BYD trapped in environmental pollution whirlpool 3 days out of the EIA report as subsidized

After suffering a huge decline in performance, large-scale layoffs, and vehicle safety issues, BYD, in the aura of "New Energy" and "Warren Buffett," once again fell into the vortex of environmental pollution.

According to the results monitored by the 34 organizations of the National Environmental Protection Organization (IPE), the Public and Environmental Research Center (IPE) has shown that there are different levels of heavy metal pollution in 29 brands including BYD. According to IPE, the main pollutants of BYD and its product suppliers may include nickel, chromium and other first-class pollutants in addition to total copper.

According to a reporter from the clinic of the surrounding hospital of the BYD Baolong Industrial Park in Shenzhen, the prevalence of local residents has risen in recent years, and laryngitis and unexplained diseases account for a certain percentage. The neighboring residential community blamed the culprit on the culprit.

According to the “Huizhou Municipal Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Information Announcement” published by the Huizhou Environmental Protection Bureau on June 24, 2011, among the top five enterprises producing major hazardous wastes, Huizhou BYD Industrial Co., Ltd. ranked the fourth in terms of the amount of hazardous waste generated by 5712.9 tons. . The reporters found that a straight line from the residential area is only 100 meters away. One was built by BYD. It is said that the world's largest battery plant will soon rise and the battery factory will have another intrigue.

The world’s largest battery factory was hurriedly launched and sat in the conference room on the second floor of the Zhenye Valley Sales Center in Longgang District, Shenzhen. Dozens of owners expressed emotions.

“Looking at the battery factory building day by day, I feel that the tombs around us are being pushed up step by step,” they said. Since August 2010, the Bureau of Land and Resources of Longgang District of Shenzhen City has changed the use of land and placed 500,000 people away from them. After selling the sqm plot to BYD, they have witnessed the extraordinary energy of BYD.

The powerful energy mentioned by the owners not only refers to BYD’s strong appeal for capital, but also refers to BYD’s ability to smoothly promote the construction of battery factories under the strong opposition of all parties. The reporter found during the investigation that the government is strong Under the impetus of a strong administrative hand, the battery project took a hurry in all kinds of procedures. It took one month to “take and hang” the operation, and passed the environmental assessment seven days later. However, relevant parties have not clearly stated their clear violation of project approvals and EIA actions.

The BYD battery plant project originally belonged to the Shenzhen Automotive Electronics Cluster, and it is Shenzhen Automotive Electronics Clustering Base, one of the nine industrial bases in Shenzhen. The total investment is 4.4 billion yuan. It plans to introduce 30 key automotive electronics companies to settle in. In 2007 Baolong Industrial Zone officially named its automotive electronics cluster and started construction in 2009.

In this period, Zhenye Valley was opened for sale in the first phase. According to many owners’ recollections, the open space that was separated by mountains between the Zhenye Group and the Shenzhen Planning and Land Administration Department was still declared. "Automobile Industry Cluster Base" Land. With BYD winning the plot in August 2010, sensitive community owners began to pay attention to environmental issues.

Automobile electronics belong to the category of electronics industry, and it is not unreasonable to classify it as a type of industrial land. However, battery plant classification problem is quite controversial. According to a professional environmental protection lawyer analysis, according to the traditional production process of battery production, it should be classified as a chemical class, but the new energy battery project is difficult to classify.

With the approval of the BYD battery factory project in June 2011, more and more new owners have smelled of paint, waste, plastic smell, and the above-mentioned mixed tastes as the summer arrives and the direction of the wind has changed. Nausea, blocked throat, difficulty breathing, chest tightness and other symptoms occurred after the smell.

As checked by the Shenzhen Municipal Human Settlement Committee, the stimulating odor comes from the BYD Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd. spray shop. In the beginning, BYD explained that it was known as “exhaust pipe leak” and was further interpreted as “smell and harmful are two different things” by many residents nearby.

