Rosprirodnadzor to inspect enterprises without comprehensive environmental permits

On April 29, Dmitry Patrushev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, instructed Rosprirodnadzor to inspect enterprises without comprehensive environmental permits.

"Our goal is to increase the level of business responsibility towards the environment. Enterprises should systematically abandon outdated and resource-intensive technologies in favor of more modern and environmentally friendly ones that are safe for the environment and for people. There are socially significant facilities among the debtors, which is of the greatest concern. The government provided all the necessary conditions for obtaining comprehensive environmental permits, including halving the time for their issuance," Patrushev said during a meeting on obtaining comprehensive environmental permits.

The event was attended by the heads of relevant departments, regions and representatives of the offices of the plenipotentiary representatives of the President of Russia in the federal districts.

It is noted that on January 1, a law came into force obliging large enterprises, including those operating in industry, the fuel and energy complex, housing and communal facilities and agricultural enterprises that have a significant negative impact on the environment, to obtain comprehensive environmental permits. Such permits confirm compliance with environmental requirements or the existence of plans to modernize production facilities.

As Patrushev pointed out, most of the facilities that did not apply are concentrated in the Republic of Dagestan, Saratov and Moscow regions. In the Kaliningrad Region, the Republics of Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania, not a single facility has received a permit.

The Deputy Prime Minister instructed Rosprirodnadzor to conduct unscheduled inspections of facilities that had not received comprehensive environmental permits on time. For the absence of comprehensive environmental permits, there is a hundredfold increase in the fee for negative environmental impact, as well as fines.

Patrushev also instructed to update the reference books containing technological indicators of the best available technologies.

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