19 августа 200810:33
Sylvinite and Solikamsk magnesium plant violate environmental legislation
Perm Territory’s divisions of Rosprirodnadzor and Rostechnnadzor carried out inspections of Sylvinite and Solikamsk magnesium plant and revealed a number of water code violations in their activity, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Natural Resources reports. Both companies turned out not to have any permission to use water bodies, which violates Article 11 (part 2) of the Russian Federation Water Code. Apart from that, Sylvinite lacks the permission to dump its manufacturing water in the River Chernaya, whereas in many cases both enterprises exceeded their maximum permissible discharge