On March 26, the Government Office issued Notice No. 3 on the conclusions of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting on reviewing and completing the draft Decree on management of dredging activities in seaports and coastal waters. inland water.
In the announcement, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Transport to continue studying and fully absorbing comments from delegates at the meeting, coordinating with relevant ministries and agencies to revise, supplement and complete. Draft Decree.
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The Deputy Prime Minister noted that it is necessary to carefully review the decentralization to localities to ensure the principle of unified state management of the maritime and inland waterway sectors from central to local levels, complying with legal regulations. relevant laws; Do not leave legal gaps or disrupt or affect maritime activities or inland waterways.
At the same time, review, supplement and adjust regulations to encourage and attract maximum social resources and legal capital sources outside the state budget to carry out dredging and operational management. maritime channels, inland waterways (enterprises are responsible for their own financial and economic performance...).
Meanwhile, state management agencies control planning, plans, standards, channel specifications, safety assurance, mineral resources, and the environment.
The main purpose of choosing investors is to carry out dredging and maintenance of maritime channels and inland waterways. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly and transparently regulate and control the recovery of products (sand, gravel, minerals...) from dredging activities to ensure general efficiency and avoid abuse of policies that cause harm. Negative impacts on security, safety, environment and landscape.
The Deputy Prime Minister also directed the Ministry of Transport to study the opinion of the Minister of National Defense to revise and supplement regulations in a direction that ensures principles of general application to dredging activities in seaport waters, Inland waterway waters in general and there are specific regulations for dredging activities serving military and defense purposes.
At the same time, receive opinions from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on compliance with regulations on dumping dredged material at sea; Requirements for protecting river beds, banks and beaches; requirements for activities in water source protection corridors; Regulates the responsibilities of the Provincial People's Committee for planning and arranging sea dumping areas and dredged material dumping areas on shore.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Transport to study the opinions of the Ministry of Planning and Investment on: criteria and conditions for competent agencies to consider and approve organizations and businesses to dredge cargo channels. public navigation and inland waterways with capital mobilized by enterprises themselves.
In case an enterprise proposes to dredge public navigation channels along with investing in seaport construction; regulations on the use of legal sources of capital outside the budget.
