicals shall be formulated by the administrative department in charge of comprehensive management of economy and trade of the State Council.

The organ responsible for registration of dangerous chemicals shall provide the data about registration of such chemicals to the administrative departments in charge of environmental protection, public security, quality control, health, etc.

Article 49 The administrative departments in charge of the overall work of supervision and administration of safety of dangerous chemicals of the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall jointly with other departments concerned at the same levels formulate the emergency rescue pre-proposals, and implement them upon approval of the people’s governments at the same levels.

Article 50 Units of dangerous chemicals shall formulate their own emergency rescue pre-proposals, assign the emergency rescue personnel, be equipped with necessary emergency apparatus and equipment, and organize the drilling at regular intervals.

The pre-proposal for emergency rescue in case of dangerous chemical accidents shall be submitted to the administrative department in charge of the overall work for the supervision and administration of safety of dangerous chemicals of the people’s government at the municipality level (with districts) for record.

Article 51 In case of a dangerous chemical accident, the person chiefly in charge of the unit involved shall, in accordance with the emergency rescue pre-proposal formulated by this unit, organize the rescue forthwith, and make a report to the local administrative department in charge of the overall work for the supervision and administration of safety of dangerous chemicals, the pubic security organ, the administrative department in charge of environmental protection, and the administrative department in charge of quality control respectively forthwith.

Article 52 In case of a dangerous chemical accident, the local people’s government concerned shall accomplish the command and leadership. The administrative department in charge of the overall work for the supervision and administration of safety of dangerous chemicals, the pubic security organ, and the administrative department in charge of environmental protection, health, etc. shall, in accordance with the local emergency rescue contingent proposals, organize the rescue without any delay or prevarication. The local people’s government and its departments concerned shall, in accordance with the following provisions, adopt the necessary measures to reduce the loss caused by the accident, and to prevent the accident from extending:

(1) They shall organize the rescue of the victims, organize the evacuation, or adopt other protective measures to protect other personnel in the hazard areas forthwith;

(2) They shall promptly control the hazard sources, inspect and monitor hazards caused by dangerous chemicals, and determine the accident’s hazard areas, properties of dangerous chemicals, and extent of hazard;

(3) They shall promptly adopt measures of enclosing, isolation, disinfections, etc. against the actual hazards caused to the human body, animals, plants, soil, water sources, and air caused by the accident and the contingent hazards; and

(4) They shall monitor and dispose of hazards caused by the accident until the national environmental protection standards are met.

Article 53 Enterprises that manufacture dangerous chemicals must provide the technical guidance and necessary assistance for the emergency rescue against accidents caused by dangerous chemicals.

Article 54 The administrative departments in charge of environmental protection shall announce in a unified way the information about the environmental protection caused by dangerous chemical accidents.

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