Environmental Information Disclosure by Chongqing Rongkai ChuanYi Instrument Co., Ltd.
I. Basic Information
Company Name: Chongqing Rongkai ChuanYi Instrument Co., Ltd.
Organization Code: 75007251-3
Legal Representative: Wang Dewei
Production Address: No. 1, Tonglin Village, Chengjiang Town, Beibei District
Business Scope: Instruments and Meters
Products and Production Scale: 1. Instrument hairsprings: annual output of 55 million units; 2. Power supply units: annual output of 3,000 sets.
Contact number: 86020078
II. Wastewater Discharge Information
Major pollutants: domestic and industrial wastewater. The wastewater parameters include chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, anionic surfactants, suspended solids, petroleum hydrocarbons, pH, and animal and vegetable oils. Discharge mode: intermittent and unstable; there is one total wastewater discharge outlet. Wastewater discharge concentrations are as follows: ammonia nitrogen—15 mg/L; anionic surfactants—0.063 mg/L; chemical oxygen demand—100 mg/L; suspended solids—5.29 mg/L; petroleum hydrocarbons—0.357 mg/L; pH—7.24; animal and vegetable oils—0.437 mg/L. Emission standards are as follows: ammonia nitrogen—15 mg/L; anionic surfactants—5 mg/L; chemical oxygen demand—100 mg/L; suspended solids—70 mg/L; petroleum hydrocarbons—5 mg/L; pH—9 mg/L; animal and vegetable oils—10 mg/L.
III. Construction and Operation of Pollution Prevention and Control Facilities
The company has constructed a biochemical treatment pond, where production and domestic wastewater is treated through a screen, oil–water separator, three-chamber septic tank, anoxic tank, biological contact oxidation tank, effluent recirculation, sedimentation tank, and integrated treatment process before being discharged in compliance with standards; the system is operating normally.
IV. Environmental Assessment of Construction Projects and Related Environmental Protection Administrative Permits
The company is an established enterprise that was founded before September 2003 and is therefore exempt from the requirement to conduct an environmental impact assessment. The company’s wastewater discharge permit number is Yu (Bei) Huan Pai Zheng (2015) No. 0049.
V. Contingency Plan for Sudden Environmental Incidents:
Chongqing Rongkai ChuanYi Instrument Co., Ltd.
Emergency Response Plan for Environmental Emergencies in Enterprises
1 General Provisions
1.1 Purpose of Preparation
To enhance our capability in responding to sudden environmental incidents, establish and improve the emergency response mechanism for such events, strengthen the company’s measures for handling them, safeguard safe production, protect the lives and property of employees and the enterprise, conserve the environment, and promote the enterprise’s comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development.
1.2 Basis for Preparation
This Contingency Plan is formulated in accordance with the Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Work Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China, the National General Emergency Plan for Public Emergencies, the National Emergency Plan for Sudden Environmental Accidents, and other relevant laws and administrative regulations.
1.3 Accident Classification
Classify incidents based on the severity of loss of life and property, the severity of environmental pollution, and the urgency of the situation:
(1) An exceptionally severe sudden environmental pollution incident shall be defined as one that meets any of the following conditions:
1. Where the direct economic loss caused exceeds RMB 1 million;
2. Where there are fatalities due to poisoning;
3. The hazards of the incident may result in large-scale pollution, cross-regional contamination, and a trend of rapid escalation or expansion.
(2) Any of the following circumstances shall be deemed a major sudden environmental pollution incident:
1. Where the direct economic loss caused is more than RMB 300,000 but less than RMB 1 million;
2. When personnel exhibit obvious symptoms of poisoning;
3. When the hazards and impacts of an incident extend to surrounding areas, cannot be swiftly brought under control through self-rescue or standard rescue efforts, and show a tendency to further expand or escalate.
(3) An emergency environmental pollution incident is classified as a major incident if any of the following circumstances apply:
1. Where the direct economic loss caused is more than RMB 10,000 but less than RMB 300,000;
2. Incidents in which personnel exhibit symptoms of poisoning;
3. The hazard posed by the incident is confined to a certain scope, can be brought under control through self-rescue or organized rescue efforts, and shows no tendency to further escalate or spread.
(4) General Sudden Environmental Pollution Incidents
Environmental pollution incidents that result in direct economic losses of more than RMB 1,000 but less than RMB 10,000 (excluding RMB 10,000).
1.4 Scope of Application
This contingency plan applies to environmental pollution and damage incidents within the Company’s production facilities caused by human factors or force majeure, including emissions of gaseous waste, wastewater, and solid waste (including hazardous waste); accidents such as explosions, fires, and large-scale leaks that occur during production, operation, storage, transportation, use, and disposal; environmental pollution incidents caused by natural disasters that pose a threat to human health; and other serious pollution incidents that affect the water quality of drinking water sources.
