The information on discharge of liquid wastes near urban settlement Voronino

An address was received by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan on November 4, 2014 on discharge of liquid wastes of chemical substances on to thelandscape of the coastal band of the lakelocated near urban settlement Voronino of Kirov district of Kazan. State inspectors and experts of the Central specialized inspection of analytical control under the Ministry of Ecology together with fellow workersof the police departmentNo. 4 “Yudino” under the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for Kazan conducted a field trip to draw soil samples.In the course of inspection they revealed the fact of discharge of yellow wastes of paints and varnishes with characteristic odoron to the landscape. Following the results of the analysis of drawn samples it was revealed that liquid wastemainly consists of oil productsand aromatic hydrocarbons, containing alsoformaldehyde and phenol. Following the results of the biotest, the waste was referredto the 3rd environmental hazard class.The soil is contaminated with these chemical substances. Following the results of the biotest it was revealed that soil samples are toxic.
Experts of the Ministry are estimating the damage inflicted to the environment, and materials are elaborated to be referredtolaw-enforcement authorities to decide on initiation of the legal case under the article 254 of the Legal Code of the Russian Federation “Land damage”.


Press Service of the Ministry