Why is Anyang so polluted?
Beginning on March 21, a polluted weather process occurred in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas. However, the Ministry of Environmental Protection reported today that Anyang and Zhengzhou were the first places to start the pollution process. Not only that, Anyang is also the city with the longest duration of heavy pollution.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection disclosed today that during a special inspection in the first quarter of this year, it found that some companies in Anyang City illegally discharged pollutants, some companies falsified online monitoring data, and there were problems such as the government's inaction and slowness in environmental protection.
It is worth noting that it was rare in the past for the Ministry of Environmental Protection to separately report illegal problems in a city. On November 4, 2014, the Ministry of Environmental Protection interviewed Anyang City due to inadequate air pollution prevention and control.
“Affected by pollutant emissions and adverse meteorological conditions, a polluted weather process occurred in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas starting on March 21.” The Ministry of Environmental Protection said that monitoring data showed that starting from March 21 , Henan Anyang and Zhengzhou took the lead in the pollution process, and pollutants continued to accumulate, reaching severe pollution levels around 20:00.
According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, due to the influence of weak southerly winds, the pollution belt continues to transmit northward along the Taihang Mountains. As of 13:00 on March 22, cities along the Taihang Mountains have reached severe pollution levels from south to north. Anyang City is the city with the longest sustained period of severe pollution. The air quality in Beijing reached severe pollution levels starting at 10:00 on the 22nd. It gradually improved after 3 hours and currently remains at moderate pollution levels.
After consultation with the provincial environmental monitoring centers in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, China Environmental Monitoring Station predicts that starting from the night of March 22, affected by precipitation and cold air, the air quality in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas will deteriorate. Improved.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that with the continuous in-depth special inspection of air quality and supervision of rectification, coupled with the improvement of meteorological conditions, the air quality in most areas in the next five days will be mainly good to lightly polluted. Beijing's air quality began to gradually improve from the evening of the 22nd. From the 23rd to the 24th, the air quality was good to slightly polluted. From the 25th to the 27th, the air quality is expected to be excellent.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that during a month-long special inspection of air quality, it was found that many companies in Anyang City had not implemented emergency measures for heavy pollution, including steel companies.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection publicly named the company today and said that when the Anyang Iron and Steel Group Metallurgical Furnace Company launched strict control over the first-level heavy pollution weather in Anyang City, the discharge of pollutants increased significantly at night, and there was excessive discharge; Shagang Group Anyang Yongxing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.'s Level I response measures in the heavy pollution weather emergency control plan did not meet the 50% production limit requirement; Xinpu Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. did not strictly implement the requirements of the Anyang Blue Sky Project Headquarters' control and production suspension notice on February 6. Normal production.
In addition to these three steel companies, inspections by the Ministry of Environmental Protection also found that Anyang New Nanya Ceramics Co., Ltd. failed to implement emission reduction measures as required. In addition, Henan Ancai Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.'s heavy pollution weather emergency control and production restriction measures did not specifically include production workshops and front-line sections. There were no quantitative indicators for input materials and output, and the 30% production restriction measure was not strictly implemented. Public information shows that Henan Ancai Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. is not only a listed company, but also a national key high-tech enterprise. It is the largest colored glass production base with the most advanced manufacturing equipment in my country.
Judging from the public reports of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, there are also enterprises affiliated with central enterprises that have been hit by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection pointed out that during inspections, it was found that nitrogen oxides at Datang Anyang Power Plant exceeded the standard many times. In addition, the inspection also found that the monthly average SO2 value of No. 4 coke oven of Liyuan Coal and Coke Group Co., Ltd. exceeded the standard in February, March, April and May 2016; the dust in the rotary kiln of Angang Group Metallurgical Charge Co., Ltd. was raised unorganized Heavy dust emission; Anyang Iron and Steel Company has serious unorganized emissions in the factory area at night, heavy dust in the scrap collection section of the 130-ton converter workshop, and unorganized smoke and dust emissions in a section on the south side of the railway in the factory.
Five companies were accused by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of falsifying online monitoring data. Among them, the online monitoring facility range of Henan Huifeng Pipe Industry Co., Ltd. was set too large, and emissions of sulfur dioxide and smoke exceeded standards for many periods; the online monitoring of Huixin Special Steel Co., Ltd. could not display pollutant emission data, and the particulate matter range and alarm parameters of the online monitoring facility were set too high. Large; the exhaust gas treatment facilities of Taihang Metallurgical Co., Ltd. in Yindu District are not equipped with online monitoring equipment, and the exhaust gas online monitoring facilities of Bosheng Steel Co., Ltd. are out of operation; the alarm parameters of the online monitoring equipment of Henan Lanbao Special Steel Co., Ltd. are improperly set.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection pointed out that most of the land on the east side of the Wujinjiaodian Plumbing and Building Materials Comprehensive Market in Anyang County is exposed and not fully covered; Wenfeng District CCCC Fourth Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. uses coal-fired stoves. Coal piles are not covered, and the material yard is semi-enclosed and not covered; there are piles of garbage on the east side of Gujing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Yanghe Town, Gaozhuang Town, but they are not covered; garbage is burning near Beiqugou of Anlin Expressway, and black smoke is emitting. Smoke was emitted unorganized from the production workshop of Jinzhong New Energy Company in Wenfeng District; the equipment of the linoleum factory in Xishitaocun, Beiguan District was not completely dismantled.
According to a report from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Anyang City has a situation where the government is inactive or slow to act on environmental protection.
“The order issued by the Anyang City Industry and Information Technology Commission to suspend the production of sintering machines of steel companies is inconsistent with the production suspension control order issued by the Anyang City Blue Sky Headquarters at the same time, resulting in the failure of individual companies to implement the production suspension measures.
"The Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that Neihuang County Industry and Information Technology Bureau did not fully supervise the implementation measures of reducing production and reducing pollutants by 50% in the emergency plan of Xinnan Ya Ceramics Co., Ltd. in the Ceramic Park, and the company did not reduce production and emissions; Wenfeng District Bao The heavily polluted weather emergency plan formulated by the Liansi Town government did not highlight the characteristics of regional industries and was copied.
In fact, this is not the first time that Anyang City was publicly criticized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2014 for its poor air pollution prevention and control. On November 4, the main person in charge of the Anyang Municipal Government was interviewed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The reason for the interview was that in 2013, Anyang City ranked 17th among the 18 cities in Henan Province; in the first nine months of 2014. The PM10 concentration in Anyang City is 146g/m3, which is significantly higher than the average level in Henan Province. It is one of the cities with the worst ambient air quality in Henan Province.
Regarding the problems discovered in the special inspection of air quality in the first quarter of this year. , the Ministry of Environmental Protection pointed out that in addition to Anyang City, air pollution problems in Zhengzhou, Hebi, Jiaozuo, Handan, Xingtai and other cities were also discovered during special inspections. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said that it has handed over these urban problems to the local governments and will. Carry out mobile inspections from time to time to supervise the implementation of rectifications in various places.