Nghe An: Fined 300 million VND for sand mining business exceeding permitted capacity on Lam River
(Baonghean.vn) - A company was just fined 300 million VND by the People's Committee of Nghe An province for exploiting nearly 7,000m3 of sand in a year beyond its permitted capacity.
Nghe An Provincial People's Committee has just issued a decision to administratively sanction Hoang Nguyen Company Limited, located in Hung Binh Ward (Vinh City). This is a company licensed to exploit sand on Lam River from Luu Son Commune, Do Luong District, to Cat Van Commune, Thanh Chuong District.
This company was fined VND 300 million by the Provincial People's Committee for exploiting in excess of the permitted annual exploitation capacity stated in the Mineral Exploitation License as prescribed in Point c, Clause 3, Article 41, Decree No. 36/2020/ND-CP dated March 24, 2020 of the Government regulating administrative sanctions in the field of water and mineral resources.
Specifically, the company's annual sand mining capacity is 23,920 m3However, through inspection, in 2021, this company exploited 30,751.5 m3, exceeding 28.5% of capacity, with excess volume of 6,831 m3.
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Sand mining on Lam River. Photo: Tien Hung |
In addition, the Provincial People's Committee also forced Hoang Nguyen Company Limited to take measures to renovate environmental protection works, remedy environmental pollution, and damage to technical infrastructure caused by over-capacity exploitation.
According to the reporter's investigation, this is not the first time Hoang Nguyen Company Limited has been fined. In June 2022 alone, this company was fined 3 times by the People's Committee of Do Luong district with a total amount of 65 million VND.
Specifically, on June 6, the Do Luong District People's Committee fined the company 30 million VND for not recording data through the weighing station. On June 13, the company was further fined 15 million VND for encroaching on and occupying land. Also on June 13, the Do Luong District People's Committee issued another decision to fine Hoang Nguyen Company Limited 20 million VND for encroaching on agricultural land to make a sand collection site...