The new environmental protection law formally “worked” on January 5

From January 5, the new Environmental Protection Law was formally implemented. Two weeks ago, four supporting measures, including the “Interim Measures for the Implementation of Continuous Interim Punishment by the Environmental Protection Administration Department (Draft)”, were reviewed and approved in principle at the MEP's executive meeting. This year, around the new environmental protection law, a batch of standards and implementation rules will be successively dropped. The main purpose of the new law is to strictly punish illegal pollution and protect the ecological environment. From publication to formal implementation, the new law has gone through half a year and has been a hot topic of discussion. In the face of the new law, what are the issues most concerned by people in the chemical industry? What is the company’s understanding of the new law? What is the focus of the supervision department on the new law this year? This version of the special organization related reports to see the industry's focus on the new law.

Hot discussion law enforcement in place supporting regulations Hunan Provincial Pesticide Industry Association Secretary-General Wang Jianwo

The implementation of the new environmental protection law must meet public expectations. It needs to be carefully prepared and policy support is essential. To this end, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has swiftly formulated the “Interim Measures for Continuous Penalties for Implementation by the Environmental Protection Administration Department (Draft)”, “Interim Measures for the Implementation of Environmental Protection and Seizure and Seizure”, “Interim Measures for Restriction of Production and Discontinuation through Environmental Protection,” and “Corporate Businesses "Interim Measures for the Disclosure of Environmental Information in Units", four easy-to-manage implementation rules.

These measures complement each other and basically cover penalties for varying degrees of illegal behavior. In addition to the “two-high” judicial interpretation that was promulgated before, in the face of environmental violations, there are administrative penalties, administrative detentions, and criminal responsibility investigations, which make the new environmental protection law more powerful at the implementation level. These supporting rules provide a basis for the environmental protection department to enforce the law, have a strong deterrent effect on the illegal companies, and play a role in promoting the elimination of illegal emissions in the industry, and also safeguard the dignity and rights of law-abiding businesses. In the future, we expect more detailed rules to be introduced as soon as possible to pave the way for the landing of the new law.

Deputy Director of Daqing City Expert Committee Li Hequan

Daqing City's oil and chemical industry accounts for more than 70% of the city's total economic output. Waste water, volatile organic gases, hazardous chemical waste, waste mud, and ground crude oil of the company's industries have a large and long-lasting impact on the ecological environment. Chemical companies in Daqing, especially petrochemical companies, have always paid more attention to environmental protection. The implementation of the new law will encourage companies to raise their awareness of responsibility from top management to specific operators, greatly reducing the occurrence of pollution incidents, and other environmental violations such as excessive emissions.

As the environmental preservation department of prefecture-level cities, we will effectively strengthen the environmental supervision and enforcement of the petrochemical industry. In order to better perform the responsibilities entrusted by the new environmental protection law, we should make full preparations in the following aspects: First, we must do a good job of propaganda work for the new law; Second, we must strengthen the construction of law enforcement teams and improve law enforcement capabilities; The environmental law enforcement inspections must carry out environmental audits every year in more than 30% of the counties (districts) in the administrative region. Fourth, the implementation of prefecture-level environmental protection authorities in supervising the environmental protection work of the county (district) people's governments and their related departments. Establish supervision mechanisms.

Deputy Director of Safety and Environmental Protection Department of Jilin Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Feng Lu

The new law is known as the strictest environmental protection law in history because it stipulates penalties for daily penalties, seizure and seizure, regional limited approval, public interest litigation, blacklisting, and administrative detention. At present, the reason why many companies dare to steal misplacing is because of the lack of supervision. The monitoring capabilities and technical strength of many regional monitoring departments are now rather weak. Despite gradual opening of the monitoring market and the introduction of socialized institutions as supplementary forces, a mature regulatory system has not yet been established, which is detrimental to the construction of a fair and just environmental protection. Overseeing the environment will inevitably lead to the emergence of companies that have mixed interests, as well as the enthusiasm and initiative of companies in vigorously implementing environmental protection.

How to let the illegal increase of costs does not become an empty talk, so that companies do not dare to go one step further and will be the key to ensuring that the new law lands. This will require the government to intensify environmental protection supervision, especially for critical periods such as nights and holidays, drawing on domestic and foreign advanced management experience, fully relying on new technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and mobile internet, application support platforms, and numerous environmental protection cloud services. Comprehensive supervision of environmental protection work. At the same time, fully utilize the power of the public to achieve multi-channel supervision of corporate environmental protection work. Of course, in this process, companies must increase self-discipline, take the initiative to upgrade environmental protection management, disclose environmental protection data in a timely and transparent manner, and jointly protect the blue sky and clear water of the place.

