The Prikamskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from citizens that earthworks are being conducted in Naberezhnye Chelny. Environmentalists made a trip to the specified address. On the area of 46 square meters the fact of unauthorized removal and movement of the fertile soil layer with an excavator without any permits was established. In respect of an individual, a protocol was drawn up in accordance with Part 1 of Art. 8.6 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Unauthorized removal or movement of the fertile soil layer”.