Inspectors of the Trans-Volga Territorial Department caught the offender red handed

Today, inspectors of the Trans-Volga Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan witnessed violation of the nature protection legislation. The owner of a KAMAZ truck discharged production and consumption waste on the roadside of the Buinsk-Tetyushi highway. The area of the unauthorized landfill made up 6 sq.m., and its extent amounted to 5 cubic meters. An administrative protocol was drawn up against the offended according to Article 8.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation “Failure to comply with ecological and sanitary & epidemiological requirements in the course of handling of production and consumption waste, the substances destroying the ozone layer, and other hazardous substances”.

As a reminder, one can report on violations of the nature protection legislation to the Republican Public Ecological Reception Office. One can inform on the facts of illegal extraction of mineral resources, unauthorized landfills, restricted access to the water body, discharge of pollutants into the water body, on to the soil, as well as air pollution at (843)267-68-67, via email at eco.signal@tatar.ru, or a report can be referred to the system “People’s control” in the category “Ecology”; as for the pupils, a special mobile application “School eco-patrol” has been elaborated for them. Moreover, monetary remuneration is paid to the citizens who have provided operative information regarding violations of the nature protection legislation with photo or video registration of such.

Press Service of the Ministry