Investor fined 125 million VND

On the morning of November 7, the Inspectorate of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ninh province issued Decision No. 38/QD-XPHC to administratively sanction Do Gia Capital Company Limited - Investor of the urban area project in area 10B, Quang Hanh ward, Cam Pha city, Quang Ninh province.

According to Decision No. 38, Do Gia Capital Company Limited does not publicly disclose the environmental impact assessment report that has been approved for appraisal results according to regulations in cases where the decision to approve the appraisal results of the environmental impact assessment report falls under the approval authority of the Provincial People's Committee.

Specifically, the urban area project in area 10B, Quang Hanh ward, Cam Pha city, Quang Ninh province has been approved by the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province for its environmental impact assessment report in Decision No. 1614/QD-UBND dated June 15, 2023. However, Do Gia Capital Company Limited has not yet publicly disclosed the environmental impact assessment report that has been approved for appraisal results according to regulations.

Pursuant to Point b, Clause 1, Article 10 of Decree No. 45/2022/ND-CP dated July 7, 2022 of the Government regulating administrative sanctions for violations in the field of environmental protection, the Inspectorate of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ninh province fined Do Gia Capital Company Limited VND 35 million. Additional penalty: Forced to publicly disclose the environmental impact assessment report with approved appraisal results according to regulations.

For the act of not implementing the content of the decision approving the results of the environmental impact assessment report appraisal as prescribed in the case where the decision approving the results of the environmental impact assessment report appraisal is under the authority of the Provincial People's Committee, according to the provisions of Point d, Clause 1, Article 10 of Decree No. 45/2022/ND-CP dated July 7, 2022 of the Government, the Inspectorate of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ninh province fined Do Gia Capital Company Limited VND 90 million.

With the above 2 violations, the Inspector of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ninh province administratively fined Do Gia Capital Company Limited a total of 125 million VND.

The investor of the urban area project in area 10B has just been fined 125 million VND by the Inspector of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ninh province for administrative violations (Photo: Thai Phan).

As reported by Nguoi Dua Tin , on November 6, the interdisciplinary inspection team of Quang Ninh province coordinated with the People's Committee of Cam Pha City to inspect the urban area project in area 10B, Quang Hanh ward, Cam Pha City, invested by Do Gia Capital Company Limited.

In particular, the inspection reflected that the construction of the 10B urban area project encroached on Ha Long Bay, affecting the water quality of the bay, and the dumping of soil directly into the waters of Ha Long Bay without environmental protection solutions, risked causing environmental pollution.

At the time of inspection, the project owner was constructing a public service road that coincided with routes 2, 3, 4, 5, 7... according to the approved planning in Decision No. 5099/QD-UBND dated September 16, 2021 of the People's Committee of Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh Province (the road is located within the project boundary, about 3 m from the project boundary).

The total length of construction is about 1,000 m, the construction material of the service road is rough stone, the road surface is covered with crushed stone, the outer edge of the service road in some sections is reinforced with boulders, the remaining sections the project owner directly dumped soil without any measures to limit mud and rock from being washed into the marine environment.

Along the service road adjacent to Lo Phong stream, there is a phenomenon of soil and rock washing away, causing localized turbidity (about 5 m range) of the coastal seawater area. At the end of the service road, the area adjacent to the rocky mountain, the phenomenon of dumping soil causing mud to rise has not been treated yet.

The project investor used 10 containers with a total length of about 200 m to surround a part of the service road to create a construction site for the embankment along Lo Phong stream. At the same time, they are laying a layer of geotextile fabric outside the service road at locations where containers have not been surrounded.

At the time of inspection, the investor had not yet presented the construction site and construction method documents, and had not yet reported to the People's Committee of Cam Pha City for consideration and approval according to the opinion of the Department of Construction of Quang Ninh stated on Page 2 of Construction Permit No. 82/GPXD-SXD dated July 24, 2023. The project owner's construction diary was incomplete for the construction of the official road.

Along with the request for the investor of the urban area project in area 10B to immediately stop construction activities on the public service road leading to the project, the inspection team requested the competent authority to draw up a record of administrative violations for 2 violations in the field of environmental protection.

On the afternoon of November 6, Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong - Chairman of Cam Pha City People's Committee, Quang Ninh Province signed Official Dispatch No. 4784/UBND-VP requesting Do Gia Capital Company Limited to stop construction of the urban area project in area 10B. At the same time, closely coordinate with departments, offices and units under Cam Pha City People's Committee to implement related contents in State management work and legal regulations .

Thai Phan - Ngoc Tan

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