The Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspector Strikes Back
Where else Is "Emphasis on Development and Protection"
"In 2018, nine cities and prefectures in the province failed to implement the national assessment requirements for restricted development areas and continued to assess economic indicators such as GDP. At the same time, the restrictive indicators of green development cannot fall. The content of these types of binding indicators is generally lacking or missing or lowering the standard. "Recently, the Central Fifth Ecological Environmental Protection Inspectorate Group reported back to Gansu Province on the inspection situation and pointed directly to the ecological environment of the province.
Similar problems exist not only in Gansu Province. Recently, as the inspectorate team has feedback to some regions on the situation of inspectors, many regions or enterprises have been pointed out that development is still more important than protection.
The inspection team reported to Hainan Province that the situation of investigating and inspecting Hainan Province is still relatively common.
The original Hainan Provincial Department of Land and Resources adjusted two illegal stone mining projects in Ma'anling in Ledong County and Chahe Sanshiling in Changjiang County to mine restoration and management projects in June 2016, but the adjusted amount of stripped stone and the original mining rights are allowed The mining volume is basically the same, and mining is carried out in the name of governance. Lingshui County is still blindly arranging a large number of real estate and high water consumption projects in the coastal zone under the situation that the contradiction between supply and demand of water resources is very prominent, and the natural coastline and coastal protection forests are heavily occupied. The local ecological environment is seriously threatened.
In giving feedback to Fujian Province, the inspection team bluntly stated that "the concept of stressing development rather than protecting in some places has not been fundamentally reversed, and some even require protection to make way for development."
The inspection team found that in order to make room for the construction project, Ningde City illegally adjusted the scope and functional zoning of the water bird mangrove nature reserve in the Sanduao Wetland in 2012 and 2015 twice, resulting in a sharp reduction in the area of the nature reserve to 2442.64 Hectares, a reduction of 94%. The Sanming City Party Committee Government and the provincial housing urban and rural construction, natural resources and other departments have not performed their environmental protection management duties in accordance with law. They have found reasons and openings for the retention of mining rights for the two limestone mines of Yongan Jinyinhu Cement Co., Ltd. The ecological protection of the key stone scenic spots in the hidden stone forest has a greater impact.
During the inspection in Chongqing, the inspection team found that "some localities and departments have insufficient awareness and insufficient consciousness in their efforts to promote ecological environmental protection."
Chongqing Municipality and Wushan County two levels of economic and information departments know that the Chongqing Mining Development Co., Ltd. JT kiln cement production line should be phased out by the end of 2012, but they have not been included in the phase-out plan. Wushan County has long allowed the enterprise to produce illegally, and even after the production license of the enterprise expires, it also came forward to coordinate with the relevant parties to renew the production license for the enterprise, which led to the long-term illegal discharge of the enterprise and the destruction of the ecology, which threatened the protection of the Yangtze River. .
In addition, Tongnan District of Chongqing City has introduced 20 industrial projects banned by planning in the Tongnan Industrial Park (North District), which has caused environmental problems in the park to be prominent, and the public has expressed strong responses, especially the problem of odor disturbing the public. Up to 625. The centralized wastewater treatment facilities of more than 60 mustard processing enterprises in Dianjiang County are generally operating irregularly. The industrial integration and upgrading of more than 1,900 "hardware" processing enterprises in Longshui Town, Dazu District have been slow to advance, and regional environmental problems have not been effectively resolved for a long time. There are also some districts and counties that do not pay enough attention to the ecological and environmental issues around the masses. The inspection team spot-checked 29 mass reports and found that 7 cases were not handled in place. For example, Dianjiang County reported back to Chongqing Tuokai Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. that the public reported the pollution and harassment problem without in-depth investigation.
"I don't have a deep understanding of the implementation of the strategic decision of the Yangtze River Protection, and the concept of 'grasping the big protection and not carrying out large development' is not firm enough." The inspection team spoke outspokenly when feedback to Chongqing on the situation of the inspection. As an important city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Chongqing has also been pointed out that there are still weak links in the management and repair of the Yangtze River coast. Ports and docks were illegally constructed in some places, occupying and destroying shorelines. For example, there are 7 illegal docks in the Fuling section of the Yangtze River and Wujiang River. Wanzhou District Huage Biochemical Co., Ltd.'s 20,000 ton tetrachloropyridine project site is located within 1 km of the main stream of the Yangtze River, which violates relevant national requirements. However, the Wanzhou District Government and the Wanzhou Economic Development Zone Management Committee have tacitly approved the project construction. The project environmental impact assessment report was approved in April 2019, and the project was not stopped until the inspection team discovered it.
