Environmental impact assessment is a necessary procedure for enterprises to carry out construction projects. Its purpose is to evaluate the possible impact of the construction project on the environment, and formulate corresponding environmental protection measures and monitoring plans to ensure that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment. If the enterprise deliberately practices fraud in order to obtain the approval of the project, its behavior has constituted an illegal act. According to the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People's Republic of China, the relevant competent authorities have the right to take administrative punishment measures, including ordering corrections, fines, suspension or revocation of EIA documents, etc. In addition to administrative punishment, enterprises may also face other legal responsibilities, such as environmental pollution or ecological damage caused by environmental impact assessment fraud, and may face civil compensation or even criminal responsibility.
How to avoid EIA fraud? To avoid the falsification of EIA, it is necessary to establish the environmental awareness of enterprises and attach importance to environmental protection construction. Secondly, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision and audit of environmental assessment work and carry out environmental assessment work in strict accordance with relevant regulations. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the management and supervision of external environmental protection agencies or EIA consulting companies to prevent their misconduct.
It is illegal for enterprises to falsify EIA, which needs to be handled and punished by relevant departments. Enterprises should carry out their work in strict accordance with relevant regulations and strengthen their awareness of environmental protection construction when carrying out environmental assessment work. At the same time, strengthen the supervision and management of foreign environmental protection agencies or EIA consulting companies to prevent improper behavior.
Legal basis:
Article 24 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People's Republic of China only makes a general statement from five aspects: the nature, scale, location, production technology adopted or measures to prevent pollution and ecological damage. In this way, it leaves a huge discretionary space for the environmental protection department, and disputes are also prone to occur in the supervision process.