Thursday, October 27, 2005

Beijing News: SEPA orders city to postpone all construction projects

National Environmental Protection Agency orders a Jiaozuo City, Henan to postpone approval of all new construction projects - the first time the Agency has given such an order for all projects that fall within a single administrative entity. The CCTV television show, "Focal Point Discussion" (Jiaodian Fangtan), did a story on September 19th on the Jiaozuo Eastern Metals Company, Limited's polluting of the local environment, and the Agency then discovered they had begun operating without environmental authorization and their pollution violated environmental emissions standards. The EPA has ordered that the organ responsible for granting approval in such cases, Henan Province Metallurgy Research Center, stop this work for 12 months and reorganize. The EPA instructed Henan's Provincial Economic Protection Bureau to deal strictly with the negligence of the Jiaozuo City Bureau. In this time, approval all projects in the city will be postponed. The Beijing News (10-19-2005), http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1019/05@022315.html.

环保总局严惩一环污案

www.thebeijingnews.com ·2005 年10月19 日2:23· 来源:


  对焦作市辖区内各类新建项目暂缓审批,在国内尚属首次

  本报讯(记者马力)对于近期《焦点访谈》节目曝光的河南省焦作东方金铅有限公司严重污染环境案件,国家环保总局昨天提出处理意见,在整改期间,环保总局对焦作市辖区内各类新建项目暂缓审批,这是环保总局首次对于一个区域内的项目暂缓审批。

  今年9月19日,中央电视台《焦点访谈》对焦作东方金铅有限公司严重污染当地环境事件进行报道。环保总局组织调查发现,该公司 2003年6月未 经环保审批即开工建设,2004 年4月建成并擅自投入试生产。试生产期间,由于污染治理设备非正常运行,二氧化硫等污染物超标排放,严重污染了周边大气环 境。

  环保总局新闻发言人说,东方金铅有限公司严重违反相关规定,建议地方政府对该企业依法严肃处理。

  而作为该项目委托的环评机构———河南省冶金研究所,国家环保总局决定给予其12 个月停止环评业务工作限期整改的处罚。

  这位发言人表示,对于焦作市环保局的失职行为,环保总局责成河南省环保局进行严肃处理。在整改期间,国家环保总局对焦作市辖区内各类新建项目暂缓审批。这次暂缓审批一个区域内的所有新建项目,环保总局环评司司长祝兴祥表示这还是第一次。

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