A Chinese manufacturing company that was praised for bringing hundreds of jobs to Richland County has been fined more than $460,000 over a series of significant environmental violations at the facility on Shop Road. The fines against China Jushi USA are among the heaviest levied by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control in recent years, and agency records indicate many of the problems began not long after the plant opened.
"After inspections last August and September, DHEC"determined that emergency action was necessary to address the danger to public health, safety and welfare presented by China Jushi's operations, in the absence'' of sufficient air pollution controls.
The department dismissed the emergency suspension soon after taking action when China Jushi said it had made repairs, the order said.
China Jushi, headquartered in Zhejiang, China, broke ground on the $300 million fiberglass manufacturing plant in 2016.
China Jushi was the first tenant in Richland County's industrial park at Shop Road near Interstate 77.
Then-Gov. Nikki Haley called the entry of China Jushi into South Carolina " a huge win for our state, and we couldn't be more excited to prove to this fantastic company that its first US fiberglass manufacturing facility is in great hands in Richland County.
China Jushi failed to inspect areas in compliance with hazardous waste laws, failed to post"No Smoking'' signs in areas containing flammable waste, and failed to make sure leaking batteries were contained, according to DHEC. The company is a subsidiary of China National Building Materials Co., whose parent company is China National Building Materials Group, which is a state-owned enterprise administered by the state-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission.
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