Vladimir Putin held a videoconferencing to eliminate the leakage of oil at Norilsk. The President agreed to declare a state of emergency of Federal scale in the area of the emergency. The Russian head of state instructed to quickly organize the collection of oil and minimize the impact of the accident on the environment. The meeting was broadcast channel “Russia 24”.
the President Also instructed the emergencies Minister Yevgeny Senichevu report June 5, on the elimination of a fuel spill in the river near Noril’sk. Meanwhile, the MPC of pollutants under the Norilsk exceeded tens of thousands of times, stated the head of Rosprirodnadzora Svetlana Radionova. She explained that on June 3 she went to the place where he poured out about 20 thousand tons of fuel from the emergency tank at CHP-3 of JSC “NTEK” in Norilsk is 400 aviation fuel tankers.
the Oil spread over an area of about 350 square meters and fell into the river Dandyman and the Barn, which, running into Pyasino lake. On the fence slick layer of oil is now 20 inches. The introduction of the emergency of the Federal character allows the head of the subject to seek assistance from the reserve Fund of the government of the Russian Federation, and also to procure from a single supplier (contractor, executor).
the leak from the tank, spilling fuel and lubricating materials on the roadway of the service road on the territory of Nadezhdinsky metallurgical plant and the fire passing through it of the car happened on may 29. However, in emergency situations about emergency became known only on may 31.
“Why the authorities learned about it only after 2 days. Are we going to learn about emergencies from social networks that you?” — asked Vladimir Putin to the Governor of Krasnoyarsk region Alexander USS.
In fact, pollution of land with petroleum products, the regional office of the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 254 of the Criminal code of Russian Federation (“Poisoning, contaminateds or other damage of the earth by harmful products of economic or other activities due to violation of the rules of handling fertilisers, plant growth stimulants, pesticides and other dangerous chemical or biological substances during their storage, usage and transportation, which caused harm to human health or the environment”).
the accident at the CHP plant in Norilsk was the first accident of this magnitude in the Arctic the Arctic. Comparable in size to the crash of the tanker Exxon Valdez happened 30 years ago off the coast, said the environmentalists of “Greenpeace”.
