A ministerial letter was sent, and the deputy minister in charge personally went to the site to supervise, and the heads of relevant departments collectively interviewed the environmental protection director of the city … … It is rare to be so serious in law enforcement activities organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The end of this year is the deadline for cities above the prefecture level in 11 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt to complete the clean-up and rectification of illegal and illegal projects in centralized drinking water sources. As of September 15, 2017, there are still 52 problems that have not been effectively solved.
At present, it is only three months before the end of the year. At that time, can the illegal and illegal projects in the first-and second-level drinking water source protection areas in cities above the prefecture level in 11 provinces (cities) be cleared on time? In the view of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, there is only one answer — — Must be cleared. This is also an important reason why the Ministry of Environmental Protection has never dared to slow down.
In response to these 52 problems, the Ministry of Environmental Protection recently went to 11 provinces (cities) for on-site inspection again. From the inspection of Zhejiang and Hunan provinces by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which the reporter of Legal Daily participated in, some places have achieved remarkable results, and some places still have "hard bones" and "hard stubble" problems.
Nearly 90% of illegal projects have been cleaned up and rectified
Originating from the spirit of the important instruction of "Great Protection, No Great Development" put forward by the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has decided that it will take about two years from May 2015 to concentrate its efforts on carrying out special enforcement actions (hereinafter referred to as special actions) on centralized drinking water sources in cities above the prefecture level in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, giving priority to solving outstanding problems affecting the drinking water safety of the people.
The relevant person in charge of the Environmental Monitoring Bureau of the Ministry of Environmental Protection told the Legal Daily reporter that the special action focused on checking whether the centralized drinking water sources in 126 cities above the prefecture level in 11 provinces (cities) of the Yangtze River Economic Belt were designated as drinking water source protection areas according to law; Whether to set up clear geographical landmarks and obvious warning signs at the boundary of drinking water source protection areas according to law. At the same time, it is also necessary to clean up the environmental violations in the first-class and second-class protected areas of drinking water sources. The inspection of the first-class protected areas focuses on whether there are sewage outlets in drinking water sources, construction projects unrelated to water supply facilities and water source protection, cage culture and other illegal activities; In the secondary protection zone, it is mainly to check whether there are sewage outlets, construction projects that discharge pollutants, cage culture and other effective measures to prevent drinking water from being polluted.
According to the person in charge, by the end of 2016, 319 centralized drinking water sources in cities above prefecture level in 11 provinces (cities) had all completed the delineation of drinking water source protection areas. At the same time, 11 provinces (cities) have identified 490 violations of laws and regulations in drinking water sources.
The person in charge said that as of September 15 this year, 438 of the 490 illegal and illegal projects have been cleaned up and rectified, accounting for about 89.4% of the total number of problems.
Hunan procuratorial organs participate in the supervision of water sources
The water intake of the Third Water Plant of Hunan Xiangtan Zhonghuan Water Co., Ltd. is located 230 meters upstream of the Third Xiangtan Bridge. Before the cleaning and rectification, there was a sewage outlet in the first-class water source protection zone where the water intake of this water plant was located.
In mid-September, when the inspection team led by Su Ying, deputy director of the Environmental Monitoring Bureau of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, came to the Third Bridge, what they saw made them even call it "good" — — Not only the sewage outlets in the first-class protected area have been banned, but also the water quality is crystal-clear second-class water. Both the diversion trough and the anti-collision fence have been built on the Third Bridge. There are many signboards for water sources and fences for first-class water source protection areas.
In fact, before July 6 this year, Xiangtan was still one of the four cities in Hunan Province where the progress of special actions was relatively backward. Therefore, the Hunan Provincial Environmental Protection Department, together with the Hunan Provincial Supervision Office and the Hunan Provincial People’s Procuratorate, convened a meeting of leaders in charge of four cities including Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, Shaoyang and Loudi, demanding that the four cities must complete the rectification task in the near future.
Xiangtan City can quickly start rectification and achieve practical results in a short time. In the view of Xie Li, deputy director of Hunan Provincial Environmental Protection Department, apart from the attention of Xiangtan Municipal Government, it is not unrelated to the real efforts made by Hunan Province. Xie Li said that in late November 2016, a special inspector group was set up in Hunan Province, and went to various places to inspect on the spot, and held on-site supervision meetings nine times.
Sinopec Longshan Oil Terminal in Yiyang City, Hunan Province is located in the first-class drinking water source protection zone. According to the law, there cannot be any projects unrelated to drinking water sources in the first-class drinking water source protection zone. Therefore, the Sinopec Longshan Oil Terminal in Yiyang must be demolished. According to Xie Li, it is not so easy to dismantle Sinopec Longshan Oil Terminal. Xie Li said that in the end, with the help of the special action of Hunan Province and the active coordination of Yiyang Municipal Government, the Sinopec Longshan Oil Terminal was demolished at the end of 2016.
Xie Li said that in the process of cleaning up illegal projects in water sources, Hunan Province took the initiative to use judicial power to increase the shock of illegal issues. He revealed that on May 4 this year, Hunan Province established the first procuratorial liaison office of the People’s Procuratorate in the Environmental Protection Department. "The supervision and legal supervision of municipal drinking water sources became the first special work after the establishment of the liaison office." Xie Li said that the joint inspection and supervision of environmental protection and procuratorial work completed the rectification of 10 problems within one month after the supervision.