1.5 Principles of Work
When establishing an emergency response system and corresponding response procedures for sudden environmental pollution incidents, the company shall adhere to the principles of seeking truth from facts and ensuring practical feasibility, and implement the following principles:
(1) Adhere to a people-centered approach and prioritize prevention. Strengthen the monitoring and surveillance of environmental hazard sources, implement effective oversight and management, establish an environmental accident risk prevention system, proactively prevent incidents, promptly control risks, eliminate potential hazards, enhance capabilities for preventing and responding to sudden environmental pollution accidents, minimize or avoid the occurrence of such accidents whenever possible, mitigate or eliminate the medium- and long-term impacts caused by environmental pollution incidents, and maximize protection of employee health and safeguard the lives and property of the general public.
(2) Adhere to unified leadership, categorized management, and tiered response. Accept guidance from the government’s environmental protection authorities to ensure that the company’s emergency response system for sudden environmental pollution incidents becomes an integral part of the regional system. Strengthen coordination and collaboration among all departments within the company to enhance rapid response capabilities. Based on the specific characteristics of environmental pollution caused by different pollution sources, implement categorized management, fully leverage the professional strengths of each department, and ensure that the measures adopted are commensurate with the scope of harm and the social impact resulting from the sudden environmental pollution incident.
(3) Adhere to the integration of peacetime and wartime preparedness, as well as the combination of full-time and part-time personnel, and make full use of existing resources. Actively undertake ideological, material, technical, and operational preparations for responding to sudden environmental pollution incidents; strengthen training and drills; ensure that the emergency response system is always in a state of high readiness; and be able to provide services to our company, other enterprises, and the broader community, delivering rapid and effective responses when emergencies arise.
2 Organization, Command, and Responsibilities
2.1 Emergency Response Leading Group
Team Leader: Wang Dewei (General Manager).
Deputy Team Leaders: Wu Yongsheng (Deputy General Manager) and Gong Rong (Head of the General Affairs Section).
Members: Zuo Yunhong (Deputy General Manager), Li Jinhua (Deputy General Manager), Yin Ying (Deputy Secretary), Zuo Xiaoping (Administrative Director), Pu Xiaolian (Workshop Director), Wang Yuegang (Equipment Department Head), Li Xirong (Safety and Technology Supervisor), Chen Yong (Assistant to the General Affairs Department), Tang Qingling (Assistant to the Materials Department).
2.2 Office of the Emergency Response Leading Group (Emergency Command Center).
Commander-in-Chief: Wu Yongsheng.
Deputy Directors (Deputy Commanders): Li Xirong and Gong Rong.
Members: Li Jinhua, Pu Xiaolian, Zhou Jun, Wang Yuegang, He Zhiyong, and Gong Bangcheng.
The organization comprises an Emergency Rescue Team, a Safety Evacuation and Guidance Team, a Public Security and Perimeter Control Team, a Logistics Support Team, and a Communications and Liaison Team. The On-site Emergency Command Center for Sudden Environmental Incidents is responsible for the unified command of all emergency response efforts related to sudden environmental incidents across the company.
Emergency Rescue Team: Team Leader: Zhou Jun. Deputy Team Leaders: Chen Yong.
Team Members: Composed of the company’s emergency response team and volunteer fire brigade. (List attached.)
Safety Evacuation and Guidance Team: Team Leader: Yin Ying; Deputy Team Leader: Cai Ou.
Team members: Pu Xiaolian, Chen Yong, Xie Min, and He Li.
Public Security Alert Team: Team Leader: Wang Yuegang. Deputy Team Leader: He Zhiyong.
Team members: Yao Yong and Gong Bangcheng.
Logistics Support Group: Tang Qingling. Deputy Head: Huang Yi.
Team members: Lin Hua, He Lian, Zhang Huibin, and Fu Jianchun.
Communications and Liaison Group: Group Leader: Wen Jing; Deputy Group Leader: Han Xingmei.
Team Members: Deng Lu Jiao, Wen Sheng Bing
2.3 Work Tasks and Responsibilities
(1) Emergency Rescue Team:
Responsible for on-site emergency rescue operations during emergencies, promptly controlling hazard sources, and immediately deploying specialized protective equipment and tools based on the nature of the hazard. Also responsible for on-site fire suppression, search and rescue operations, and the rescue of injured personnel, as well as post-event decontamination of contaminated areas.
(2) Safety Evacuation Guidance Team:
Responsible for providing protective guidance to personnel at the scene and in the surrounding area, conducting evacuations, and relocating nearby materials. Also responsible for establishing a temporary medical aid station within the safety zone near the site to provide emergency treatment to the injured and to escort critically injured individuals to a hospital for further care.
(3) Public Security Alert Team:
Be responsible for establishing security perimeters, prohibiting unauthorized personnel and vehicles from entering hazardous areas, and conducting security patrols in evacuation zones.
