Specialists of the Ministry of Ecology inspected operation of motor fuel vapor recirculation system at the filling station“FORT-RIMEX”and “Transnefteproduct”
24 October 2014, Friday
Specialists of the Department for Environmental Protectionand the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstaninspected operation of closed systems of discharge of oil products with recuperation of motor fuel vaporsfrom reservoirs andfuel-dispensing units into road-tankers for further removal of vapors and their recuperation at oil delivery terminals installed in Kazan at the filling stations ofthe “Company ‘FORT-RIMEX’” LLC at 86 Magistralnaya str.,and “Transnefteproduct” LLC at the intersection of K. Tinchurina and G. Kamala streets.
In the framework of the first stage–up to the end of 2015, facilities for supply of oil products carry out work regarding equipment of filling stations owned by them in compliance with schedules of approved programs. In such a way, today in Kazan, all in all, 36 gas filling stations are equipped with motor fuel vapor recuperation systems.
Considering that the majority of gas filling stations are located in urban settlementsin close proximity to residential houses, ecological importance of implementation of such systems at gas filling stations is obvious.
Inspectors of the Central Department, together with representatives of the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a survey of the territory of the Zelenodolsk district.
The events were held in the Zainsky district. The commission included inspectors from the Zakamsky Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from residents about violations of environmental legislation in the Yelabuga district. Inspectors from the Kama Department went to the site and confirmed the fact of dumping production and consumption waste into the territory of the Bug River water protection zone.