Illegal landfill of chemical wastes hidden in the depths of one meter underground in a rice enterprise in Jiangsu Province

On September 23, netizens posted that Jiangsu Puxin Rice Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Puxin Rice Industry) located in Xinjie Town, Taixing City, had underground suspected chemical waste landfills. On the afternoon of September 24, Wu Xiaoping, director of the Taixing Environmental Protection Bureau, confirmed the news to the Modern Express. It was revealed that the case had been solved and three people had been arrested and brought to justice. Puxin rice industry was fined 3.15 million yuan for starting construction without EIA.

Original Title: Chemical Waste Illegally Landfill This Land Now Builds Rice Mills - Enterprises involved are fined 3.15 million without EIA

Taixing Environmental Protection Bureau said that Jiangsu Puxin Rice Industry Co., Ltd. had environmental violations of construction without environmental assessment. According to the Environmental Impact Assessment Law just implemented on September 1st, enterprises are ordered to stop project construction immediately and to inform them of administrative penalties of less than 1% and 5% of the total investment. According to Puxin rice industry's total investment of 105 million yuan, it will face a fine of 3.15 million yuan. At present, the construction site has been guarded and protected by the public security department, and no unrelated personnel are allowed to enter the site.

According to an insider, in August 2012, someone found him to transport waste from Taixing Yulang Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. at No. 18 Tongyuan Road, Taixing Economic Development Zone, to the site of Jiangbei Dyestuff Chemical Factory in Taixing City, at a price of 800 yuan per car. According to the person familiar with the matter, the waste is uniformly packed in barrels, with solid chemical products such as red and black, and some liquids, which emit a pungent smell. In an abandoned chemical plant, a pit about 10 meters long, 3 meters wide and 6 meters deep has been excavated. Fearing burial, the insider helped transport a truck of waste and made an excuse to leave.

According to the Taixing Environmental Protection Bureau, on the morning of September 24, Taixing Environmental Protection Bureau and the Public Security Bureau cooperated closely to crack the case of illegal landfill of hazardous wastes. Jiangsu Puxin rice industry construction site is the original Taixing Jiangbei Dyestuff Chemical plant. The reporter consulted industrial and commercial data and found that the main business of Jiangbei Dyestuff Chemical Plant in Taixing City is the manufacture of dyes and sulfur yuan. Puxinmi mainly deals in rice processing and marketing. Wu Xiaoping, director of Taixing Environmental Protection Bureau, told reporters that Huang Mou, the former legal representative of Jiangbei Dyestuff Chemical Plant in Taixing City, had been filed at 5 a.m. on the 24th, and the public security department was stepping up its examination. Two other suspects were arrested in the daytime on the 24th. Whether this case is related to Taixing Yulang Chemical Industry is still under investigation.

Taixing Environmental Protection Bureau said that Jiangsu Puxin Rice Industry Co., Ltd. had environmental violations of construction without environmental assessment. According to the Environmental Impact Assessment Law just implemented on September 1st, enterprises are ordered to stop project construction immediately and to inform them of administrative penalties of less than 1% and 5% of the total investment. According to Puxin rice industry's total investment of 105 million yuan, it will face a fine of 3.15 million yuan. At present, the construction site has been guarded and protected by the public security department, and no unrelated personnel are allowed to enter the site.