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BASF plans to invest in the world's largest MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate resin) project is located in Chongqing longevity. As located in the Three Gorges Reservoir, the project was signed in 2007 Cooperation Agreement has so far been wide concern. In the financial crisis, the global demand for MDI market decline. Recently, some media reports, in Environmental protection And the dual pressures of the market, originally planned to start in 2010 in Chongqing MDI project, to reconsider the start time. BASF Greater China Media recently interviewed Johnny Kwan, Chairman Board of Management on the project's environmental risks, multinational corporations in China's environmental protection "double standards" and corporate social responsibility and other issues were discussed.
The Yangtze River in Chongqing MDI whether the project would stay hidden?
Reporter: BASF to be building in Chongqing, an annual output of 400,000 tons MDI project is the only reservoir in the river upstream of such projects, some analysts believe that the Southwest region for less than the national demand for MDI demand 5%, then, BASF is based on the market or the environmental costs of a site in Chongqing it? Environmental costs will be passed on to the local?
Johnny Kwan: The project is located in the upstream dam. In fact, this project through the environmental protection department and the Chongqing municipal government seriously consider and study, select a smaller area of environmental risk. Conducting feasibility studies and environmental impact assessment process, BASF launched a comprehensive environmental due diligence and meet or exceed the requirements of the relevant departments of China, and we also with the Chongqing Municipal Government will maintain close contact with project development. We conducted a number of meetings, public investigation and expert review, the Department of Environmental Protection, explains the project co-perfect program.
We take various measures, protection of water especially the security of a series of procedures, these procedures absorb our operations in other places for many years, close to sensitive water resources in the production base of water conservation measures and experiences such as the Rhine River in Ludwigshafen, Germany, the United States Ji Sima and other beside the Mississippi River.
We will plan the project in Chongqing, the most modern technology to ensure water security, will also pay close attention to the special situation in the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River in order to eliminate the survival of millions of people on the risks of drinking water sources concerns.
It is said that this project is located in Chongqing is to reduce costs. In fact, in Chongqing plant, in addition to raw material costs remain basically unchanged, the equipment, the cost of transportation, etc. even likely to increase. As for the environmental costs, is an integral part of the process itself, both in coastal areas or the Mainland, will not be much change. In a way that environmental risk protection in Chongqing into even greater than the coastal areas, so there is shift the cost of the so-called environmental problems.
Reporter: As the special geographical location and ecological environment, the project in case unforeseen circumstances, will affect hundreds of millions of people downstream, BASF have any consideration?
Guan Zhihua: BASF plant various items in addition to the design to avoid contamination, the treatment for unforeseen circumstances, we have fixed an emergency handling mechanism.
BASF Antwerp in Belgium, the United States Ji Sima, Korea, Yeosu and Shanghai, China runs the world-class MDI production projects are in line with the most stringent safety standards. The planned project will take full advantage of BASF Chongqing decades of experience, the use of new technologies, environmental aspects of security control. Plant not only self-closing device related equipment, also designed as a secondary safety backup program to ensure the accident can be relatively minimal.
In fact, the Chongqing project can imagine all the appropriate risk management plan. We will also reduce the risk of craft, in the engineering design, pipeline design and monitoring all aspects of relevant standards strictly. At the same time, but also to enhance staff safety training, especially in periods of high incidence of accidents?? Post shift hand-over process under strict control.
Reporter: water pollution in China, the China Water Pollution Map showing the status quo, Chemical industry Industry is one of the important contributors. How to reduce chemical production on water pollution? China's water pollution control you have any suggestions? Johnny Kwan
: To reduce water pollution, chemical industry, in addition to improving the environmental technology industry itself to the level of sewage from the source to reduce emissions, but also play park edge. China's current rapid growth in the number of chemical industrial parks should be moved into the park to mobilize the old chemical plant, while strengthening the technical services, construction, environmental engineering, which can significantly reduce industrial waste water emissions.
