Chinanews.com, August 28th. This morning, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference. Liu Zhiquan, Director of the Department of Environmental Impact Assessment and Emission Management of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said in response to a reporter’s question that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment had falsified and shoddy environmental assessment documents. , Irresponsibility Always adhere to a zero tolerance attitude, discover together, severely punish together, and expose together.
Data map: Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
Liu Zhiquan said that in March this year, the "Shenzhen Bay Waterway Dredging Project (Phase I) Environmental Impact Report (Draft for Review)" was discovered by the public during the publicity stage, and there were serious quality problems such as obvious false basic information and false content. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment immediately instructed the local eco-environmental departments to seriously investigate and deal with in accordance with the law. The Shenzhen Municipal Eco-Environmental Bureau completed the administrative punishment procedure in May this year and made it public on the official website, and fined the construction unit Shenzhen Transportation Bureau and Guangdong Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center. 1 million yuan and 2 million yuan; the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the author of the environmental impact assessment document, will be fined five times the cost of the environmental impact assessment, a total of 3.2 million yuan, and 15 points will be scored for dishonesty; A penalty of prohibiting the preparation of environmental impact assessment documents for 5 years, and 20 points for dishonesty. It demonstrates the determination to consolidate the main responsibility of the construction unit, regardless of whether it is an agency, institution or enterprise; it implements the direct responsibility of the environmental impact assessment unit, regardless of the nature and size of the unit, and it is equal; both the responsibility of the unit and the individual are pursued and implemented according to law "Double penalty system."
Liu Zhiquan pointed out that recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has concentrated on the ecological environment departments of six provinces (regions) including Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Sichuan, and has transferred the 10 environmental impact assessment documents found in the supervision of the serious quality problem clues, and requested that the implementation be carried out according to law. Investigate and collect evidence, investigate and punish existing illegal acts in accordance with the law, and those suspected of crimes will also be transferred to judicial authorities for criminal responsibility. The follow-up investigation and processing results will be disclosed to the public in a timely manner by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and all localities.
Liu Zhiquan stated that in the next step, the review of environmental impact assessment documents will be increased in key areas, petrochemical and chemical industries, and key compiling units and personnel, and all environmental assessment documents approved throughout the country since 2020 will be included in the big data smart check, and continue to advance Construction of an environmental assessment credit system.