Rosprirodnadzor will appeal to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Russian government with proposals to increase fines for environmental violations and allow the removal of heads of companies responsible for major oil spills, said the head of the department Svetlana Radionova. According to her, the department will send appeals during the autumn session of the State Duma.
“We will go to the autumn session with this proposal (dismiss heads of enterprises in case of major oil spills. – “B”). Will they hear us or not, again … We are not engaged in a rule-making initiative, but we will come to the ministry and the government with this idea, “Ms Radionova said in an interview with TASS. She separately noted that she would also appeal to the spring session on the issue of increasing the size of fines.
According to the head of Rosprirodnadzor, fines for legal entities for environmental violations should be increased tenfold so that companies understand that “it is much more profitable to invest this money in the development of the company and compliance with environmental requirements.” “These should be tangible fines. There should be no desire to pay now and then again, ”she said.
Earlier, Rosprirodnadzor, which has already sued Norilsk Nickel for a record 146 billion rubles. in the case of the accident at TPP-3 in Norilsk, supported the intention of the Federal Agency for Fishery to collect 59 billion rubles. damage to water resources. The Rosrybolovstvo lawsuit was sent on July 29 and accepted for consideration by August 4. The requested amount of compensation includes direct damage due to the death of fish in the amount of RUB 3.7 billion. and costs for the restoration of aquatic biological resources by 55 billion rubles. Norilsk Nickel considers the estimate to be overestimated.
How the lawyers assess the chances of Norilsk Nickel – in the material of Kommersant, “Norilsk Nickel is being bred for fish.”
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