Company fined 44,000 USD for breaking environmental laws
Nghe Tinh Metal Color Joint Stock Company will have to pay a fine of 1 billion VND (44,000 USD) for a dam collapse incident in March and violation of environmental laws.
A worker collects water samples at the dam collapse site in the central province of Nghe An. (Photo: vov.vn)
Nghe An (VNA) - Nghe Tinh Metal Color Joint Stock Companywill have to pay a fine of 1 billion VND (44,000 USD) for a dam collapseincident in March and violation of environmental laws.
The central province of Nghe An has published the decision made byinspectors of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).
The inspectors had conducted a check at the Nghe Tinh Metal ColorJSC to see if it was following environmental protection and mineral mining lawsafter the incident.
On March 9, the dam holding tin waste owned by the Chau Thanh commune-basedSuoi Bac Tin Processing Factory, a subsidiary of the Nghe Tinh Metal Color JSC,broke, and a large volume of mud and sewage from the dam flowed down into Nam Huongstream.
Soon after, local fish breeders from neighbouring Chau Quang communereported mass fish deaths in the stream.
Responding to the complaints, Secretary of the provincial PartyCommittee Nguyen Dac Vinh directed local authorities to quickly investigate,collect samples, analyse pollution levels, and assess the level of violations.
The MoNRE, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Nghe An province’sDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment, and Department ofEnvironmental Police inspected the dam collapse site to collect water, mud andwaste samples. Test results showed contamination.
Investigations revealed that though the Nghe Tinh Metal Color JSChad been doing mineral mining in Suoi Bac area for nearly four years, it hadnot received certification for adopting environmental protection measures asper the requirements of the Nghe An province People’s Committee.-VNA
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A worker collects water samples at the dam collapse site in the central province of Nghe An. (Photo: vov.vn) 
