What is the final result of the first trial of Tengger Desert pollution?

On August 28th, a series of public interest litigation cases concerning the pollution of Tengger Desert in Ningxia were settled in the Intermediate People's Court of zhongwei, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Eight sued enterprises paid 569 169634 yuan for soil pollution restoration and prevention, and the environmental loss was 6 million yuan.

2065438+On February 3rd, 2006, zhongwei Intermediate People's Court accepted eight public interest lawsuits filed by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (hereinafter referred to as Green Development Foundation) against zhongwei Meiliyuan Water Co., Ltd., Ningxia Lanfeng Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Ningxia Huayu Chemical Co., Ltd., Ningxia Desert Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ningxia Zhongwei Dalong Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., Ningxia ruitai Technology Co., Ltd., Ningxia Ming Sheng Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd. and zhongwei Xinsanyuan Chemical Co., Ltd.

The Intermediate People's Court of zhongwei found through trial that five enterprises involved in the case failed to implement the requirements of environmental assessment and discharged excessive production wastewater into the evaporation pool; 1 The enterprise sewage treatment facilities are not operating normally, and the wastewater has been discharged beyond the standard for a long time, forming a huge sewage pool; 1 The enterprise buried a large amount of untreated waste residue in sand, resulting in mottled reddish brown ground; 1 enterprise illegally discharges production wastewater into sandy land. The illegal activities of the above eight enterprises have caused different degrees of pollution to the surrounding soil environment.

During the trial of the case, the zhongwei Intermediate People's Court organized the Green Development Association to exchange evidence, communicate and negotiate with the enterprises involved, and the enterprises involved implemented the rectification plan of environmental governance experts according to the opinions and suggestions put forward by the Green Development Association to speed up the rectification progress. With the active cooperation and assistance of all parties, eight enterprises involved in the case installed and built the facilities and equipment needed to prevent future pollution, and repaired the polluted soil.

According to the relevant provisions of the law, Zhongwei Intermediate People's Court organized the parties to negotiate and communicate many times, and hired experts to observe the pollution control effect on the spot. Finally, the Green Development Council adopted the conclusion of the environmental assessment acceptance by the environmental protection department, and facilitated the two sides to reach a mediation agreement. The mediation agreement was published in the People's Court on July 25th, 20 17, and the publication period was until August 25th. There is no objection to this mediation agreement from all walks of life.

On August 28th, the zhongwei Intermediate People's Court heard the case, and examined and confirmed the mediation agreement between the two parties. According to the mediation agreement, eight enterprises involved in the case have invested 569 169634 yuan to repair and prevent soil pollution, and bear environmental losses of 6 million yuan; Ningxia Lanfeng Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Ningxia Ming Sheng Dyeing and Chemical Co., Ltd. and Ningxia Huayu Chemical Co., Ltd. continue to complete the groundwater remediation work according to the expert's groundwater remediation plan, and bear the corresponding expenses until they reach the set remediation goal. Zhongwei Intermediate People's Court will urge eight enterprises involved to fulfill the obligations agreed in the mediation agreement.

We should let polluting enterprises bear the losses.