The grassland dug up by the State Power Investment Corporation's Huolinhe Coal Mine is back
Central ecological and environmental protection inspectors urge central enterprises to regain their responsibilities
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From being named by the inspection team to becoming an ecological mine model, it took only more than two years for SPIC Huolinhe Coal Mine.
In the view of SPIC Huolinhe Coal Mine, it is the inspection team that allows enterprises to regain the ecological and environmental responsibilities of central enterprises; it is the inspection team that makes enterprises go further and further and smoother on the road to win-win economic development and ecological protection.
□ Our reporter Yan Jianrong
After being named by the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Team, two years later, when the Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Team (hereinafter referred to as the inspection team) returned to the State Power Investment Corporation Inner Mongolia Huolinhe Open-pit Coal Company Huolinhe Open-pit Coal Mine (hereinafter referred to as State Power When I invested in the Huolinhe Coal Mine) the north and south mining areas, I could not find the way back then.
The inspection team saw that the grassland dug up by the State Power Investment Corporation's Huolinhe coal mine had returned.
In June 2018, the second central environmental protection inspection team went to the State Power Investment Corporation's Huolinhe Coal Mine to conduct a "look back" inspection.
The problem of the destruction of nearly 86 square kilometers of grassland in Horqin grassland due to 40 years of mining in Huolinhe Coal Mine of State Power Investment Corporation has also been exposed.
Not only that, the inspection team also found that in 2017, the investment in the North Open-pit Coal Mine of Huolinhe Coal Mine of State Power Investment Corporation for grassland ecological restoration was “1 cent per ton of coal”.
Since then, the inspection team publicly exposed the ecological damage of the Huolinhe Coal Mine of SPIC as a typical case.
The inspection team pointed out that as a subsidiary of a central enterprise, the State Power Investment Corporation Huolinhe Coal Mine has not fulfilled its main responsibility for ecological restoration.
Under the heavy hammer, SPIC Huolinhe Coal Mine awakened and regained the ecological and environmental responsibilities of central enterprises.
In 2019, SPIC's investment in ecological restoration and treatment of the South and North Open-pit Coal Mines of Huolinhe Coal Mine was increased to "5 yuan per ton of coal", which was a total increase of 500 times compared with 2017.
The Horqin grassland, which was once exposed, was re-covered with green clothing.
Ecological protection as a top priority
In June 2018, the inspection team conducted an inspection of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to "look back".
The inspection team accidentally saw two large pits on the Horqin grassland on the plane from Hohhot to Huolin Gol.
The next day, the inspection team went to the scene to investigate the two pits.
After on-site investigation, the inspection team verified that since the 1970s, the State Power Investment Corporation's Huolinhe Coal Mine had been digging coal on the Horqin Grassland.
As of June 2018, the grassland area dug up by the State Power Investment Corporation's Huolinhe Coal Mine reached 86 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the built-up area of a medium-sized city.
The inspection team pointed out that as the main responsible unit, the State Power Investment Corporation Huolinhe Coal Mine has long failed to promote the restoration and governance of the mine geological environment, illegally occupying grasslands, weak awareness of ecological protection, and serious environmental violations.
Regarding the problems pointed out by the inspection team "looking back", whether it is the Huolinhe Open-pit Coal Mine of Inner Mongolia Huolinhe Open-pit Coal Company or its superior enterprise, State Power Investment Corporation Inner Mongolia Energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Inner Mongolia Company), attaches great importance to it.
In particular, the Inner Mongolia company acted quickly, "taking the implementation of the central inspection and rectification requirements as the top priority of the ecological and environmental protection work."
The relevant person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company told the inspection team that, in accordance with the general requirements of the governance goal of "a major change in one year, complete rectification in three years, and building a benchmark for green mines in my country’s alpine regions" With resource investment, Inner Mongolia Company implemented rectification and reform in an all-round way.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company, in response to the problems raised by the "look back" inspectors, the company established an ecological restoration governance leading group headed by the main person in charge, with an office stationed at the site to coordinate and resolve governance issues in a timely manner.
The subordinate "two places of Minmetals" respectively established ecological and environmental protection departments, which are specifically responsible for ecological restoration and governance; at the same time, they formulated the "Open-pit Mine Ecological Recovery Management Measures" and "Coal Sector Ecological Recovery Management Standards" to provide management basis for ecological restoration and governance.
The person in charge said that the company also entrusted the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences to compile a special treatment plan for the No. 1 open-pit mine, and the overall plan and annual design of the ecological restoration design for the "two places and five mines" in 2018-2020; and commissioned the China Coal Shenyang Design Institute to compile No. Green mine construction planning and design of open-pit mine.
In 2019, including the North and South mining areas, the interim goals of "a major change in one year" and "make up old accounts without owing new accounts" were achieved.
In late September this year, when the inspection team came to the North and South Mine of Huolinhe again, the relevant person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company told the inspection team that as of early July this year, the company’s mining area had completed the two-level natural resources department of Tongliao City and Huolin Gol City. The ecological restoration treatment was checked and accepted on site, and the goal of "three years of thorough rectification" was achieved ahead of schedule.
Increase investment in ecological restoration and governance
The serious shortage of investment in ecological restoration and governance is one of the main reasons for the destruction of Horqin grassland.