However, residents in the vicinity soon discovered that signs of construction work began to appear on the vacant lot across the mountain. After further investigation, it was known that BYD would build the world's largest battery plant here. Once it is completed and put into production, the pollution hazard will be far away. Far more than its existing spray shop.

According to data from Baolong Community, the population of Baolong District will be estimated to be 350,000 in the next 2-3 years, and it will become one of the largest areas in Longgang District, Shenzhen, including Nanyue Village, Xinjian Village, New real estate projects such as Xinsha Village, Zhuohong Golf Ngayuan, Gemdale, Renheng, and Baohexin Court Safe Housing Project under construction.

In order to ensure the safety of life for such a large group of people, they can no longer remain silent.

One of the largest battery factories in the world, known as the world's largest battery factory, was built 100 meters away from the residential area. Questionnaire surveys on the environment of residents' health are surprising and are suspected of fraud. What is even more surprising is that the environmental assessment report that was issued in three days turned out to be for state subsidies.

The 3-day EIA retrospectively dates back to June 3, 2011. The Shenzhen People's Committee of the People's Committee of the People's Committee announced on the afternoon of the same day that the “BYD New Energy Materials Project Base Environmental Impact Report” (hereinafter referred to as the “EIA Report”) expert technology was held. The review meeting, on June 8, 2011, was reviewed by expert opinion and reviewed by the expert team leader and the Municipal Human Settlements Environmental Technology Review Center. Expert technical review opinions were initially completed. On June 10, the EIA report was approved.

“A seven-day EIA can be considered as China's speed.” Dong Liangjie, an environmental expert at the University of Hawaii in the United States, commented when interviewed by this reporter. According to the owner’s point of view, except for the three-day holidays of the Dragon Boat Festival, the examination and approval of the environmental protection project for this major project was approved in only a short period of 4 days. What is it that hastened to be launched?

The reporter consulted the author of the EIA report and the person in charge of the South China Institute of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Environmental Protection with the identity of the owner. The person in charge explained that it was to meet BYD's deadline and “acquire state-related subsidies”.

In the investigation, the reporter found that the site for the battery plant was classified as a type of industrial land, and classified as a type of industrial land according to the “City Land Classification and Planning Construction Land Standard”, ie, industrial land that basically did not interfere with and interfered with the environment such as residential and public facilities. : Sites for electronics industry, sewing industry, handicraft manufacturing industry, etc.

According to the statutory plan of 2009 and the second public announcement of the “draft plan of Shenzhen Longgang 204-T2&T3&T4 [Southern region]” published in April 2011, the land is classified as a category of industrial land. .

Then why is the battery factory built on a type of industrial land, and the straight line distance from the sensitive residential area is less than 100 meters? The relevant person in charge of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Committee of the People's Housing Committee as an appraisal and approval unit explained to the reporter that it was the Shenzhen Municipal Planning State Land Committee that put the project in a class of industrial land. “From our perspective, the land classification is not The scope of our duties, the new energy materials industry also does not have a corresponding category in this category."

The person in charge of the Human Settlement Committee also stated that in the absence of auditing conditions, they can only judge from the perspective of environmental impact. The environmental impact is the “EIA Report” and expert review opinions.

A lawyer from the China Environmental Protection Federation, who declined to be named, stated that if the battery factory project is classified as Category K, that is, a type of industrial category of industrial land, then during the writing of the EIA report, the key to pollution can be simplified and avoided. problem.

The expert review opinion unanimously held that the battery factory is a clean production and recycling production project, and the environmental protection level has reached Level 1, which meets the conditions for entry, and will not have a great environmental impact on the surrounding.

Questionnaire was allegedly false. Dong Liangjie told reporters that a battery factory project in a foreign country entered a new place. Generally, the local soil and groundwater samples were sampled and archived, and they were restored when they left. Dong Liangjie said, “Aside from the rules of foreign countries, if you set up factories in such a close distance, you must have a neighborhood hearing at the time of the EIA.”

