Luqiao No. 1 company was fined 249,000 yuan for discharging air pollutants

On the eve of World Environment Day, the People’s Court of Luqiao District issued an administrative ruling to approve the execution of a penalty decision of RMB 249,000 by the Luqiao Branch of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau against a paint manufacturing company.
The paint company is located in Batou Industrial Park, Tongyu District, Luqiao District. In February 2017, when the Luqiao Branch of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau investigated the company, it was found that its supporting waste gas treatment facilities had not been checked and accepted by the environmental protection department and discharged air pollutants without obtaining a pollutant discharge permit. At the same time, the company’s water-based paint storage tank bottom broke, and some paint leaked to Nanguan River. The Luqiao Branch of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau imposed a fine of 249,000 yuan on the company. After the penalty decision took effect, because the company did not voluntarily pay the fine, the bureau applied to the Road and Bridge Court for compulsory execution.
The Luqiao Court found that the paint company’s actions violated the Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of China. The penalty decision made by the Luqiao Branch of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau is fully evidenced and the applicable law is correct. The procedure was legal, and it was ruled to allow execution.
In order to ensure that the environmental protection department’s penalties for environmental pollution violations are implemented, the administrative division of the Road and Bridge Court has established an efficient review mechanism to implement immediate acceptance, immediate review, and immediate review of environmental non-litigation administrative cases. At the same time, the review procedures are standardized and the legality review is emphasized. The case approval rate is 100%, and the average review period is 1 day. At the same time, the court implements a mechanism of “separation of rulings and enforcement”, that is, the environmental protection department’s punishment decision to order to stop production, after the court’s review, the environmental protection department is responsible for the implementation of the ruling.
For environmental protection non-litigation cases involving monetary penalties executed by the court, an “execution deterrence” mechanism is established, centralized execution activities are carried out in a timely manner, and compulsory measures such as detention of persons subject to execution are taken. At the same time, the deterrence mechanism is used to increase the automatic fulfillment rate, such as through the “point-to-point” inspection and control system, comprehensively inquire and freeze the bank deposits and other properties of the enforced person, restrict bank loans through the “blacklist” credit investigation system, and use the enforced person’s dishonesty system , Restrict high-consumption activities, etc. Since 2017, the Road and Bridge Court has accepted 30 environmental non-litigation enforcement cases and closed 28 cases.