Since the launch of the special action to crack down on environmental violations and crimes of hazardous waste, local ecological and environmental departments, public security organs, procuratorial organs and other departments have coordinated efficiently to promote the progress of cases in a timely manner, effectively punished environmental violations and crimes of hazardous waste, and formed a strong deterrent to criminal acts of polluting the environment and damaging the ecology.
On September 8, 2023, the Zaoyang Branch of the Xiangyang Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Zaoyang Branch"), together with the Zaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau and Wudian Town, found that there were a large number of waste lead batteries and dismantled waste lead plates in the third workshop of a company, and the workers were using the waste lead plates to engage in soil lead smelting activities, and 19 reduced lead ingots had been smelted on site.
After investigation, in August 2023, Chen Mouchao purchased more than 100 tons of waste lead batteries and waste lead plates from Anhui and other places without obtaining a hazardous waste business license, and transferred them to the workshop of a company in Zaoyang, Hubei Province to install facilities and equipment such as lead smelting reverberatory furnaces, and instructed Cui Mouqiang to be responsible for the on-site dismantling and soil smelting on site from September 1.
As of September 8, Chen Mouchao, Cui Mouqiang and others have disposed of 57 waste lead plates21 tons, smelted into 19 reduced lead ingots, weighing 3814 tons. 2385 tons, there are still 2631 tons of waste lead-acid batteries were not dismantled.
The sampling test report showed that the content of heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, and antimony in the soil on the west side of the lead smelting furnace in the workshop exceeded the standard by 098 times, 87 times, 5 times; The pH value of the wastewater outside the workshop is strongly acidic, and the content of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and nickel exceeds the standard by 1746 times, 1227 times, 332 times, 125 times.
According to the regulations, a certain company and Chen Mouchao, Cui Mouqiang, and Zhang Mouhui are suspected of the crime of polluting the environment. After the case, the Zaoyang Branch and the Zaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau simultaneously decided to file the case on September 8 and launched a full-link, all-element, and full-chain investigation. On October 5, the Zaoyang Branch transferred the case to the Zaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau in accordance with the law. On October 7, the Zaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation. At present, the case is under further investigation.
Zaoyang Branch innovated the "environmental protection + policing" grid in-depth integration model, substantively promoted the joint prevention and control of ecological protection with the public security organs, and gathered the joint force of environmental governance. This case is a major clue obtained through the joint logistics of ecological police, and a chain of interests for the illegal transfer and disposal of hazardous waste across Anhui and Hubei provinces has been successfully cut off.
On February 27, 2023, the Yangxin County Branch of the Huangshi Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment (hereinafter referred to as the "Yangxin Branch") received a report from the public, reflecting that some people in Longgang Town, Yangxin County, illegally selected gold and used a deep pit without leakage measures to store wastewater containing cyanide, causing environmental pollution.
The Yangxin Branch and the Yangxin County Public Security Bureau formed a special team to go to the scene to conduct a joint investigation and found two gold selection pits. Samples were taken to monitor the cyanide content of 175 milligrams of cyanide in the sewage from the sedimentation tank at the illegal gold mining site. The Yangxin Branch quickly contacted a solid waste disposal in Hubei Province to drain the cyanide-containing wastewater from two gold selection soil pits for a total of 14428 tons, and emergency disposal, on-site seizure of crime tools.
According to the regulations, the illegal gold selection site is suspected of using a deep pit without leakage measures to store wastewater containing cyanide, and is suspected of environmental pollution crimes. On March 2, the Yangxin Branch transferred the clues and evidence of the case to the public security organs in accordance with the law. The Yangxin County Public Security Bureau has detained 4 people and wanted 7 fugitives, and the case is under further investigation.
This case is a typical case of joint investigation and prosecution of environmental pollution crimes by the ecological environment department and the public security organs, giving full play to the advantages of mass reporting, drone inspection, and joint supervision. The law enforcement officers immediately contacted the hazardous waste disposal unit and quickly carried out emergency treatment of high-concentration cyanide-containing wastewater, successfully solving the major local environmental risks.
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