135 questionnaires in the EIA report caught the attention of reporters. According to the “Public Participation Conclusion” in the EIA report, “Acquiring 135 survey questionnaires, according to the survey, 83.7% of the respondents supported the construction of this project, 16.3% of the respondents expressed indifferent attitude, no respondents Opposition to the project construction. All units of the survey support the construction of this project."

In response to this argument, it was questioned by many owners in the Zhenye Valley. “We are the nearest public entity to the project, which is the most affected and most concerned by the project. However, as of now, none of the 700 or more of our owners have received surveys. Questionnaire.” Many owners stated that “the 100% mentioned in the EIA report does not oppose the construction of this project” is even more nonsense.”

According to the response from the relevant person in charge of the South China Research Institute of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the 135 questionnaires were collected by the construction unit (BYD).

In other words, as the special group and author of the EIA report, the South China Research Institute of the Ministry of Environmental Protection did not directly participate in the questionnaire process, but BYD performed it on its behalf.

According to the environmental protection lawyer mentioned above, the construction of the survey questionnaire on behalf of the participating parties violated the “fair and scientific attitude” as a third party and was suspected of illegal operation. “The fairness and legal validity of the questionnaire were also questioned.” Say.

Relevant persons in charge of the South China Research Institute of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Shenzhen People's Committee of the People's Housing Committee further explained that in the survey questionnaire there were questionnaires from owners of the Zhenye Valley Valley, “the name and contact information of the owners”.

The only possibility that many owners in Vale claimed that there is such a possibility is that BYD collaborates with internal employee work leave. A BYD employee, who declined to be named, told the reporter that they were actually asked by the company to fill out a questionnaire and were specifically requested to fill in “No” in the “No objection to the construction project” column. At the same time, they were not allowed to disclose company employees. Identity.

In response to the safety distance requirements for battery factory location, Shenzhen Municipal People's Committee reported that there is no legal requirement for the safety distance of new energy projects such as lithium iron phosphate batteries. This statement and the "South China Institute of Environmental Protection of the Ministry of Environmental Protection," the country does not have such a rule that the lithium iron phosphate battery plant can not be built somewhere" explanation is exactly the same.

Dong Liangjie said that the domestic environmental assessment of iron-lithium battery plant is very wide, and the requirements for industrial land can be easily grasped.

The party from BYD responded that for the piece of land use function, the Land Use Contract signed by BYD and Shenzhen Longgang District Planning Bureau in August 2010 clearly stated that this piece of land was used for the construction of the battery factory.

One of the largest battery factories in the world, known as the world's largest battery factory, was built 100 meters away from the residential area. Questionnaire surveys on the environment of residents' health are surprising and are suspected of fraud. What is even more surprising is that the environmental assessment report that was issued in three days turned out to be for state subsidies.

"New energy" pollution hidden "new energy" battery factory production process, whether there is no pollution. Dong Liangjie told the reporter that lithium batteries belong to the new energy industry, but heavy metal pollution is still a problem. Lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, chromium, etc., are released from the processing of metal materials into dust and water. As for whether there are radioactive elements, depending on the circumstances.

An insider close to the BYD battery plant project revealed to the correspondent that BYD added cobalt to the lithium iron phosphate battery, so the correct name should be lithium iron phosphate cobalt battery. "They will not declare cobalt as an ingredient, but if Without adding cobalt, patent infringement may be involved, but sometimes the word is hidden, and you do not know what concerns and concerns you have."

In response to BYD adding cobalt to the lithium cobalt iron phosphate battery, a lithium battery project expert stated that this is an open secret of the industry and BYD is considering avoiding professional risks.

According to the person in charge, lithium iron phosphate battery patent right is still in the hands of foreigners, because of patent restrictions, domestic manufacturers of lithium iron phosphate battery is limited to sales in the domestic market. In addition to cobalt, during the production of lithium iron phosphate batteries, “there will be heavy metal contamination with chromium.” However, he said that due to the requirement for the chromium content of the raw materials to be below several PPM, the pollution impact is basically negligible. The content is still low."

Dong Liangjie believes that the problem is not how much is added to the solid product, but how much is added to air and water during the addition process. The potential problems are many and serious.