Two polluting firms facing might of the law
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CHINA’S environmental authorities will punish two enterprises in Shanxi Province for excessive discharge of pollutants, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said yesterday.
The ministry’s online monitoring system detected that two coking plants affiliated with Shanxi Coking Group and Shanxi Sanwei respectively, had discharged excessive air pollutants since the beginning of the year.
Following heavy air pollution alerts in 14 cities, including Shijiazhuang in Hebei, Linfen in Shanxi, Heze in Shandong and Hebi in Henan, the ministry sent inspection groups to the cities, toughening scrutiny on polluters.
Inspectors found that six production lines of Shanxi Coking Group had failed to install or operate required anti-pollution facilities. The ministry ordered the provincial environmental protection authorities to investigate those enterprises. Those who tampered or falsified monitoring data would be taken into custody, the ministry said.
Inspectors also found that some enterprises failed to take effective measures following alerts, or their measures were impracticable, and that small and scattered factories in Hebei had illegal emissions of smoke and dust.
Smog has hit parts of northern and central China since Sunday. The smog, which engulfed Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi, is expected to last until a cold front comes to the rescue around Thursday.
People in affected regions were asked to take precautions and choose public transport services to cut emission and mitigate against pollution.
Severe smog triggered red alerts in more than 20 cities since January 1. Under red alerts, certain manufacturers are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from roads.
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