(4) Logistics Support Group:
Responsible for the preparation and logistical support of emergency rescue supplies.
(5) Communications and Liaison Group:
Responsible for communications and liaison, ensuring timely and accurate transmission of command center directives. Responsible for reporting environmental emergencies (incidents) to superior authorities and relevant departments. Conducts ad hoc centralized vehicle dispatching.
3 Prevention and Early Warning
3.1 Prevention
Regularly conduct surveys and monitoring of pollution sources generated during the company’s production processes, and develop corresponding emergency response measures based on the characteristics of the pollutants and potential accident sources.
3.2 Early Warning
Based on the severity, urgency, and potential scope of impact of an emergency environmental pollution incident, early warnings for such incidents are graded into four levels: General (Level IV), Relatively Severe (Level III), Major (Level II), and Especially Major (Level I), which are indicated by blue, yellow, orange, and red, respectively. Depending on the evolution of the situation and the effectiveness of the measures implemented, the warning level may be upgraded, downgraded, or lifted.
When a sudden environmental pollution incident has occurred but has not yet met the criteria for a General (Level IV) alert, the relevant department or workshop shall issue an alert to the Command Center and the pertinent leaders. When the criteria for a General (Level IV) alert are met, the Command Center shall immediately activate the corresponding emergency response plan at its level. When the criteria for a General (Level IV) alert are exceeded but the criteria for a Relatively Severe (Level III) alert have not yet been met, an immediate alert shall be issued to the Commander and senior leaders. When the criteria for a Relatively Severe (Level III) alert are met, the Command Center shall promptly activate the Company’s Emergency Response Plan for Sudden Environmental Pollution Incidents and report the situation to the Company’s General Manager and higher authorities. When the criteria for a Relatively Severe (Level III) alert or above are exceeded, the Command Center shall immediately activate and organize the implementation of the Overall Emergency Response Plan for Public Emergencies and report the incident to the local environmental protection authority.
Emergency alert and communication contact information: Internal: 86020089; External: 119. 24-hour emergency reporting is available via internal telephone, mobile phone, and the emergency alarm in the guard station.
When the collected information indicates that a sudden environmental pollution incident is imminent or that the likelihood of such an incident has increased, the relevant emergency response plan shall be implemented.
Measures to be taken upon entering the early warning state:
(1) Upon receiving an early warning, the on-duty personnel of the Communications Group shall promptly ascertain the details of the potential (or imminent) incident (accident), conduct an assessment, and report to the Command Center.
(2) Upon receiving an alarm, the Command Center shall immediately conduct a categorized assessment, issue categorized alerts, convene members of the Command Center to commence operations, activate the emergency response plan, issue early-warning announcements, and issue orders to the various specialized task forces.
(3) Relocate, evacuate, or disperse personnel who may be endangered, and provide them with appropriate accommodation.
(4) Keep abreast of and report on the progress of the situation at all times.
(5) In response to the potential hazards posed by sudden accidents, relevant premises shall be sealed off, isolated, or subject to restricted access, and any actions or activities that could exacerbate the hazards shall be suspended.
(6) Mobilize the materials and equipment required for environmental emergency response to ensure effective emergency support.
4 Emergency Response
4.1 Emergency Response Procedure
The block diagram of the emergency response procedure is as follows:
4.2 Information Reporting and Processing
4.2.1 Time Limits and Procedures for Reporting Sudden Environmental Pollution Accidents
Upon discovery of a sudden environmental pollution incident, a report shall be submitted to the superior authorities and the local environmental protection department within two hours, and an on-site investigation shall be immediately organized. In emergency situations, reporting may bypass hierarchical levels.
4.2.2 Reporting Procedures and Content for Sudden Environmental Pollution Accidents
Reports on sudden environmental pollution incidents are categorized into three types: initial reports, follow-up reports, and outcome reports. Initial reports shall be submitted immediately upon the discovery of the incident; follow-up reports shall be submitted at any time once the relevant basic information has been ascertained; and outcome reports shall be submitted promptly upon completion of the incident response.
Initial reports may be submitted directly by telephone, and shall include the following key information: the type of environmental incident, the time and location of occurrence, the source of pollution, the primary pollutants, the extent of human casualties, the potential severity of the incident, and the likely trajectory and transformation patterns of the incident.
Follow-up reports may be submitted online or in writing, providing, on the basis of the initial report, specific data, as well as basic information on the cause, sequence, progress, and emergency measures implemented in response to the incident.
The report on the handling results shall be submitted in writing. Building upon the initial report and subsequent updates, this report shall detail the measures, procedures, and outcomes of the incident response; the potential or indirect hazards and societal impacts of the incident; any residual issues remaining after the response; as well as the relevant departments involved in the response and their respective responsibilities.
