Environmental Impact Assessment for Hualu Hengsheng’s ethylene glycol project

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Author/Source of the environmental impact assessment for Hualu Hengsheng’s ethylene glycol project: Date: 2016-03-28; Clicks: 7. On March 22, 2016, the first public announcement regarding the environmental impact assessment for Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd.’s 500,000 tons per year ethylene glycol production project was made. According to the public information, the construction site for this project is located within the new factory complex of Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd. in the Canal Economic Development Zone of Dezhou City. The total investment for the project is 2,774.31 million yuan, and it involves the construction of an ethylene glycol plant with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons. The production capacity is as follows: 500,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol, 15,000 tons per year of dimethyl carbonate, 33,000 tons per year of mixed monohydric alcohols, 22,000 tons per year of light dihydric alcohols, and 11,000 tons per year of heavy dihydric alcohols. First Public Announcement on Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment of Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd.’s 500,000 tons/year Ethylene Glycol Project I. Name and Overview of the Construction Project 1. Project name: 500,000 tons/year Ethylene Glycol Project. 2. Constructor: Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd. 3. Location of construction: Within the new factory complex of Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd., located in the Canal Economic Development Zone of Dezhou City. 4. Project scale and construction content: The total investment in the project is 2,774.31 million yuan, and the project involves the construction of an ethylene glycol plant with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons. The production capacity is as follows: 500,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol, 15,000 tons per year of dimethyl carbonate, 33,000 tons per year of mixed monohydric alcohols, 22,000 tons per year of light dihydric alcohols, and 11,000 tons per year of heavy dihydric alcohols. 5. Industrial Policy: In accordance with the **National Development and Reform Commission’s Guidelines for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2011 version), the proposed project falls under Category 1, Subcategory 11, Item 4 of the list of projects that are encouraged for development: the production of ethylene glycol from syngas at a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or more. Therefore, the project is in line with **industrial policies. II. Contact information for the Dezhou Environmental Protection Science Institute, which is responsible for conducting environmental impact assessments: Phone: 18866050315; Fax: 0534-2561952; Postal code: 253034; Address: At the southern end of Jinghua Road, Dezhou Economic Development Zone; Email: dezhouky@126.com. III. Name and contact information of the project owner: Name: Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd.; Contact person: Tian Wenping; Contact phone number: 0534-2465021. According to the “List of Investment Projects Approved by the State Council (2013 Edition)” issued by the State Council in December 2013, projects involving the production of more than 2 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas per year, more than 1 million tons of coal-to-oil per year, more than 500,000 tons of olefins produced from coal through methanol conversion per year, and more than 1 million tons of coal-to-methanol per year must be approved by the State Council’s investment authorities. The approval authority for coal-based ethylene glycol projects is not included in this list; it can be assumed that coal-based ethylene glycol no longer requires approval from the National Development and Reform Commission, and registration with the provincial authorities is sufficient. Hualu Hengsheng has put into operation an ethylene glycol plant with an annual capacity of 50,000 tons. The 2015 Annual Report of Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd. shows that the company is currently a new type of chemical enterprise engaged in multiple integrated production activities, with its main business areas including the production and sale of chemical products and chemical fertilizers, as well as power generation and heat supply services. Main products: fertilizers, organic amines, adipic acid and its intermediates, acetic acid and its derivatives, polyols, etc. It currently has the capacity to produce 2.2 million tons of ammonia alcohol, 1.8 million tons of urea, 500,000 tons of acetic acid, 250,000 tons of DMF, 200,000 tons of mixed amines, 200,000 tons of polyols, 160,000 tons of adipic acid, and 50,000 tons of ethylene glycol per year.