Jilin Daote Chemical Technology Co., Ltd.

My biggest concern is the penalty standards and the enforcement of justice. The penalties imposed by the new law on a daily basis will effectively increase the cost of illegal discharge of pollutants by enterprises. It is expected that the problem of “low illegal costs and high compliance costs” that has been criticized in the society for a long time will be solved. However, in the penalty process, there is a problem of a penalty standard first. The lack of standards will inevitably lead to differences in punishment results and will inevitably cause dissatisfaction. At present, there is still a need for further progress in this aspect. Then there is a problem of fair enforcement. In the process of law enforcement, how to prevent human-based implementation? How to guard against law-enforcers who may be “picked” by law-abiding businesses, or even instigated by extortion and extortion? These are all new issues facing the implementation of the new environmental protection law. Only a fair, open, and sunny law enforcement is the key to the new environmental protection law being effective and grounded. Focus on the new law hotspot consciousness raise the cost of illegal increase is the focus of the company's hot discussion



Li Lianjun, director of Hualu Hengsheng Safety and Environmental Protection Department, pointed out: “The new law implements successive penalties on a daily basis, adopting various measures such as restricting production, stopping production and rectification, suspending operations, closing down, and even detaining relevant responsible personnel, which greatly increases the cost of environmental violations.”

He Jianmin, director of safety and environmental protection division of Shaanxi Shanhua Coal Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd., also stated: “The new law has changed the past practice of low illegal costs, high compliance costs, inadequate environmental supervision, weak law enforcement and other practices, and punishment has become increasingly severe.”

Environmental information disclosure has received widespread attention

Businesses recognize that information disclosure is an important prerequisite for public participation in environmental protection. The opinion of Wang Guanghui, the manager of Luxi Group Fifth Chemical Fertilizer Plant, is the most representative: “Before the introduction of the new law, due to the lack of legal regulations, environmental protection departments at all levels, especially enterprises, are concerned with the content and scope of environmental information disclosure. There are large gaps in timeliness, and the incompleteness and lack of environmental information often make it difficult for the public to grasp effective information in a timely manner and affect the effectiveness of public participation. At present, domestic companies generally do not pay attention to environmental information disclosure. Even among listed companies, many companies do not pay attention to the disclosure of environmental information. Many listed companies that have been contaminated and included in the list of national key monitoring companies either do not disclose environmental information or simply disclose environmental information, especially There is a widespread problem of reporting good news and not reporting bad news. After the implementation of the new environmental protection law, all companies that do not disclose environmental information in accordance with regulations will face allegations of illegal acts."

In response to the implementation of the new law, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Shaanxi Province officially issued the “Shaanxi Provincial Environmental Violation Behavior Award Reporting Measures (Trial)” on December 25, 2014 to encourage the public to stop, idle, and dismantle pollution without authorization. 10 types of illegal activities such as facilities, excessive pollutants, environmental pollution incidents, etc. were actively reported and the environmental whistle-blower was reevaluated.

Pay close attention to the production-related content

The normalization of production restrictions has made petrochemical companies feel special pressure. One of the most salient features of petrochemical production is continuous large-scale production. To this end, Dou Dou, deputy director of propaganda department of Sinopec Group Jinling Petrochemicals, put forward: “The new law has strengthened the handling of pollution accountability and environmental issues. In recent years, The severe weather caused by haze and haze has become increasingly harmful to residents, and the new law stipulates that “when the environment is polluted and public health and environmental safety may be affected, early warning information will be promptly announced and emergency measures will be initiated.” This will inevitably result in the normal production of the enterprise. Impact, the government can implement restrictions on production in accordance with the environment carrying capacity in accordance with the law, such actions will be normalized, and the production load of petrochemical enterprises will be subject to discounts.” He also mentioned that the new law expanded the body of environmental public interest litigation, which means that in the future More civil organizations can sue the court against the company’s irregular behavior. The regulations promoted the concept of public participation in environmental protection, and also tested the petrochemical enterprises' ability to control environmental protection.

