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The process of identifying violators in the field of environmental protection, the administrative settlement of compliance with environmental legislation, the conduct of environmental review. These and other issues were discussed today at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan at a meeting with State Duma Deputy of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation Irek Zinnurov and students of the Faculty of Law of the Kazan Federal University. The Minister of Ecology of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiev addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. "Ecology is an industry that has no definite borders, it unites all the inhabitants, regardless of age or type of activity. 

Environmentalists recorded a liquid waste at the landfill near the village of Tyulyachi during a helicopter flight. Instead of cleaning and neutralizing, sewage from cesspools of citizens was exported and dumped directly on the soil. In the selected samples of sewage, the specialists of the Northern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan detected a multiple excess of chemical indices: BOD5 by 299 times, ammonia-ion by 204 times, iron by 6.8 times, sulphates by 1.6 times. Soil samples from contaminated sites (a total area of ​​30 square meters) were sent to the Central Inspection for Analytical Control to assess damage. 

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan accepts reports from small and medium-sized businesses on the formation, use, neutralization and disposal of waste. Reporting is necessary for a clear understanding: what kinds of waste and in what quantities are formed, to which specialized organizations these wastes are transferred in accordance with the concluded contracts. This is necessary to reduce the negative impact of waste on the environment, the amount of waste generated and the amount of waste disposed of at the dedicated sites. Also, work will help to prevent unauthorized waste disposal.

Quarry by the quarry. At once on two sites, Almetyevsk company was mining common minerals. On one of them – under the license, while on the other – illegally. The fact of illegal mining of crushed stone on the territory of about 1000 m2 was found by the inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan in September this year. Mineral resources in this area were extracted using an excavator and KAMAZ.

Since January 1, 2018, the norms on conducting state ecological expertise (SEE) for the design documentation of facilities related to environmental protection of the first category - large enterprises that have the greatest impact on the environment - come into force. This is reported on the official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.
Currently, the Russian Government has amended the legislation, which provides for a reduction in the duration of the SEE for all facilities from 3 to 2 months, while preserving the possibility of its extension at the customer request. In addition, transitional provisions are established regarding the conduct of the SER for category I facilities. 

Today the exhibition center "Kazan Fair" opened the 8th specialized exhibition and congress "Pure water. Kazan." The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiev addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. He noted: "Tatarstan is the most watered entity of the Volga Federal District. It takes a lot of effort to preserve the most valuable resource - water." The Minister stressed that the issues of ecology and environmental protection require a systematic approach and joint efforts. "Tatarstan was one of the first regions to join the formation of a federal project to improve the Volga. Here the pilot group worked, which formed data for the implementation of a new ambitious project."

Modern methods and forms of conducting ecological and educational work in protected areas, the formation of the image of the protected area, the preservation of cultural landscapes, interaction with the local population. These issues were discussed today at the plenary meeting of the All-Russian meeting-conference on Environmental Education in Protected Areas "Protected Areas - Common Responsibility and Care". The event was organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Volga-Kama State Nature Reserve", the environmental education center "Zapovedniki". The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiev addressed the participants with a welcoming speech.

“Pure look”. The results of the 5th Open Republican Youth Competition of Social Environmental Advertising were summed up today in Kazan. This year, the competition held by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the jubilee - the 5th in a row. More than 1300 works with an ecological topic were presented for the jury's review. The issues of protection of atmospheric air, water resources, careful attitude to forests, preservation of cleanliness around, beauty of nature of Russia and other topics related to ecology were reflected in social posters, photographs, videos and films. 

A lesson on the conservation of the snow leopard was held today in the Kazan Gymnasium No. 3. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Farid Abdulganiev, the deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, the chairman of the Committee for Ecology, Nature Management, Agro-Industrial and Food Policy Tahir Khadeev, the head of the Republican Agency for Press and Mass Communications "Tatmedia" Airat Zaripov, and Ilsur Hadiullin, Head of the Education Department of the Executive Committee of Kazan answered the questions of the students of the first ecological class of the republic. 

Students of grades 6-8 of Kazan are invited to participate in the city open full-time ecological and biological Olympiad for schoolchildren. Intellectual event will be held on December 2 from 13 to 16 in the gymnasium No. 126.
For participation it is necessary to submit an application by November 26 by e-mail: arslanuk@mail.ru or to the address: Kazan, Kosmonavtov str. 57. In the application it is necessary to specify: