¡@¡@BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhuanet) -- China will have a new regulation on the charges for waste disposal and noise pollution as of July 1,an official with the State Environmental Protection Administration(SEPA) said Monday.

¡@¡@According to the regulation on the collection and use of waste charges, noises which are above the state standards for environmental noise will be charged as a new kind of waste. But noise damage is not covered by the fee and the noisemakers are notexempted from their legal responsibilities and other regulations they violate.

¡@¡@The fees will be collected according to the varieties and amounts of wastes.

¡@¡@All enterprises that discharge pollutants will be charged according to the regulation, regardless of their size.

¡@¡@The new regulation will replace the existing one that began to be implemented in 1982. Under the 1982 regulation, charges are imposed on the amount of waste beyond the state-set limit and small businesses will not pay the wastes they discharge.

¡@¡@"The implementation of the new regulation is a progressive steptoward better environmental protection," said Wang Jirong, deputy head of the SEPA. Enditem