Heavily polluting companies punished

时间：2007-07-16 01:50:22

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Beijing, July 15 - China's environment watchdog has urged local authorities to suspend four companies and five industrial parks who defy pollution limits.

 

Three of the companies -- a cement factory, a steel company and a foundry -- are in east China's Anhui province. The other company is a dairy company in Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei province, according to the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

 

These companies have not carried out environmental impact studies, nor are they equipped with proper pollution control facilities, the administration said.

 

China's environment law stipulates1 that companies must design, build and use pollution control facilities in new production projects.

 

The administration urged local governments to fine these companies, halt their production and collect fees for pollutants2 already discharged.

 

It also pledged heavy punishment for five industrial parks in the provinces of Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Shandong and Shanxi, which have defied environmental rules by allowing heavily polluting companies into their parks.

 

A recent investigation3 by SEPA showed 87 percent of 126 industrial parks in 11 provinces had violated environmental laws and regulations.

 

It also showed half of the 75 waste-water processing factories in these provinces failed to properly process water or were not operating at all, and 44 percent of the 529 companies that SEPA inspected broke environmental rules.

 

On July 12, the administration unveiled a set of tough new rules to tackle worsening lake and river pollution.

 

The Ministry4 of Supervision5 has also ordered administrative6 punishments of local officials who neglect their supervision duties.

 

By June 30, more than 220,000 firms in China had undergone environmental checks, with more than 8,000 companies and 170 people punished for over-discharge of pollutants and other illegal practices.

 
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1 stipulates 5c9afbf42331f6dbc8e7cd0e43b34e17     
n.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的名词复数 )；规定，明确要求v.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的第三人称单数 )；规定，明确要求
参考例句：
  • The trade contract stipulates for the settlement of balances in RMB. 贸易合同规定余额以人民币结算。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The contract stipulates for the use of seasoned timber. 合同上订明用干透的木料。 来自辞典例句
2 pollutants 694861490fe64672170a0da250a277c7     
污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
  • The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
3 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督，管理
参考例句：
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
6 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
参考例句：
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

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