According to Guo Xiaohong, Minister of Safety and Environmental Protection of Shaanxi Weihe Coal Chemical Group Co., Ltd., it is necessary to pay special attention to the changes in the specific requirements of the new and old environmental protection laws, especially those that are closely related to the production of enterprises, such as “prevention of pollution and other public hazards”. Increase the specific requirements of the clause. According to the changes in the content of the new law, Suihua prepares environmental management such as the "Administrative Measures for Environmental Protection", "Administrative System for Environmental Protection Facilities", "Administrative System for Emergency Environmental Incidents", and "Details for Assessment of Safety and Environmental Management" within the company. The system and assessment methods were revised and improved. New “Enterprise Self-monitoring Information Management System” and “Environmental Protection Accountability System” were added. The environmental protection work was further subdivided and the responsibility was implemented, and the implementation of regulations and rules was strengthened. We will increase internal assessment efforts, incorporate routine environmental protection inspections, environmental protection facility operations, and pollutant discharges into monthly basic management and target assessments, and adhere to the quarterly review of environmental basic management as an annual target assessment to fully reflect the accountability system.

Industry companies agree to reach consensus - strengthen awareness of the red line

Yang Zhenggang, deputy general manager of Sinopec Group's South Chemicals Corporation, believes that law-abiding management is the bottom line: “We need to strengthen our awareness of the 'red line' and take the lead in law-abiding business operations. Touching the 'red line' is self-destruction. During the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and national public festivals, Nanhua Company reduced the emission concentration to the maximum extent, and on this basis, it actively implemented partial plant reduction and shutdown, achieved discharge standards, received a report from government departments, and after the implementation of the new environmental protection law, we will continue to work hard to ensure compliance with regulations. In 2015, we will further strengthen the concept of “not the elimination of pollution by enterprises, that is, the elimination of pollution by enterprises”, achieve a stable discharge of “three wastes”, vigorously promote cleaner production, and earnestly implement the “13th Five-Year Plan of Pollution Prevention and Control”. We will make greater contributions to improving the environmental quality of the region."

A person in charge of a pesticide company in Kunming said: “The implementation of the new law puts a lot of pressure on companies, but the red line must not be touched, but only change the pressure as a driving force, promote enterprises to produce according to the law, and abide by the law. Our company is a pesticide preparation manufacturer, although it is rare. 'Three wastes' emissions, but the same can not be taken lightly. Over the past few years, we continue to develop environmentally friendly formulations, vigorously develop high-efficiency, low toxicity, low residue pesticides, to achieve cleaner production, and the establishment of a professional service team of crop pests, adherence to scientific drug use, efforts to reduce pesticides Usage amount."

Practice and implement new laws and reduce emission standards

The implementation of the new law has made chemical companies aware of their heavy responsibility. They have expressed that they must be strictly managed, increase investment, practice corporate social responsibility through practical actions, and truly realize clean production and harmonious development.

He Jianmin, Director of Safety and Environmental Protection Department of Shaanxi Shanhua Coal Chemical Group Co., Ltd., stated that as a key chemical production enterprise in the Weihe River Basin, Shanhua Company proposed that the concept of “one post with three duties” must be responsible for safety and environmental protection, and strictly control the source and implement it. Environmental one-vote veto system. He said: “When pollution control is not completed, the emission standards for the oxidation of nitrogen oxides, nitrogen oxides, and ammonia nitrogen and COD in the boiler flue gas in Shaanxi Province will be stricter than the national standards. The Shanhua Chemical Company will formulate it in 2015. More stringent corporate standards, the implementation of step-by-step assessment management of external water pollution emissions of production units, ammonia nitrogen implementation of 10mg / L emission limits, COD implementation of the 40mg / L emission limits, are more comprehensive than the Yellow River drainage in Shaanxi Province The standards are also strict. It is stipulated that ammonia nitrogen and COD exceeds 1mg/L, and the main unit is 1,000 yuan. It plans to invest more than 60 million yuan to build 3 sets of boiler denitrification devices. It is currently researching and demonstrating process technology in the first half of the year and is expected to commence in the first half of the year."

