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Drug firm fined for polluting environment
By Winny Wang |
August 11, 2011, Thursday
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HARBIN Pharmaceutical Group Co has been fined 1.23 million yuan (US$192 million) for using energy-saving facilities that have not been checked and emitting waste gas that exceeded legal limits.
General Pharmaceutical Factory operated by the group, the country's second-biggest drugmaker by market value, was fined 1.05 million yuan by the Heilongjiang provincial environmental protection agency because its energy-saving equipment was put into use before passing checks.
The factory and its sub-plant were fined 180,000 yuan by the Harbin Environmental Protection Bureau for emitting waste gas, storing hazardous wastes and burning waste, the group said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday, adding that there wouldn't be a serious impact on the company's production.
"The punishment is not the closure of the issue," said Chi Xiaode, director of the environmental supervision bureau in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province.
He said the projects involved in the pollution were still suspended from operations and the company must receive approval from the environmental protection bureau to resume work.
The bureau will also urge the company to improve facilities to meet national standards.
China Central Television in June alleged that emissions from the company's factory in Heilongjiang contained hydrogen sulfide levels more than 1,000 times the permitted amount, causing serious water, land and air contamination for years.
General Pharmaceutical Factory operated by the group, the country's second-biggest drugmaker by market value, was fined 1.05 million yuan by the Heilongjiang provincial environmental protection agency because its energy-saving equipment was put into use before passing checks.
The factory and its sub-plant were fined 180,000 yuan by the Harbin Environmental Protection Bureau for emitting waste gas, storing hazardous wastes and burning waste, the group said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday, adding that there wouldn't be a serious impact on the company's production.
"The punishment is not the closure of the issue," said Chi Xiaode, director of the environmental supervision bureau in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province.
He said the projects involved in the pollution were still suspended from operations and the company must receive approval from the environmental protection bureau to resume work.
The bureau will also urge the company to improve facilities to meet national standards.
China Central Television in June alleged that emissions from the company's factory in Heilongjiang contained hydrogen sulfide levels more than 1,000 times the permitted amount, causing serious water, land and air contamination for years.
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