Guiding Case No. 130: Chongqing Municipal People's Government and Chongqing Liangjiang Volunteer Service Development Center v. Chongqing Zangjinge Property Management Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Shouxu Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.
A licensed polluter that delegates waste treatment remains legally bound to ensure compliant operation. If it knows the contractor is discharging illegally and fails to stop or even facilitates the conduct, it bears joint liability for ecological damage.
Holding
A licensed polluter that delegates waste treatment remains legally bound to ensure compliant operation. If it knows the contractor is discharging illegally and fails to stop or even facilitates the conduct, it bears joint liability for ecological damage.
Issues
supervisory duty in delegated pollution treatmentjoint tort liabilityquantification of ecological remediation costs