On-site meeting of the interdepartmental working group on ensuring environmental safety during development of the Nizhnekamsk industrial hub was held in Nizhnekamsk. The commission includes the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Aleksandr Shadrikov, Head of the Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Management of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farit Khairutdinov, Head of the Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of the Republic of Tatarstan, Sergey Zakharov, Head of the Nizhnekamskiy municipal district, the Mayor of Nizhnekamsk, Aidar Metshin, Deputy of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, General Director of “Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Public Joint-Stock Company, Azat Bikmurzin.
During the meeting, the commission considered a number of issues, including implementation of measures to reduce emissions of pollutants into the air and reconstruction of biological wastewater treatment plants. In the near future, the number of Nizhnekamsk enterprises that will be obliged to reduce emissions at their facilities during the onset of adverse meteorological conditions will increase, they reported at the meeting. Currently, there are 8 enterprises, the list is planned to be expanded to 21.