The Qian’an municipal government, Hebei, has decided to shut down 108 shaft furnaces at 78 pellet plants by the end of June, 2009 that had failed to meet environmental standards as of the end of last June. Administrative enforcement measures are expected to be employed in 20 days, when the business licenses and organization code certificates of the producers involved will be revoked, electricity supply for them will be cut off and power supply facilities removed. Police and law enforcement officials are to get involve in the clampdown moves, and officials with the environmental departments will take part in supervision and acceptance.