Chinanews.com, February 3. According to the WeChat public account of "Qingfeng Pingdingshan", the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee of Pingdingshan City, Henan Province issued a circular on the investigation and accountability of the illegal disposal of hazardous waste by Yuhang Leather Goods Factory in Zhangliang Town, Lushan County on the 3rd. .

The report stated that the Pingdingshan Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision conducted an in-depth investigation into the illegal disposal of hazardous waste such as aluminum ash by the Yuhang Leather Factory in Zhangliang Town, and a total of 21 people were held accountable.

  On April 23, 2021, after the Central Fifth Ecological and Environmental Protection Supervision Group handed over the clues to the illegal production and disposal of aluminum ash slag, an employee of Lushan County Environmental Protection Bureau, Wang Bingfang and others, the Pingdingshan Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee attached great importance to it, and immediately established city and county levels. The investigation team conducted an in-depth investigation in accordance with regulations and disciplines, and seriously pursued accountability of relevant personnel who had neglected their duties in environmental supervision.

The notification is as follows:

  1. Regarding the illegal disposal of aluminum ash slag and other hazardous waste by Zhangliangzhen Yuhang Leather Goods Factory

  After investigation, in June 2019, Wang Bingfang, a former employee of the Environmental Protection Bureau of Lushan County, engaged in the business of processing aluminum ash slag and recycling metal aluminum together with Feng Yanwei, a villager in Zhangnan Village, Zhangliang Town, for illegal profit-making, and buried the generated waste aluminum ash in the In Yuhang leather goods factory run by Feng Yanwei and in the land 500 meters north of the factory.

Appraised by the Henan Provincial Institute of Eco-Environmental Sciences, the aluminum ash raw materials and dumped materials processed and disposed of by the factory belong to "hazardous waste". The burial site illegally occupied a total of 4.5 mu of cultivated land, including 1 mu of basic farmland. The waste aluminum ash was 16,819 tons, and the resulting environmental damage compensation amounted to more than 38.68 million yuan, and the soil and groundwater ecological environment damage amounted to more than 780,000 yuan.

The Lushan Branch of the Ecological Environment Bureau of Pingdingshan City (formerly Lushan County Environmental Protection Bureau), the Zhangliang Town People’s Government of Lushan County, and the Lushan County Natural Resources Bureau’s relevant personnel did not pay enough attention to the ecological environment protection work, lax law enforcement, and ineffective performance of duties. There are problems of dereliction of duty and responsibility in environmental supervision and farmland protection.

  2. Handling of responsible personnel

  A total of 21 people were held accountable in this case, of which 4 were transferred to the judiciary and sentenced to punishment, 4 were expelled from the party, 4 were dismissed from public office, 2 were dismissed from government affairs, and 3 were transferred from environmental protection jobs.

  Wang Bingfang, a former employee of the Lushan Branch of the Ecological Environment Bureau of Pingdingshan City, was dismissed from public office for violating national laws and regulations; he was sentenced to six years in prison by the judiciary for the crime of polluting the environment.

  Li Qingtao, the former squadron leader of the First Squadron (Zhang Liang Squadron) of the Environmental Supervision Brigade of the Lushan Branch of the Pingdingshan Ecological Environment Bureau, violated political discipline, violated the spirit of the eight central regulations, and violated national laws and regulations. He was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office; He was sentenced to one year and six months in prison by the judiciary for the crime of dereliction of duty in environmental supervision, suspended for two years.

  Li Sunan, former deputy squadron leader of the First Squadron (Zhang Liang Squadron) of the Environmental Monitoring Brigade of the Lushan Branch of the Pingdingshan Ecological Environment Bureau, violated political discipline, violated the spirit of the eight central regulations, and violated national laws and regulations, and was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office; He committed the crime of dereliction of duty in environmental supervision and was sentenced to one year and two months in prison by the judiciary, suspended for one year and six months.

  Tao Linchao, a former staff member of the First Squadron of the Environmental Supervision Brigade (Zhang Liang Squadron) of the Lushan Branch of the Ecological Environment Bureau of Pingdingshan City, was dismissed from public office for serious violations of his duties. Probation for one year.

  Liu Guangyue, the former director of the Zhangliang Town Environmental Protection Office in Lushan County, violated work discipline, was expelled from the party, dismissed from government affairs, and transferred from the environmental protection job.

  An Huayan, the former deputy director of the Zhangliang Town Environmental Protection Office in Lushan County, violated work discipline, was expelled from the party, dismissed from government affairs, and transferred from the environmental protection job.

  In addition, 5 people including Chen Xinxing, the former deputy secretary of the party group of Lushan County Natural Resources Bureau (in charge of overall work) who are responsible for leadership, and 7 people including Li Yongjun, head of the Environmental Monitoring Brigade of the Lushan Branch of the Pingdingshan Ecological Environment Bureau who violated work discipline, Three people, including Sun Zihe, the former head of the Zhangliang Town Land and Resources Institute in Lushan County, who violated work requirements, were given party discipline and government sanctions or organizational processing.