Unauthorized waste disposal was discovered during a helicopter over-flight at Bazovskiy Lane in Bugulma town. Inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan initiated an administrative investigation against the offender. During the inspection of the territory of an individual entrepreneur engaged in manufacturing of plastic windows and window structures, inspectors identified a number of violations of environmental legislation. Dumping of industrial waste on the soil with a total area of 25.47 sq. m. was revealed.