On September 28, the Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, issued a decision on imposing administrative penalties on Songbei Branch of Chifeng Zhutai Concrete Mixing Co., Ltd.
It is reported that Chifeng Ecological Environment Bureau investigated the company on June 28, 2025, and found that the company had the following ecological environment violations: The company mainly uses sand and gravel as raw materials to produce cement concrete, the project started construction in March 2025, and now has a production line. The total investment is 235,000 yuan, and the production line includes feeding silo, cement silo, feeding machine and mixer, but the company started construction without going through the approval procedures of environmental impact assessment.
Finally, the Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Chifeng City intends to impose an administrative penalty on the company: a fine of RMB five thousand four hundred and five yuan only (¥ 5,405.00) based on 2.3% of the total investment of the construction project. The company shall pay the fine to the designated bank or through the electronic payment system within 15 days from the date of receipt of the penalty decision.
The following is the original text of the Administrative Penalty Decision:
Chifeng Ecological Environment Bureau
Administrative Penalty Decision
Chihuan Penalty [2025] No.
90 Chifeng Zhutai Concrete Mixing Co., Ltd. Songbei Branch: 0 HTM L0 91150404 3 Unified Social Credit Code: 91150404 MAEEGEK40C0HTML0 UNK1 4 Person in Charge: Liu * 0 HTML0 UNK1 5 Address: Room A01, No.431, Yijiayingzi Village, Mujiayingzi Town, Songshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 0 HTML0 UNK1 6 On June 28, 2025 Your company has conducted an investigation and found that your company has committed the following ecological and environmental violations: 0HTML0UNK1 7Your company mainly produces cement and concrete with sand and gravel as raw materials. The construction started in March 2025 and now has a production line, which includes a feeding bin, a cement bin, a feeding machine and a mixer. After investigation, the project belongs to the Catalogue of Classified Management of Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction Projects (2021 Edition) 27. Non-metallic Mineral Products Industry 55 Gypsum, Cement Products and Similar Products Manufacturing Commercial Concrete Manufacturing, your company should prepare the environmental impact assessment report form and submit it to the ecological environment department for approval before starting construction, but your company has not gone through the environmental impact assessment approval procedures. 0 HTML0 UNK1 8 The above facts are supported by the following evidences: 0 HTML0 UNK1 91.Record of On-site Inspection (Investigation) of Chifeng Ecological Environment Bureau on June 28, 2025; 0 HTML0 UNK2 02.Record of Investigation and Inquiry of Chifeng Ecological Environment Bureau on June 28, 2025; 0 HTML0 UNK2 13. Site photos on June 28, 2025; 0 HTML0 UNK2 24. Copy of business license of Songbei Branch of Chifeng Zhutai Concrete Mixing Co., Ltd.; 0 HTML0 UNK2 35. Copy of ID card of person in charge of Songbei Branch of Chifeng Zhutai Concrete Mixing Co., Ltd.; 0 HTML0 UNK2 46. Excerpt from the Catalogue of Classified Management of Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction Projects (2021 Edition); 0 HTML0 UNK2 57. Assets Appraisal Report issued by Inner Mongolia Zhenghe Zhitong Real Estate Land Assets Appraisal Co., Ltd. 0 HTML0 UNK2 6 The above 1-5 evidences prove that the illegal subject is Songbei Branch of Chifeng Zhutai Concrete Mixing Co., Ltd. and the person in charge is Liu *; The above evidences 1-3 and 6 prove that your company's concrete mixing station construction project needs to apply for an environmental impact assessment report, but your company did not apply for approval of the environmental impact assessment document in accordance with the law and started construction without authorization. The above evidences 2 and 7 prove that the total investment of your company's concrete mixing station construction project is 235,000 yuan. 0 HTML 0 UNK2 7 The above acts violate Article 25 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment: "If the environmental impact assessment document of a construction project has not been examined or approved by the examination and approval department in accordance with the law, the construction unit shall not start construction." The rules of. 0HTML0UNK2 8 On September 11, 2025, our Bureau notified your company of the right to state and defend in the Prior Notice of Administrative Penalty of Chifeng Ecological Environment Bureau (Chi Huan Fa Gao Zi [2025] No.90), but your company did not make a statement and defense within five working days after receiving the notice. 0 HTML0 UNK2 9 According to Article 31 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment: "If a construction unit starts construction without submitting an environmental impact report or a report form for approval according to law, or without re-submitting an environmental impact report or a report form for re-examination in accordance with the provisions of Article 24 of this Law." The competent administrative department of environmental protection at or above the county level shall order the suspension of the construction, impose a fine of not less than 1% but not more than 5% of the total investment of the construction project according to the circumstances of the violation and the harmful consequences, and may order the restoration of the original state; the persons directly in charge of the construction unit and other persons directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions according to law. The rules of. With reference to the Provisions on Administrative Penalty Discretion Benchmarks for Eco-environmental Systems in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (1) Violation of the environmental impact assessment system of construction projects, the project belongs to the EIA report form project in which the main project has been completed and commissioning production has been carried out, and a fine of more than 2% and less than 2.5% of the total investment shall be imposed. During the investigation, your company actively cooperated with law enforcement officers and provided relevant materials in a timely manner, and has not been punished for violating ecological environment laws and regulations before. Based on the above information, our Bureau has decided to impose the following administrative penalty on your company: 0 HTML 0 UNK3 0 2.3% of the total investment of the construction project, a fine of RMB five thousand four hundred and five yuan only (¥ 5,405.00). 0 HTML0 UNK3 1 is limited to 15 days from the date of receiving this penalty decision to pay the fine at the designated bank or through the electronic payment system. 0 HTML0 UNK3 2 Receiving bank: Agricultural Bank of China Chifeng Daming Sub-branch 0 HTML0 UNK3 3 Account name: Chifeng Non-tax Revenue Management Center 0 HTML0 UNK3 4 Account number: See the Notice of Payment of Non-tax Revenue of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 0 HTML0 UNK3 5 If your company refuses to accept this penalty decision, They may apply to the Chifeng Municipal People's Government for administrative reconsideration within 60 days from the date of receipt of the penalty decision, or they may bring an administrative lawsuit to the Tongliao Railway Transport Court within six months. When applying for administrative reconsideration or instituting administrative litigation, the execution of the decision on administrative penalty shall not be suspended. 0 HTML 0 UNK3 6 If no application for administrative reconsideration, no administrative litigation and no implementation of this penalty decision are made within the time limit, our Bureau will apply to the people's court for compulsory enforcement according to law. 0 HTML0 UNK3 7 Chifeng Ecological Environment Bureau 0 HTML0 UNK3 8 20 25 September 25 0 HTML0 UNK3 9