39 punished for toxic chemical leak in Shanxi
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February 21, 2013, Thursday
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THIRTY-NINE people have been punished after a chemical leak contaminated a river in north China's Shanxi Province last month, a task force that is responsible for addressing the incident said yesterday.
An investigation by the task force found Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group in Changzhi City, which is responsible for the leak, and some Changzhi government departments were to blame for the serious contamination.
Zhao Junyi, an official with Changzhi environmental monitoring department, Huangpu Shouyi, director of the environmental protection department of Tianji, and three others have been transferred to judicial organs.
Twenty-four managers with the company who were responsible for supervision have been given Communist Party of China and administrative disciplinary sanctions.
Nine local officials, including Pan Xianzhang, vice mayor of Changzhi, Shen Xufeng, director of the Changzhi Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau and Yang Fujin, the director of the Changzhi Municipal Work Safety Supervision Bureau, have also received Party and administrative disciplinary sanctions. Shen and Yang were also removed from their posts.
In addition, Zhang Bao, mayor of Changzhi, was sacked as a result of the contamination.
Meanwhile, the investigation revealed the immediate cause of the leak was due to a poor-quality metal hose that was made by a Beijing-based company in a chemical plant owned by Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group.
According to previous reports, an initial investigation had revealed that a loose drainage valve in the plant was to blame for the leak.
The December 31 leak of about 9 tons of aniline into a river in Changzhi contaminated downstream water in neighboring Henan and Hebei provinces, resulting in water supply problems.
Changzhi authorities delayed reporting the leak for six days.
An investigation by the task force found Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group in Changzhi City, which is responsible for the leak, and some Changzhi government departments were to blame for the serious contamination.
Zhao Junyi, an official with Changzhi environmental monitoring department, Huangpu Shouyi, director of the environmental protection department of Tianji, and three others have been transferred to judicial organs.
Twenty-four managers with the company who were responsible for supervision have been given Communist Party of China and administrative disciplinary sanctions.
Nine local officials, including Pan Xianzhang, vice mayor of Changzhi, Shen Xufeng, director of the Changzhi Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau and Yang Fujin, the director of the Changzhi Municipal Work Safety Supervision Bureau, have also received Party and administrative disciplinary sanctions. Shen and Yang were also removed from their posts.
In addition, Zhang Bao, mayor of Changzhi, was sacked as a result of the contamination.
Meanwhile, the investigation revealed the immediate cause of the leak was due to a poor-quality metal hose that was made by a Beijing-based company in a chemical plant owned by Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group.
According to previous reports, an initial investigation had revealed that a loose drainage valve in the plant was to blame for the leak.
The December 31 leak of about 9 tons of aniline into a river in Changzhi contaminated downstream water in neighboring Henan and Hebei provinces, resulting in water supply problems.
Changzhi authorities delayed reporting the leak for six days.
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