The ceremony of start-up of production of low-concentrate sodium hypochlorite at the water purification station “Chelnyvodokanal” LLC was held today in Naberezhnye Chelny. Representatives of state authorities, nature protection authorities of the Republic – Head of Cis-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Nail Garipov, as well as experts of industrial companies and water and wastewater treatment plants of Kazan, St. Petersburg, Almetyevsk, Izhevsk and Ufa took part in the event.  

A voluntary campaign for cleaning of the coastal area of the Kama River (from the quay to the boat station) was held on July 8, 2015 by citizens of Nizhnekamsk. More than 80 bags of litter left by holidaymakers were collected during 2 hours. Such campaigns have been held by active citizens since 2014. Campaigns for cleaning of coastal areas of water facilities will be held in other cities of the Trans-Kama region with support of the Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Source: Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

A meeting of entrepreneurs with the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov will be held on July 9, 2015 at 3.30 pm at the conference hall of “Ramada” Hotel (39 Chernyshevskogo str., Kazan). The event will be held in the framework of the project “Business and authority: a straight talk”. Commissioner for the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for protection of entrepreneurs’ rights Timur Nagumanov is the organizer and moderator of the meeting.

It was temporarily restricted for two citizens of Tatarstan to travel abroad due to their failure to pay the fine imposed after violation of nature protection legislation. By decision of Naberezhnye Chelny Municipal Court, F.S. Sharipova temporarily can’t travel beyond the boundaries of the Russian Federation until she pays the fine imposed after her failure to equip commercial and other facilities located within the boundaries of water protection areas in compliance with the corresponding requirements (part1, Article 8.45 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation).

Today, specialists of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan held a lecture for students of Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev (KAI).  Head of the Ministry’s Department for the State Ecological Expertise and Standardization of the Environmental Exposure Raisa Shagidullina familiarized the students with a local system for the environment surveillance of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Moreover, operation of the automatic station (located on Pavlyukhina str., Kazan) and a mobile laboratory (based on the Ford Transit vehicle) for air pollution control was also demonstrated.

Meetings of personnel were held at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan with participation of fellow workers of the State Inspection for Ecological Surveillance, Central Territorial Department, Volga-Kama Territorial Department, Trans-Volga, Trans-Kama, Priikskoe, Cis-Kama, Northern, and South-Eastern Territorial Departments under the Ministry that have been appointed to civil service positions since June 1, 2015. The following topics have been discussed: responsibilities, limitations and bans, requirements on prevention or regulation of the conflict of interests, and fulfillment of liabilities entrusted with state civil officers. The principal provisions of the legislation on the state civil service and anti-corruption activities have been explained to the state inspectors during the meetings.

In the course of a scheduled inspection of the “Trade and Production Campaign ‘Sandal’” LLC, located in Tyuluachi district (Uzyak village), experts of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan revealed discharge of harmful substances (pollutants) into the air from the company’s boiler house. Administrative proceedings have been initiated against the company in accordance with Article 8.21 part 1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Discharge of pollutants into the air or harmful physical impact thereon with no special permission”, and the case was referred to the court to suspend activity of the given company. By order of Tyulyachi district court a ruling was given to hold the “TPC ‘Sandal’” LLC administratively liable according to Article 8.21 part 1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, and to inflict punishment in the form of administrative suspension of activity for 60 days. 

Kazan State Power Engineering University and Kazan State Architecture and Construction University proceeded with implementation of the federal educational program “Scientific school of green standards”.

The project “Scientific school of green standards” is meant to improve the existing scientific and educational base, and to create favorable conditions for development of green construction, green power engineering, green financing, and green diplomacy. Tasks of the scientific school of green standards:

1.  Popularization of principles, mechanisms and instruments, greening of construction and real estate fields, as well as housing and utilities sector, production of materials, implementation of state infrastructure projects and so on.

The II Republican Field Olympiad of Young Geologists of Tatarstan is held in Kazan at the recreation camp “Zarechye”. All in all, 30 teams from the Republic of Tatarstan, a team from Bakhchisaray district of the Republic of Crimea and a team from the Republic of Kazakhstan take part in it. A training program for young geologists regarding arrangement of the field camp, heavy mineral concentrate sampling, and basics of oil geology is envisaged in the framework of the specialized shift. Participants of the