Shutdown and limited production of doubt clouds?

Recently, many chemical companies have reported that they have heard that some areas will be suspended before the National Day and during the National Day. According to the news, a letter issued by a company is called to ensure the blue sky and white clouds during the National Day military parade. All production enterprises north of the Yellow River will stop production and emission reductions from September 1. Customers who need to ship the goods should stock up in advance in August.

Coincidentally, a Beijing-based company also issued a notice saying that it has received notice from the relevant department in charge of higher authorities that from August 20 to October 10, all trucks are prohibited from passing through the Sixth Ring Road. On August 20th, the martial law will be closed on September 1st. Although there are no clear relevant rules at the official level, some companies have issued notices, which are called a better ecological environment and the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

This year is the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. It is less than two months before the 11th National Day. A few days ago, the deputy director of the Ministry of National Defense Information Bureau and the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Ren Guoqiang, said in an interview that the military will participate in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the National Day and will release information in due course.

For everyone, the most concerned about whether there will be "parade blue", whether the suspension of production will be attacked again.

Has the past policy continued?

In the past few years, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other regions have implemented measures such as suspension of production and production, and major manufacturing industries have joined hands to ensure good air quality and blue sky and white clouds.

It is understood that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has not yet issued official documents. In 2015, in order to guarantee the air quality during the military parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, at that time, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region adopted a series of measures to stop production, so that the government could adhere to the "last mile." Although up to now, the official has not specified specific rules for environmental protection work during the National Day, but we can refer to the military parade in Beijing in the same year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Beijing and the surrounding six provinces and cities. Participated in the suspension of production activities aimed at purifying the capital air.

In terms of measures, in view of the prominent characteristics of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in summer, the pollution emissions of motor vehicles and volatile organic compounds in industrial enterprises are the main targets for pollution control.

In the scope, we will take into account the two areas of Beijing and the surrounding six provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and jointly carry out security work. In terms of time, the two phases of work will be guaranteed during the pre-commissioning and commemorative activities of the commemorative activities.

During the commemorative activities, the implementation of temporary control measures in the areas of motor vehicles, industrial enterprises, coal-fired boilers, construction and construction. In order to ensure the implementation of the measures, the city has established a mechanism for coordination and division of labor. The municipal environmental protection bureau, the municipal transportation commission, the municipal economic information commission, the municipal housing and urban construction commission and other relevant departments have formulated nine sub-plans, including Air quality monitoring and forecasting, temporary traffic management of motor vehicles in this Municipality and other provinces and municipalities, industrial enterprises stop production, dust pollution control and other measures. All districts and counties shall also formulate implementation plans for their respective jurisdictions and organize their implementation. At the same time, the municipal environmental protection and inspection departments have formulated an inspection plan, and inspected and inspected on the basis of self-examination of the implementation of their respective safeguard measures by various departments and districts and counties.

During the commemorative activities, all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities will take motor vehicles, industrial enterprises, coal-fired, dust, etc. as the main control targets, especially focusing on the elevated point sources with large regional environmental impacts and the surrounding areas of Beijing, and adopting targeted emission reductions. Measures to jointly guarantee air quality during the commemoration.

According to the person in charge of a local company in Hebei, as the National Day approached, some cement companies around Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei have begun to work out the production maintenance plan during the National Day military parade. The person in charge of the company said that compared with 2015, this year's military parade will be more grand, and it is at a time when Beijing's autumn air pollution is more severe. Enterprises may need to stop production and reduce emissions in advance, to contribute to the "National Parade Blue" to ensure the 70th anniversary of the National Day.

What is the scope of influence?

The 28 cities that have the greatest impact on Beijing's air quality are the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei air pollution transmission channel:

Municipalities: Beijing, Tianjin;

Hebei Province: Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Langfang, Baoding, Zhangzhou, Hengshui, Xingtai, Handan;

Shanxi Province: Taiyuan, Yangquan, Changzhi, Jincheng;

Shandong Province: Jinan, Zibo, Jining, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Binzhou, Heze City;

Henan Province: Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Fuyang;

Most of the above are located in the area north of the Yellow River. Recently, it has been reported that in order to ensure the blue sky and white clouds during the military parade, the company's spontaneous stoppage emission reduction will be extended to the entire area north of the Yellow River. The map of the Yellow River in China is shown in the following figure. The provinces north of the Yellow River (including the provincial capitals of the Yellow River) are: Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, and Shanxi. And if the entire map of China is located north of the Yellow River, in addition to the above three provinces, there are Hebei Province, Beijing, Tianjin, and the three northeastern provinces.

On the one hand, the implementation of differentiated management and control does not mean to relax supervision; on the other hand, it also shows that the environmental protection and production restriction policy is more precise and fair than before, and avoids “one size fits all” in environmental protection.