"Hard bones" and "hard stubble" still exist
In April 2017, the special action was carried out for nearly a year. Chen Jining, the former Minister of Environmental Protection, sent a letter to the main responsible comrades of the governments of 10 provinces (cities) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (except Zhejiang Province, which has reported the completion of the clean-up and rectification task) to inform the progress of the special action. I hope the provincial government will pay attention to it and promote it; In April and July of 2017, Zhai Qing, Vice Minister in charge of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, organized two video conferences on the special action of environmental protection law enforcement of drinking water sources in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and personally went to the areas with backward progress for on-the-spot supervision; In September 2017, Tian Weiyong, director of the Environmental Monitoring Bureau of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, held a meeting in Wuhan, and collectively interviewed the environmental protection directors of the cities that have not completed the task of cleaning up and rectifying.
Nevertheless, by September 15th, 52 projects had not been cleaned up and rectified.
At the beginning of July this year, Zhai Qing pointed out at the fifth meeting of the special action meeting on environmental protection law enforcement of drinking water sources in the Yangtze River Economic Belt that most of the remediation left behind were "hard bones" and "hard stubble".
The inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection led by Su met a "hard nut to crack" in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province.
The water intakes of the No.2 and No.3 water plants in Zhuzhou City are located in the Xiangjiang section of Shifeng District, where Zhuzhou City has designated the first-class and second-class water source protection zones respectively. In mid-September, when the inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection came to the first-class protection zone of the water intake of the No.2 and No.3 water plants, the warm discharge port of Datang Huayin Zhuzhou Power Generation Co., Ltd. was draining into Xiangjiang River. "This can’t do. The warm exhaust port of Datang Huayin Zhuzhou Power Generation Co., Ltd. must be banned. " In front of the vice mayor of Zhuzhou City, Su is resolute.
According to the introduction of Zhuzhou Municipal Government and Datang Huayin Zhuzhou Power Generation Co., Ltd., when the inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection conducted on-site inspection, there was no unified plan on how to solve the problem of temperature discharge.
In addition to the Wenpaikou of Datang Huayin Zhuzhou Power Generation Co., Ltd., the original sand mining plant has not been demolished in the first-class protection zone of No.2 and No.3 water plants. In addition, ground garbage can be seen everywhere.
Su Ying clearly told Zhuzhou City that all illegal projects in the first-class and second-class drinking water source protection areas must be cleaned up and rectified before the end of this year.
What makes the inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection feel uneasy is Zhejiang Province. In Zhejiang province, the inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection also found problems.
According to the reporter of "Legal Daily", up to now, Zhejiang Province is the only province among 11 provinces (cities) that has reported to the Ministry of Environmental Protection that it has rectified illegal and illegal projects. However, the situation of on-the-spot inspection by the inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection is not entirely the case.
There are not only traffic crossing problems in the first-class and second-class protected areas of Changshuitang, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, but also abandoned wharf buildings left in the first-class protected areas have not been demolished. There are 51 households in the first-class water source protection area of Huangtankou Reservoir in Wuxi River, Quzhou.
Satellite positioning and local rectification can be seen at a glance
According to the person in charge of the Environmental Monitoring Bureau of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, 15 of the 52 projects that have not been cleaned up and rectified are illegal buildings that have not been demolished. In addition, there are 10 agricultural non-point sources, 9 sewage outlets and 6 illegal docks that have not been cleaned up and rectified.
The person in charge told the "Legal Daily" reporter that the task of cleaning up and rectifying in the next stage is even more arduous, and the problem of "hard bones" is very prominent.
"Some industrial enterprises involved in 52 projects belong to different levels and departments, and the property rights relationship is complex. Some illegal docks were built before the delineation of drinking water source protection areas, and some docks are the only means of transportation for local residents. The agricultural non-point source problem involves a large number of indigenous residents." The person in charge said that solving these problems is related to the interests of many parties in society and involves many functional departments.
According to the "Legal Daily" reporter, cleaning up and rectifying 52 projects not only requires a lot of money, but also requires the attention of local governments and the cooperation of departments. If the environmental protection department alone, I am afraid it will be more difficult.
"Most of the drinking water sources in the Yangtze River Economic Belt are rivers and lakes and reservoirs, and there are hidden dangers of environmental violations such as traffic crossing (mobile risk source), tourism development and illegal farming." The person in charge said that the environmental protection and law enforcement supervision of drinking water sources involve many related departments such as environmental protection, water conservancy, agriculture (fishery) and transportation.
In order to prevent the rebound, the Ministry of Environmental Protection proposed that the coordination and linkage between departments should be strengthened urgently, and at the same time, all departments should be strengthened to perform environmental protection functions according to law and work together to do a good job in environmental protection of drinking water sources.
The "Legal Daily" reporter noted that during the inspection process of Zhejiang and Hunan, the inspection team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection had inspectors to locate the site at every water source. "The Ministry of Environmental Protection has enabled ‘ in the on-site inspection of drinking water sources; On-site inspection of satellite remote sensing support system ’ " The person in charge said that through the satellite remote sensing interpretation of different types of risk sources in the drinking water source protection area, plus the marking of the boundaries of the first-class and second-class protection areas, the potential risk sources of each drinking water source in the on-site inspection system and the local remediation situation can be seen at a glance.
Fu Qing, a researcher at china environmental science Research Institute who participated in the supervision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, told the reporter of Legal Daily that after the Ministry of Environmental Protection activated the positioning system, it was almost impossible for the local authorities to tamper with it. In Fu Qing’s view, it is the best choice for the cities where 52 projects are located to complete the rectification on time.
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