Large-scale illegal mining of common minerals (clay) was carried out in Bolshiye Achasyry village of Zelenodolskiy district. The fact of environmental violation was recorded by state inspectors of the Office of the State Inspectorate for Environmental Supervision of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan as part of the consideration of citizens’ appeals. The violator faces a fine in the amount of 800 thousand to one million rubles for unlicensed use of subsoil according to Part 1 of Article 7.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.