On August 8th, a reporter was informed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment that the “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Heavy Pollution Weather Responses to Relieve Emergency Emission Reduction Measures” (hereinafter referred to as “Opinions”) has been issued to the public. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi and other seven provinces (municipalities) ecological environment department (bureau), at present, the relevant departments of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment are conducting relevant research and guidance.

The "Opinions" put forward specific guidance for the revision of the 2019 heavy pollution weather emergency plan to further improve the emergency plan for heavy pollution weather, consolidate emergency emission reduction measures, refine the emission reduction list, strengthen regional emergency response, and achieve precise scientific treatment according to law. Sewage.

We have noticed that the biggest highlight of the Opinions is the clear performance grading indicators and differentiated emergency mitigation measures for 15 industries including steel, coking, foundry, glass and petrochemical. The "Opinions" clearly require that, in principle, Class A enterprises should not be the focus of emission reduction during heavy pollution, and reduce the frequency of supervision and inspection.

However, industrial enterprises that have been included in Grade A and Grade B cannot be lucky. Once they are found by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to find that they have not met the corresponding performance grading requirements, or there are environmental violations and violations, and the implementation of emergency mitigation measures is not in place, Will be handed over to the place immediately, ordered to be reduced to C level.

In the "Opinions", there is a clear statement: "The Ministry of Eco-Environment will conduct a spot check on the performance grading of key industries in various regions. In principle, the A-level enterprises are fully covered, and the B-level enterprises are randomly selected for sampling. And the enterprises with outstanding problems will be directly at the C level."

In other words, being rated as A does not mean that the company can sit back and relax during heavy pollution, and it must also be subject to strict supervision and spot checks. This means that the implementation of differentiated management and control on the one hand does not mean to relax supervision; on the other hand, it also shows that the environmental protection and production restriction policy is more precise and fair than before, and avoids “one size fits all” in environmental protection.

Therefore, Class A enterprises must ensure that they meet the ultra-low emission standards during the implementation of environmental protection, ensuring that environmental protection facilities are always in normal operation, avoiding the high operating costs of environmental protection equipment, and opening and supervising inspections during environmental inspections. The phenomenon of off.

In fact, the classification and production restriction from the national level is very different from the previous production restriction policy. In particular, the differential management of the performance classification of industrial enterprises with different environmental protection levels in key industries was proposed for the first time. However, differentiated management is not a deregulation.

The "Opinions" also emphasizes that the implementation of differentiated management and control does not mean that the supervision is broad, loose, and soft. It is necessary to strengthen the supervision and effectively solve the "low illegal cost, high law-abiding cost" and "bad money to expel good money". And other issues. To prevent simple and rude "one size fits all" stop production.

However, the steel industry also has the view that the A-level enterprises are not allowed to produce, which will greatly reduce the overall production limit. To some extent, the policy of restricting production has been relaxed, and the pressure for improving the quality of the atmospheric environment in this winter will increase.

On July 30, Minister of Eco-Environment, Li Ganjie, held an early warning of the first half of 2019 on the warning of ambient air quality in the first half of the year. All localities are required to strictly follow the relevant requirements of the "Opinions", comprehensively revise and improve the government and department's heavy pollution weather emergency plan, standardize the emission reduction list, and ensure that the emergency emission reduction measures are effective.

On July 26, Liu Youbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, revealed at a regular press conference that this winter the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will not unify the organization of production or suspension of production in the industrial sector, including steel enterprises. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment intends to classify enterprises that have achieved ultra-low emissions in all categories as Class A. Such enterprises do not need to adopt emission reduction measures such as production restriction or production stoppage when dealing with heavy pollution this winter.

However, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has also considered local implementation of the classification and production restriction policy, and will increase supervision and accountability. The "Opinions" pointed out that after the emergency response to heavy pollution weather was initiated in various places, the key areas of the Ministry of Eco-Environment strengthened the supervision and fixed-point assistance working group, and all the work priorities were turned to check the implementation of emergency response measures. The implementation of the emergency plan for heavy pollution weather is not in place, the gas-industry enterprises in key industries are not included in the emission reduction list, and normal production issues will be integrated into the quantification of the comprehensive action of air pollution comprehensive control in autumn and winter in key areas.

Not only that, during heavy-duty weather emergency response, all localities should carry out intensified supervision and inspection, violation of state regulations, excessive discharge, and those who have been subjected to the above-mentioned acts after administrative punishment or have other serious circumstances may apply to other "seriously polluted environments" as prescribed by law. The situation" is investigated for criminal responsibility.

The local government will also formulate specific supporting documents such as grading management and control measures based on the "Opinions". The Ministry of Ecology and Environment will review and review the list of emergency emission reductions everywhere, strictly review the A and B-level enterprise audit specifications, and check whether the emergency emission reduction measures are operational.

For other industries that have not implemented performance grading, provinces and cities can refer to the relevant requirements of the Technical Guide to clarify the emergency mitigation measures in light of the actual situation; or according to the specific conditions of local relevant industry governance and management capabilities, For the unit, develop a unified performance grading standard and implement differentiated management and control.