A tank truck in Shouyang, Shanxi drains cement waste directly into the river: Environmental Supervision has filed a case and is testing water quality
The Paper Journalist, Liao Yan, and intern Jiang Longqing
Recently, some netizens broke the news that the construction party of the Shouyang section of Shanxi Jinzhong of the Xiyu Expressway discharged the cement in the tanker into a tributary of the Xiaohe River.
The online video showed that the words "Shanxi Road and Bridge Group" were printed on the tank body, which caused concern.
On the morning of September 14, a staff member of the Supervision Brigade of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Shouyang County, Jinzhong, Shanxi, told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that on September 7, they received a call to report the aforementioned situation.
On September 9, the staff of the bureau cooperated with the staff of Songta Town to investigate the reported bridge in Hetou Village.
At present, this matter has been filed for investigation, and related water quality tests have been carried out simultaneously, and the specific results have not yet come out.
According to the aforementioned staff, the incident occurred on September 4 when a concrete mixing tanker was casting the piers of No. 1 Bridge in Hetou. The driver arbitrarily poured 0.2 cubic meters of waste into the watercourse of the Papaya River, a tributary of the Xiaohe River, which belongs to Shouyang County. The upstream stage of Songta Reservoir.
Information from the official website of the Shouyang County People’s Government shows that Songta Reservoir is located on the Songta River, the main tributary of the Xiaohe River, the main tributary of the Fen River. The dam site is in Xicaozhuang, Shouyang County. Comprehensive utilization of large reservoirs.
According to an earlier report by People's Daily Online, Zhang Aijun, director of the Shouyang Branch of the Jinzhong Ecological Environment Bureau, said that the dumped vehicle in the online video is owned by Shanxi Road and Bridge Group, but its management is managed by a third party Shouyang County Shengyuan Trading Co., Ltd. , The driver involved has been fired.
Under normal conditions, the concrete mixing tank truck should pull the waste in the tank back to the mixing plant for precipitation treatment.
On the afternoon of the 13th, the case trial committee of the bureau has completed its internal audit and will impose a top-notch penalty in accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 85 of the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China and impose a fine of 200,000 yuan.
According to information released on the official website of Shanxi Communications Holding Group Co., Ltd. on December 26, 2019, Shanxi Road and Bridge Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, is an investor in the Xiyuci Expressway Connection Project.
At the groundbreaking ceremony, Han Wenjun, the deputy general manager of the group company, once said that it is necessary to work hard to create a "green, quality, safe, smart, clean and beautiful" boutique project.