4.3 Information Release
Following a sudden environmental pollution incident, accurate and authoritative information must be released promptly to guide public opinion in the right direction.
4.4 Termination of Emergency Response
4.4.1 Conditions for Termination of the Emergency
Any of the following conditions, once met, shall constitute the criteria for termination of the emergency response:
(1) The incident site is under control, and the conditions that gave rise to the incident have been eliminated;
(2) Leakage or release from the pollution source has been reduced to within the prescribed limits;
(3) The harm caused by the incident has been completely eliminated, with no possibility of secondary effects;
(4) There is no longer any need to continue the various specialized emergency response operations at the incident site.
4.4.2 Procedures for Terminating the Emergency Response
(1) The on-site rescue command center determines the appropriate time to terminate operations, or the department responsible for the incident submits a request, which is then approved by the on-site rescue command center;
(2) The on-site rescue command center issues the order to terminate the emergency response to all subordinate specialized emergency rescue teams;
(3) Following the termination of the emergency response, environmental monitoring and assessment shall be conducted in accordance with relevant directives and the actual situation.
4.4.3 Actions Following the Termination of the Emergency
⑴ Upon completion of emergency response to a sudden environmental pollution incident, the relevant departments shall be organized to conduct a thorough summary and analysis, draw lessons from the incident, and implement timely corrective measures:
(2) Organize the various specialized teams to evaluate the effectiveness of the emergency plan and implementation procedures, the feasibility of emergency equipment, the competence and response speed of emergency personnel, and other relevant aspects, and to submit recommendations for revising the emergency plan.
(3) Departments participating in emergency response shall be responsible for organizing and guiding environmental emergency response teams in the maintenance and upkeep of emergency instruments and equipment, ensuring that such equipment is consistently maintained in good technical condition.
5 Emergency Support
5.1 Financial Assurance
The company shall allocate dedicated funds to cover all expenses incurred during emergency response to environmental incidents, thereby providing the necessary financial support.
5.2 Equipment Support
The company shall provide dedicated equipment for emergency rescue personnel to ensure the smooth execution of rescue operations.
5.3 Communication Assurance
The company shall establish and improve an environmental safety emergency command system, an environmental emergency response system, and an environmental safety scientific early-warning system. It shall also equip itself with the necessary wired and wireless communication equipment to ensure unimpeded communication among all emergency response units when this contingency plan is activated.
5.4 Human Resources Assurance
The company shall establish an emergency response team for sudden environmental pollution incidents, training a standby force that is always prepared, well-versed in environmental emergency response knowledge, and fully proficient in the response measures for various types of such incidents; thereby ensuring that, upon the occurrence of an emergency, the team can promptly deploy to the scene and effectively carry out on-site operations such as rescue, hazard elimination, disinfection, and monitoring.
5.5 Technical Assurance
Establish an environmental safety early-warning system and form specialized teams to ensure that relevant environmental expertise is promptly deployed both before the activation of the early-warning mechanism and following the occurrence of an incident, thereby providing assurance for command and decision-making.
5.6 Publicity, Training, and Drills
Conduct public education, training, and information dissemination in areas adjacent to the factory.
5.6.1 Efforts should be intensified to promote public education and awareness on environmental protection, disseminate common knowledge on the prevention of environmental pollution incidents, enhance employees’ awareness of risk prevention and their psychological preparedness, and improve the public’s capacity for prevention.
5.6.2 Strengthen the routine training of environmental accident specialists and the training and management of personnel at accident sources, with the aim of developing a pool of well-trained professionals specialized in environmental emergency response.
5.6.3 Regularly organize practical environmental emergency response drills to enhance skills in preventing and handling sudden environmental pollution incidents and to strengthen operational capabilities.
5.7 Emergency Response Capability Assessment
To ensure that the environmental emergency response system remains in a state of constant combat readiness and to facilitate continuous improvement, a top-down oversight, inspection, and evaluation mechanism is implemented within the environmental emergency capability assessment framework. This mechanism covers such aspects as the organizational structure of environmental emergency agencies at all levels, the establishment and implementation of relevant systems and operational procedures, the development of response teams and the training and performance evaluation of personnel, as well as the management and utilization of emergency equipment and funding.
6 Post-Event Handling
Organize and implement environmental restoration plans and post-incident remediation efforts.
7 Rewards and Penalties
7.1 Rewards
In emergency response and rescue operations for sudden environmental pollution incidents, rewards shall be granted in accordance with relevant regulations.
7.2 Accountability
In emergency response to sudden environmental pollution incidents, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the persons held accountable shall be pursued for corresponding liability based on the circumstances and the resulting harm.
7.5 Implementation Timeline of the Plan
This contingency plan shall come into effect as of the date of its promulgation.
Chongqing Rongkai ChuanYi Instrument Co., Ltd.
January 1, 2014