Qinghai Province, which needs to protect the Three Rivers, was also pointed out in this inspection that "there is a gap in implementing the concept of ecological priority and green development."
The inspection team found that as one of the earliest 13 circular economy pilot areas in the country, the Qaidam circular economy pilot area, four soda ash production companies in the pilot area have long-term discharge of ammonia steam waste into the drying pond for evaporation treatment, with annual emissions up to 30 million tons. Lack of overall planning and layout for the utilization and protection of salt lake resources, basically in the state of "development with salt lakes"; poor implementation of "fixing production with water", some enterprises have long-term violations of large-scale water withdrawals, and some enterprises have long-term violations of dams to draw water and destroy rivers and lakes Natural ecology, the Qinghai Salt Lake Group illegally diverted about 100 million cubic meters of water from the Golmud River in 2018 alone. Relevant departments did not pay attention to it and did not supervise it. The acquiescence was allowed, which led to the intensification of salinization and desertification in some regions.
The inspection team pointed out that the forestry and grass departments of Qinghai Province did not carry out the investigation of grassland ecology and basic conditions within the required time, and the work of confirming natural resources and other rights was slow to proceed. Provincial Development and Reform, Energy, Industry and Information Departments have not issued the implementation rules to win the blue sky defense battle according to the regulations, and the goals of controlling total coal consumption and reducing non-electricity coal consumption have not been achieved, especially in 2018, non-electricity coal consumption increased by 225 Ten thousand tons. In addition, the Manchagou sand quarry in Jimai Town, Dari County occupies more than 110 acres of natural grassland without authorization, illegally encroaching on the Jimai River channel, causing serious ecological damage and outstanding environmental impact. In Zeku County, Huangnan Prefecture, the site of the landfill of Maixiu Town was located in Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve without authorization, and the hidden environmental risks were prominent.
In this inspection, central enterprises were included in the scope of inspection for the first time. The inspection team found that China Minmetals Group Co., Ltd. had specific problems in its expansion and environmental protection. In order to enter the field of rare earths, Minmetals Group still knows that the production capacity of Ganxian Hongjin Company is inconsistent with the completion of the acquisition; it has allowed Ganxian Hongjin, Dingnan Dahua and other enterprises to be built without approval. It issued production task indicators that exceeded the EIA's approved production capacity.
Luzhong Mining, a subsidiary of Minmetals, even used the caving method to mine, which resulted in 11 hectares of collapsed land in the mining area and did not carry out land reclamation work. In addition, some subordinate enterprises have weak awareness of environmental compliance. Since 2015, only 11 provinces (autonomous regions) including Liaoning, Jiangsu, and Hunan have imposed more than 120 penalties on environmental violations by Minmetals Group companies. Enterprises such as MCC Shaanxi Heavy Industry Equipment Co., Ltd., Hunan Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd., Hengyang Shuikoushan Jinxin Lead Industry Co., Ltd., etc. do not even accept non-cooperation with local supervision.
The inspection team found that China Chemical Oil & Gas Co., Ltd. condoned Shandong Changyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and other five subsidiaries to illegally produce and sell unqualified diesel. In 2018 alone, it sold more than 800,000 tons, and the sulfur content exceeded the standard by 985 times. Sewage from production enterprises such as Sichuan Zigong Honghe Chemical Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Lanxinghuo Organic Silicone Co., Ltd. has been discharged for a long time, and directly enters the tributary of the Yangtze River.
“In recent years, China ’s chemical industry has also faced serious problems of heavy scale expansion and low development quality. As of the end of 2018, 47 of the 69 local state-owned enterprises that have been merged and acquired since the establishment of the company in 2004 have gone bankrupt, cancelled, ceased production or become zombies , Or transfer of property rights, leaving a large number of outstanding ecological and environmental problems. Some of China ’s chemical companies have weak awareness of environmental laws and regulations. Since 2013, 65 production and operation companies have been administratively punished for environmental violations. " When inspecting the situation, the inspection team listed the questions one by one.
According to the requirements, the inspected places and enterprises should study and formulate rectification plans based on the inspection reports, and submit them to the Party Central Committee and the State Council within 30 working days.
Newspaper Beijing, May 11th
China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Zhang Min Source: China Youth Daily