In 2018, when the inspection team "looked back", it was verified that during the six years from 2013 to 2018, the State Power Investment's Huolinhe Coal Mine invested only 4.19 million yuan in reclamation funds, of which, in 2017, the coal output of the North Open-pit Mine reached 9.99 million Tons, the reclamation fund is only 100,000 yuan, and the investment per ton of coal is only 1 cent; the coal output of the South Open-pit Mine is as high as 17.99 million tons, the reclamation fund is only 850,000 yuan, and the investment per ton of coal is less than 5 cents.
In response to the problem of insufficient investment, the person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company said that the entire mining area has increased its capital investment. Among them, the investment in ecological restoration and treatment of south and north open-pit coal mines has been raised to the standard of "5 yuan per ton of coal in 2019".
The company proposes to invest as needed in subsequent years to ensure governance effects.
From "1 cent per ton of coal to 5 yuan per ton of coal", the investment in ecological restoration and treatment of Huolin Henan and North Open-pit Mines of Inner Mongolia Company has increased by 500 times.
The person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company said that in 2018 and 2019, the "two places and five mines" of the Inner Mongolia company completed the ecological restoration and management of about 756 million yuan; the No. 1 open-pit mine (south and north open-pit mines ) The investment is about 265 million yuan.
The person in charge said that due to real attention and investment, the Huolinhe No. 1 Open-pit Mine (namely the South and North Open-pit Coal Mines) owned by the Inner Mongolia Company has completed the ecological restoration of the 2074 mu dump site that the inspection team pointed out lagging behind. , Also completed the historical debts of 8,906 mu of ecological restoration.
According to his introduction, this year, the Inner Mongolia company "two places and five mines" plans to complete the ecological restoration area of 27,300 mu of dumping ground, and plans to invest 598 million yuan.
Among them, the No. 1 open-pit mine (south and north open-pit coal mines) plans to complete the ecological restoration of 4386 mu of newly-placed dumps, and plans to invest 151 million yuan.
As of the end of June this year, 96% of the planned soil-covering projects have been completed; 90% of the planned soil improvement; 69% of the planned tree planting completed; 66% of the planned shrub planting completed; 74% of the planned pasture planting completed .
According to the project image progress, it is estimated that the "two places and five mines" completed a capital investment of 214 million yuan, of which the No. 1 open-pit mine (south and north open-pit coal mines) completed a capital investment of 67 million yuan.
The relevant person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company said that, including the No. 1 open-pit mine, the company has carried out high-standard rolling reclamation on the terrace area, increased the reclamation rate and vegetation coverage, and minimized the impact on the grassland ecology.
At the same time, the "big pit" formed by open-pit coal mining was also started to control.
The Inner Mongolia company requires that all its affiliated companies fully and effectively implement the overall green development plan issued by the company, formulate implementation plans for green mine construction, study and set 10 benchmark indicators such as vegetation coverage, formulate and implement action measures, and coordinate the promotion of the "two places five The construction process of the “mine” green mine continues to build a benchmark for green mines in the alpine regions of northern my country.
Transform into an ecological mine model
According to the person in charge of the Inner Mongolia company, on June 18 and 23, Huolin Gol City Natural Resources Bureau and Tongliao City Natural Resources Bureau respectively organized experts to the Huolin Henan and North Open-pit Coal Mine sites to check and accept ecological restoration and governance. The conclusions of the two acceptance inspections both concluded that the ecological restoration and rectification work of Huolin Henan and North Open-pit Coal Mines met the requirements of the central environmental protection inspector's "look back" feedback and agreed to pass the acceptance.
On July 3, the Natural Resources Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region agreed to accept the materials for the review, rectification, acceptance and sales of the Huolin Henan and North Open-pit Coal Mines.
On July 6, the Tongliao Municipal Government submitted to the Autonomous Region Department of Natural Resources the application for acceptance of the sales number and relevant materials for the rectification of the acceptance sales number.
According to reports, in 2020, the Inner Mongolia company’s "two places and five mines" mine geological environment governance restoration fund will allocate 823 million yuan for ecological restoration and governance.
On this basis, optimize the mining design, reduce the land occupation of the dumping yard, and the annual land use of the quarry is greatly reduced. Among them, the North Mine will achieve complete internal drainage this year, and the internal drainage time of the remaining four mines will be 1 to 2 years earlier than the original plan; Supplementing vacancies to improve vegetation coverage, systematically considering ecological restoration and governance in all areas of coal mines; fully investigating the types of grassland species, increasing current pastures, shrubs, trees and other species year by year to maintain plant diversity.
In late September, when a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily followed the inspection team into the SPIC Huolin Henan and North Open-pit Coal Mines, they could no longer find their way to June 2018.
Pieces of Gesang flowers, Chinese pine and other perennial trees have also deeply rooted in the bare land that year.
The north-south mine is still the original north-south mine, but the road is no longer the original road, and the mountain is not the original mountain.
From being named by the inspection team to becoming an ecological mine model, it took only more than two years for SPIC Huolinhe Coal Mine.
In the view of SPIC Huolinhe Coal Mine, it is the inspection team that allows enterprises to regain the ecological and environmental responsibilities of central enterprises; it is the inspection team that makes enterprises go further and further and smoother on the road to win-win economic development and ecological protection.