A branch of a Chinese dairy giant and a unit of the biggest oil
refiner are among 32 companies that were ordered to stop production
yesterday for violating pollution limits.
The State Environmental Protection Administration demanded that
the companies clean up their operations.
The enterprises, along with six sewage treatment plants singled
out for criticism, operate along the Yangtze River, Yellow River,
Huaihe River and Haihe River, according to SEPA vice director Pan
Yue.
Mengniu Dairy's branch in Dengkou County, Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region, has operated without wastewater processing
facilities ever since it began business in December, 2005, and it
discharges effluent into the Yellow River without treatment, SEPA
said.
The dairy plant also expanded its annual capacity to 150,000
tons from 30,000 tons without approval, Pan said.
The Zhongyuan chemical company under Sinopec Corp's Zhongyuan
oil field company failed to use disposal facilities, and its
wastewater contained excessive ammonia and nitrogen, Pan said.
SEPA will recommend punishment for those responsible for the
pollution, the official said.
The agency also suspend construction projects that have not gone
through environmental assessments in six cities, two counties and
five industrial parks along the four rivers as the water was found
to be heavily polluted.
(Shanghai Daily July 4, 2007)
