China News Network, Hangzhou, April 27 (Reporter Qian Chenfei) On the 27th, the reporter learned from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment that China ’s first case of illegal use of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) constituted an environmental pollution crime and was sentenced to criminal punishment. Huzhou City of the province pronounced the sentence. The legal representative of Huzhou Deqing Minghe Thermal Insulation Material Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Minghe Company”) Qi Moumou illegally used trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11, commonly known as Freon) to produce a combination of polyethers, which was used by the local court for the environment. The pollution crime was sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined 50,000 yuan, and the enterprise was fined 700,000 yuan.
From June to August 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment carried out special ODS enforcement actions nationwide, and sent 11 working groups to carry out special inspections in key ODS provinces and cities. Among them, the Zhejiang Working Group's unannounced inspection of Minghe Company found that the raw materials of the enterprise's ledger were abnormal on the warehouse receipt, and the CFC-11 record appeared on some hand-written production distribution convenience strips. The company passed in 2017 The EIA examination and approval document clearly stated that it mainly used polyether polyols, monofluorodichloroethane (HCFC-141b) blowing agent and other raw materials to produce and sell combined polyethers.
According to the characteristics of ODS, the local ecological environment department samples and inspects the residual liquid in the production reactor of the enterprise, organizes personnel to go to the field to trace and trace the source of the refrigerator and freezer production enterprises that purchase white materials downstream, and entrusts the technical unit to calculate the production process of Minghe Company. Emissions of environmental pollution, and illegal income of enterprises. On the basis of investigation and evidence collection, Qi Moumou, the legal representative of the enterprise, admitted the illegal use of ODS and explained the source and quantity of ODS purchases.
After Qi Moumou was controlled by the public security department, both upstream suppliers and enterprise participants escaped. The public security and procuratorial departments of the Huzhou Deqing Task Force intervened in advance to strengthen the joint force of the investigation office. Public security and environmental protection formed a joint pursuit team, and rushed to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Yuzhou City, Henan Province, Linyi City, Shandong Province and other places to arrest the upstream supplier Han Moumou and all four people were arrested. At the same time, the company's two sales staff also successfully persuaded the investment and adopted compulsory measures. At this point, all the people involved in the entire case were arrested and returned to court.
It is reported that Minghe was sentenced to a fine of 700,000 yuan for the crime of polluting the environment for illegally using CFC-11 production polyether, and recovered more than 1.4 million yuan of illegal income. The company's legal representative Qimou was sentenced to 10 months in prison for environmental pollution , And fined 50,000 yuan. The case is also the first case in China's polyurethane foam industry that has been sentenced to actual sentence for illegal use of ODS. (Finish)