There is open criminal proceedings regarding the legality of the transfer of agricultural land in the property. Extract from the register of pre-trial investigations provided to the Ministry. Participants of “enough to Labor Krivoy Rog!” In remarks drew attention to the, that provided by the enterprise conclusions of the construction site dated 2000 year. The report was made in 2018 But what changes suffered the environment under the influence of industrial enterprises during this time is unclear.

These observations were rejected relying on the norm of the law that the company is responsible for the information provided. That is, the ministry self-removed from the analysis of the documents provided.

The Inter-Regional Bureau of Environmental Protection pointed to inconsistencies in land issues. Stressed that the report does not have a document on the ownership of the land plot. This remark was “partly accounted for”. To the conclusion we have included a requirement to start works after obtaining documents for land plots and construction and installation works in accordance with the design decisions and relevant laws. But in the legal state, such norms should not act by default?

But the fact remains that the criminal proceedings concerning the transfer of land are still open, but the work has already begun.

It was not the only comment from the public to report. Some of them were partly accounted for. However, the environmental requirements for the implementation of planned activities include only those that the enterprise and so obliged to comply with in accordance with the current legislation. For example, planting of the territory, dust suppression on tailing piles, obtaining permits for emissions, control of water level, flooding and contamination of soils. In his remarks, the DTKR paid special attention to these measures.

We once again emphasized that environmental tax is not a compensation measure, how often the polluters are writing about it. This is a fee for contamination of the territory. And compensation must be additional. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian legislation does not yet regulate this issue.

The report on public hearings and observations can be view the link. Conclusion from EIA.

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