On the afternoon of January 17, the Long An Department of Natural Resources and Environment said that it had established a record of administrative sanctions and requested Duong Van Nghia Private Enterprise to immediately stop discharging wastewater in excess of prescribed standards. out into the environment. It is strictly forbidden to discharge untreated or treated wastewater into the environment in any form; Have solutions to treat and limit odors arising from the grease separator cluster area.
The centralized pig slaughter facility is in operation. Illustration photo: Thien Long
According to inspection results, Duong Van Nghia Private Enterprise has increased its pig slaughtering capacity from 500 pigs/day to 1,048 pigs/day. It is worth mentioning that the facility has not made a decision to approve the results of the appraisal of the environmental impact assessment report according to regulations for investment projects, and has not yet prepared an environmental impact assessment report under the approval authority of the Department. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
This enterprise discharges wastewater into the environment with 4 parameters including: Ammonium (calculated as N) exceeds 16.61 times, total nitrogen exceeds 4.35 times, total phosphorus (calculated as P) exceeds 2.62 times, color 1.32 times higher than National Technical Regulation on Industrial Wastewater CVN 40:2011/BTNMT; wastewater flow 40m3/day and night.
“Enterprises need to urgently relocate to the furnace project location Pig slaughtering process in Nhut Chanh commune, Ben Luc, Long An has been approved for investment policy by the People’s Committee of Long An province,” the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of the province requested.
Long An currently has 48 centralized livestock and poultry slaughterhouses. Every night these facilities slaughter nearly 4,400 cattle and more than 65,300 poultry; 70% of livestock and poultry are provided to consumers in Ho Chi Minh City. Many facilities exist in residential areas, creating the risk of causing environmental pollution.