Jiu Wei Petrochemicals general manager Zhong Weizhong puts it: “When you are in the landscape painting on the banks of the Yangtze River, at the foot of Laoshan Mountain, on the shores of Lugu Lake, what is your desire for permanent residency? Only environmental protection is the first priority.” He introduced that Jiujiang Petrochemical will use green and low-carbon as a dumping. One of the two core competitive advantages cultivated by the company is accelerating the total investment of 16 pollutants in compliance with pollutant emission standards, oil and gas recovery, water risk prevention and control, VOC monitoring and control, odor control, environmental online monitoring, and groundwater pollution prevention and control. Billion-Yuan "Clear Water and Blue Sky" special environmental protection project construction. In September 2015, Jiujiang Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. upgraded the 8 million-ton/year oil quality upgrading project and put it into production. The quality of oil products was upgraded from country 3 to country 4 standard, and in January 2017, it reached country 5 standard. The energy consumption is reduced by 0.5%, the fresh water consumption for processing tons of crude oil is reduced by 23%, the processing capacity for processing tons of crude oil waste water is reduced by 26%, and the concentration of effluent COD and carbon dioxide* can be controlled below 60 mg/l and 100 mg/m3, Really realize the green and low-carbon goal of “double the refining capacity and halve the amount of all kinds of pollutants”.

Li Lianjun, director of Hualu Hengsheng Safety and Environmental Protection Department, introduced: “We will implement the new environmental protection law in parallel with the three measures. The first is to disclose environmental protection information, set up displays at the company’s entrance, and conduct real-time disclosure of pollutant emission targets; second, build environmental emergency response. The management platform is linked to the local environmental protection supervision department for monitoring, monitoring and early warning disposal to improve the company's ability to cope with environmental risks, and the third is to adhere to the source of governance.In the newly-built project, energy-saving and environmentally-friendly process technologies and equipment will be used to improve the environmental protection facilities. Equipped with standards, set aside a strict disposal space for future emission indicators."

According to Guo Xiaohong, Minister of Safety and Environmental Protection of Shaanxi Weihe Coal Chemical Group Co., Ltd., according to the changes in the content of the new law, Suihua is prepared to revise and perfect the internal environmental protection management system and assessment methods, and to add the “Enterprise Self-monitoring Information Management System”. The Environmental Protection Work Accountability System, etc., further subdivided and responsible environmental protection work, and strengthened the implementation of regulations and regulations.

The sewage treatment plant invested by Jiangxi Xinghuo Silicone Plant with a cost of more than 200 million yuan has been put into trial operation. This will play an important role in the environmental protection work of the company. In the process of emission reduction, Spark Factory puts the optimization of production process optimization on the main attack direction, controls the discharge of pollutants from the source, and conducts another sewage pretreatment device outside the production facility, adopting a combination of source control and end treatment. Ensure that the pollutants meet the discharge standards, greatly improving the surrounding production and living environment.

Wang Minghong, Deputy Director of Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Protection of Sichuan Tianhua Co., Ltd. put it: “In response to the introduction of the new environmental protection law, the company will continue to strengthen the awareness of environmental protection among its officers and staff and continue to implement the first-person responsibility system to control the generation of pollutants at the source. We will greatly reduce the difficulty of end-of-pipe management and continue to build environmental protection facilities.We will also strengthen the construction of emergency response systems, improve emergency response capabilities, establish a long-term pre-warning mechanism for environmental protection work, and thoroughly clean up and rectify hazardous chemicals and industrial pollution sources to complete the company's risk. Treatment of chemical products and comprehensive remediation of industrial pollution sources. At the same time, establish a public monitoring and early warning plan for environmental pollution, timely release early warning information, start emergency measures in a timely manner, and organize implementation to promote the reduction of environmental public pollution risks to a minimum.” The company will also rely on technological innovation and technological advancement to continue to deepen the shift from the traditional “resource-product-pollution-discharging” one-way flowing linear economy to the “resource-product-recycling resource” feedback process, so that the material and energy Obtained in the production process And sustainable use, to achieve ecological shift economic benefits, the Sky building society in pairs, to the people responsible resource-saving and environment-friendly enterprises.

In order to ensure that the company strictly complies with the requirements of the new law, Jiangxi Shilong Industrial Co., Ltd. regards the full compliance discharge as the focus of the company's current work. As early as May 2014, they established the Leading Group of the company's dismantling project. Through the joint efforts of the project team and the construction unit, the project has now been completed and put into trial operation, and it is gradually making use of environmental benefits.

As of the end of 2014, Lanzhou Petrochemical had an annual output of 150,000 tons of styrene-butadiene rubber plant tail gas treatment project has completed the installation of equipment and process piping, is currently laying cable bridge. The project uses advanced catalytic oxidation (RCO) technology, which can effectively reduce the pollutant content in the tail gas and improve the company's ability to clean production.