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Administrative fines for a total of 700 thousand RUR. Such a punishment will be incurred by Transneft-Prikamye for violations of environmental legislation. The final stop in the decision of this issue in favour of environmentalists was put by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The administrative case was initiated by the inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan as early as 2014.

On December 12-14, 2017 in Moscow the International Exhibition Center “Crocus Expo” will host the V All-Russian Congress on Environmental Protection. The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy.

To unite efforts in the work on environmental education and introduce a new format of ECO education. This was said today in Naberezhnye Chelny at the forum "Methods of forming ecological literacy in educational institutions of the Prikamsky region of the Republic of Tatarstan". About 400 teachers of educational institutions of Naberezhnye Chelny, Agryz, Aktanysh, Yelabuga, Mamadysh, Menzelin, Mendeleev and Tukayevo districts took part in the forum.

Today, the 12th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Industrial Ecology and Security" named after Anatoly Ivanovich Shchepovsky devoted to the memory of the first Minister of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan was held in the "Kama" Conference Hall of the Kazan Fair. The first deputy minister of ecology and natural resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustem Kamalov addressed the participants and guests of the event with a welcoming speech. He noted that the conference, held in honor of the outstanding ecologist Anatoly Shchepovsky, has already become a good tradition.

Young people of Tatarstan aged 18 to 27 can take part in the All-Russian competition of youth short films "Youth is responsible for the future of the planet", dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Russia. The organizer is Synergy University with the assistance of Perkon Productions, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Tatarstan, Samara Region, and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. Three regions were the most active participants in campaign “interactive map of landfills”. The essence of the campaign was that information about landfills and garbage dumps had to be reported to the dedicated website. Volunteers of public organizations, and just not indifferent people responded to the call. Following the people’ messages, state inspectors for nature protection made inspections. Most of the violations were eliminated.

Poems about nature, images of animals and ecological rules for children. Electronic version of the “Eco ABC for eco-kids” appeared on the website of the Year of Ecology. The educational guide has been developed by specialists of the non-state educational institution of additional professional education “Regional Organization for the Promotion of Environmental Education” headed by Lyubov Morgunova.

At once on seven facts of violation of environmental legislation, the Leninogorsk Innovation and Production Technopark "Idea South-east" was found guilty. The corresponding decision was made by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan. Environmental violations at the site of the technopark were discovered in April in the framework of the sanitary and ecological two-month campaign by the inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

A report on the unpleasant smell of chemicals was received by the Prikamsk Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. Residents of Naberezhnye Chelny complained about one of the enterprises along the street Toselesh. Laboratory analysis of atmospheric air has revealed the source of odor. In the course of the visit of the inspectors, several violations were found. The enterprise operating the equipment for the manufacture of fiberglass products with the use of gelcoats, there were no standards for maximum permissible emissions and permission to discharge pollutants.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation has published reference books on the characteristics of pollutants for atmospheric air, water bodies, and soils. The books include characteristics of pollutants from the "List of pollutants for which state regulation measures in the field of environmental protection" are applied. For each pollutant in the directory are indicated: chemical name, synonyms, structural formula, CAS code, toxicity indicators describing the effects, the values ​​of the maximum permissible concentrations, measurement methods (HDPE F or MW or RD), hazard codes of the substance and the necessary protective measures. The publication is intended for specialists of nature protection bodies, scientific employees, designers, as well as for specialists in various industries, agriculture.