The Yenisei department of Rosrybolovstvo has withdrawn the claim from Norilsk Nickel’s subsidiary Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company about the harm to bioresources. The department previously demanded compensation for 3.6 billion rubles. for a diesel spill in Norilsk in May 2020. Norilsk Nickel paid 146 billion rubles in March. penalty for the accident.
The reason for the withdrawal of claims was an insignificant recalculation of the amount of harm in kind – from 8.908 million tons to 8.888 million tons, Interfax and RBK report with reference to a letter from the Federal Agency for Fishery. “Claim <...> I ask you to consider it withdrawn, do not take any actions to fulfill the requirements specified in it, ”the document says.
NTEK considered the withdrawal of claims justified. The company claims that such a decision “is confirmed by the expertise of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, as well as by the results of research from specialized scientific institutions.”
The head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, Ilya Shestakov, told Kommersant in December 2020 that the department’s scientists had estimated the damage at 3.615 billion rubles. According to him, another 40 billion rubles. are needed to restore the population without taking into account the construction of fish hatcheries. This will take up to 18 years.
The accident occurred at the end of May 2020. More than 6 thousand tons of diesel fuel got into the ground, about 15 thousand tons – into local water bodies. The court recovered a record 146 billion rubles from the Norilsk Nickel subsidiary. at the suit of Rosprirodnadzor. The company estimated the damage caused by it seven times lower, but in the end did not appeal the court decision.
Details – in the article “Norilsk Nickel spilled.”
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