For violations of environmental legislation has assigned 7.5 million rubles of fines

The regional Ministry of environmental protection summed up the results of the regional state environmental supervision. In the Kirov region in 2018, 200 inspections were carried out in the field of environmental legislation. As a result of inspections, 89 orders were issued, 74 previously issued orders were confirmed, 394 cases of administrative offenses were initiated, fines in the amount of 7.5 million rubles were imposed, 5 criminal cases were initiated based on the materials of verification materials. This was reported by the press center of the government of the Kirov region.

The Ministry of environmental protection of the Kirov region noted that the main violations were expressed in the absence of permits or violation of their conditions. Thus, in 2018, the Nola district court convicted of violating the rules of environmental protection in the production of works (Art. 246 of the criminal code), the former head of the site of one of the organizations engaged in the construction of roads. In August-September 2017, during the construction of the road, he decided on the illegal operation of the agricultural land plot as a quarry for the extraction of soil. In accordance with the conclusion of the examination, the damage caused to the environment (land, soil, subsoil) as a result of criminal actions of the convict amounted to more than 4 million rubles. The offender is fined 50 thousand rubles.

Strengthening of the Ministry’s Supervisory activities in relation to unfair subsoil users is of a systemic nature. Some of them tried to solve this issue by illegal means, which were also suppressed by the inspectors of the Ministry. The most striking example-stopped with the assistance of employees of Uebipk Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kirov region the attempt to bribe in the amount of 150 thousand rubles to the employee of the state environmental supervision.

In 2019, Supervisory activities will be continued. 89 inspections of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs are planned.