Alexander Shadrikov: "We must jointly solve the problem in Salavat Kupere, because the health of our people depends on the air quality"
At the request of residents, the Minister of Ecology Alexander Shadrikov initiated a meeting of the heads of environmental agencies with the management of the MC "PZhKH". The main goal of the interdepartmental meeting is to solve the problem with air quality in the Salavat Kupere microdistrict.
Let us recall that in 2022-2023, the Ministry of Ecology received numerous complaints about air quality from residents of the residential complex "Salavat Kupere". According to the results of inspections and analyses of samples, an increased content of hydrogen sulfide was recorded in the zone of influence of several facilities, including the MSW landfill on Khimicheskaya MC "PZhKH" street. Since this is an object subject to federal environmental supervision, all materials were transferred to the Volga-Kama Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor. The agency initiated an unscheduled on-site inspection at the MSW landfill and revealed gross violations during the operation of the facility – a deviation from the design documentation, leakage of contaminated filtrate along the perimeter of the landfill, the absence of sampling holes on the sources of atmospheric air pollution, and a number of others.
Considering that complaints from residents do not stop, the Ministry of Ecology initiated an interdepartmental meeting with the participation of the head of the department Alexander Shadrikov, the management Volga-Kama Interregional Administration Rosprirodnadzor, Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare in the Republic of Tatarstan, Executive Committee of Kazan. At the meeting, the head of the interregional department of Rosprirodnadzor Fayaz Shakirov focused on the complaints of residents of the residential complex "Salavat Kupere" and once again announced the act on the results of the inspection at the MSW landfill on Khimicheskaya Street.
He recalled that LLC "MC "PZhKH" should eliminate all violations detected at the waste disposal facility within a month. The heads of environmental agencies heard the report of the General Director of LLC "MC "PZhKH" Dmitry Petrov about the measures that will be taken in the very near future to solve the problem with air quality. As a result of the meeting, priority tasks have been identified and a roadmap is being developed to eliminate odors and reduce emissions into the atmosphere from the MSW landfill on Khimicheskaya Street. This includes updating the inventory of emission sources and a health risk assessment report. It was decided that for efficiency and transparency, industrial environmental control and monitoring of the state of atmospheric air in the area of the MSW landfill will be conducted by the Central Committee of Rosprirodnadzor. The fulfillment of the deadlines for the implementation of the plan will be monitored by the Volga-Kama Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Environmental Management. The director of LLC "MC "PZhKH" is recommended to hold a meeting with residents and tell about the work that will be carried out in the very near future.