Chinanews.com, May 6th. According to the WeChat official account of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in April 2021, the on-site inspection of the 5th Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Team found that Mantou Mountain in Boai County within the range of Beishan (Northern Mountain) in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province It has been illegally exploited and severely damaged the forests. Some stone processing enterprises listed in the "Green Mines" list in Ma Cun District have serious problems such as illegal cross-border mining.
The news pointed out that the second round of the third batch of the central ecological and environmental protection inspection team went deep into the front line and on-site, and verified a number of prominent ecological and environmental problems, verified a number of inactions, slow actions, unaccountable, uncompromising, and even perfunctory responses. , Falsification and other formalism and bureaucracy issues.
In order to play a warning role and effectively promote the rectification of problems, the inspection team conducted a centralized public notification of the fourth batch of 8 typical cases.
Among them, the problem of illegal mining in Beishan, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province is difficult to eliminate.
The details of this typical case are as follows:
basic situation
Beishan Mountain in Jiaozuo City belongs to the South Taihang Mountain, spanning three counties and four districts in Jiaozuo, covering an area of 820 square kilometers, accounting for one-fifth of the city's total area.
The area is rich in mineral resources such as coal and construction stones. Private mining was rampant in history. At its worst, the area of mountain damage reached hundreds of square kilometers. Illegal mineral product processing enterprises have backward facilities and extensive management, which seriously pollutes the surrounding atmospheric environment.
In recent years, Jiaozuo City has promoted Beishan ecological restoration and governance, and issued the first local regulation "Jiaozuo Beishan Ecological Environment Protection Regulations", which has achieved remarkable results. It was an advanced model of ecological restoration and governance of mines in Jiaozuo City and even Henan Province.
main problem
——Illegal mining and cross-border mining have been difficult to prohibit for many years
From September 2019 to January 2020, the original Taijiao high-speed railway project construction party illegally quarried about 1.56 million tons of quarry in Mantou Mountain, Bo'ai County, destroyed about 60 acres of shrubs, and did not implement the mine without obtaining a mining license. According to the relevant requirements of the development plan of "whoever destroys, whoever manages", barbaric mining formed a large number of steep slopes, leaving behind "a mess" and then went away.
There are also illegal cross-border mining activities in the area of Beishan Macun District. The comparative analysis of historical image data of satellite remote sensing monitoring found that Jiaozuo Leisheng Stone Processing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Leisheng Company) and Jiaozuo Shuangsheng Stone Processing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shuangsheng) Sheng Company) since the establishment of the factory in Macun District around 2012, it has violated the "Mineral Resources Law" for a long time and has not stopped mining even after this inspection.
Leisheng Company and Shuangsheng Company have accumulated more than 160 acres and 150 acres of illegal cross-border mining damage in the area of Beishan Ma Village, respectively. Among them, the newly damaged area since 2018 is about 98 acres and about 19 acres respectively.
The drone captured the ecological damage of Mantou Mountain in Bo'ai County, Jiaozuo City.
Image source: WeChat official account of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment
——The implementation of "development-based governance" policy is out of shape
The "Three-year Action Plan for Comprehensive Renovation of Open-pit Mines in Henan Province (2018-2020) Implementation Plan" proposes that all localities should increase the efforts to remediate the environmental problems left by the open-pit mines, and prevent the formation of high and steep slopes and serious visual pollution during the mining of construction stone. Remaining mountains, after strict planning and design, project demonstration, social publicity and approval by the provincial government, implement "development-style governance" through overall slope reduction or overall mining equality, and the treatment proceeds can be used for mine environmental restoration and governance as required. Emphasize resolutely to prevent "treatment projects" from becoming "mining projects."
The inspector found that there were many problems with Mantoushan's "development-style governance".
One is the non-compliance of the approval procedures.
Although Bo'ai County has compiled the original Taijiao High-speed Railway Mantou Mountain Earth Borrow (Rock) Mine Geological Environment Recovery and Treatment Project, it only filed it with the Beishan Ecological Environmental Protection Leading Group Office of Jiaozuo City (located in Jiaozuo City’s Natural Resources Department). Failure to report to Jiaozuo City Government for approval as required.
The second is to emphasize development and neglect governance.
Comparing the historical satellite remote sensing images in the Mantou Mountain area, it is found that the area of forest destruction in the surrounding mountains and forests has expanded from about 60 acres in April 2020 to more than 160 acres when the current round of inspectors moved in. 419,700 tons of stone materials have been sold, but only the design has been completed. About 38% of the total amount of rocks taken from slopes.
The third is to use the opportunity of "development-based governance" to make money by selling stone materials.
The data shows that the management plan clearly completes the management of Mantou Mountain's environmental restoration and management of about 22 million yuan, but the total amount of funds obtained by Bo'ai County through the auction of stone indicators in the "development-style governance" process exceeds 44 million yuan.
The damaged area of Mantou Mountain increased after "development-style management".
Image source: WeChat official account of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment
——Some "green mines" do not live up to their names
The green mine construction work plan formulated by Jiaozuo City in accordance with the unified requirements of Henan Province is clear. By 2020, the production mines of Jiaozuo City will gradually build green mines, and Macun District will take the lead in the construction of green mining development demonstration zones.
One of the prerequisites for green mines is not to mine mines beyond the scope. Leisheng Company and Shuangsheng Company have been mining beyond the boundary for a long time since their establishment. However, the local natural resources department not only lacked supervision on them, but also issued non-excessive mining. It turns out.
The inspector found that the production technology of the crushing workshop of Shuangsheng Company was backward, and the treatment facilities could not meet the pollution control standards. The company had been punished by the relevant departments many times for inadequate pollution control measures.
In November 2020, the implementation of the seventh pollution prevention and control battle of Henan Provincial Party Committee and the list of issues handed over by the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection Special Inspection Team to Jiaozuo City, there are Leisheng Company and Shuangsheng Company that have not covered the raw materials in place, and the mining area has suppressed dust Insufficient measures and other issues, but the two companies were still included in the Henan Provincial Green Mine List in the same batch in November 2020.
Cause Analysis
The news pointed out that the Party committee and government of Boai County and Macun District were not effective in implementing the "Regulations on Beishan Ecological Environment Protection in Jiaozuo City," and the problem of inaction and disorder was prominent.
The Boai County Party Committee and the county government did not carry out effective supervision on the illegal mining of Mantou Mountain, and promoted the "development-style governance" of the mine to be distorted and deformed, which caused the ecological damage area of Mantou Mountain to continue to increase. Conduct effective supervision of behavior, and it is not strict and untrue in the creation of green mines.
The inspection team will further investigate and verify the relevant situation, and do follow-up inspection work as required.