Seven ministries jointly carry out special action to punish illegal sewage enterprises

Ministry of environmental protection on the recently, a responsible person to inform the media, the Ministry of environmental protection, the national development and Reform Commission, Ministry of industry, Ministry of justice, live construction department, Administration for Industry and Commerce and the State Administration of work safety jointly issued a notice, decided may to November 2013 organizations across the country to carry out remediation illegal polluters to protect people's health and environmental protection special action.
According to the person in charge of environmental protection special action key tasks include: one is the investigation of air pollution and waste pollution of groundwater environmental law problems the masses. Strengthen the power enterprises (including enterprise owned power plant) coal-fired units, iron and steel, cement enterprises and coal-fired boiler dust removal, desulfurization facilities, operation supervision, thorough investigation of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, smoke (powder) dust exceeded emissions violations. Intensify the investigation of industrial wastewater discharge, thorough investigation of the use of seepage wells (PIT), pits (pond), cracks and caves emissions, dumping containing toxic pollutants from wastewater by illegal behavior. Strengthen the supervision and inspection of urban sewage treatment plants and other pollution control enterprises. Second is to carry out involving lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and arsenic metal emissions of heavy non-ferrous metal ore mining and smelting, lead acid battery, leather tanning and electroplating and other key industries "looking back" activities. Focus on the implementation of the situation and the implementation of the main responsibility for the implementation of the main responsibilities of the six. Three is a comprehensive investigation and remediation of environmental pollution problems in the pharmaceutical industry. Seriously investigate the pharmaceutical enterprises exceed the standard discharge, illegal discharge, using illegal means to transfer waste water, in violation of the provisions of the management of hazardous waste and other environmental violations. To urge enterprises to the normal operation of pollution control facilities, the organization to carry out cleaner production audit.