NEWS


15
January 2015
Thursday
Inspectors of the State Inspection for Ecological Surveillance under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan implemented fact-finding measures regarding illegal developmentof commonly occurring mineral resources. A raid was conducted on January 14, 2015 based on the information received from citizens via Ministry’s hotline on illegal quarry development in Aviastroitelny district.
From 10 pm to 12 am, fellow workers of the Ministryregistered plate numbers and makes of 9 trucks loaded with commonly occurring mineral resources, namely, sand. The site of sand unloading was revealed by fellow workers of the state inspection as a result of operational escorting of loaded trucks. Fellow workers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan were called to the location to carry out the workjointly. All in all, 4 trucks were stopped for inspection while leaving the site of quarry development, whereof 1 truck was loaded with sand, and 3 trucks were empty. Following the results of the inspection it was revealed that the sand was dumped on the road. A new road cleared from snow was detected at the site of illegal quarry development together
Today, inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted a raid to reveal the sites of unauthorizedsnow storage. Violation of the rules for Kazan beautification were detected on the intersectionof Pobedy ave and Minskaya str, where the area of a snow dump site amounts to 20 thousand square meters. An administrative protocol was drawn up with regard to this fact. All in all, inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology revealed 8unauthorized snow dump sites. At present, there are 6 snow melting chambers in Kazan. Moreover, each district has 12places for temporary snow storage with areaamounting to 26 hectares. The measures aimed at revelation of violation of the rules for Kazan beautification are still implemented by inspectors of the Central Territorial Department, and night raids have also been arranged.


The work on equipment of gas filling stations with systems for collection and recuperation of fuel vapors continues.
Experts of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan familiarized with operation of the closed system for dischargeof oil products at the gas filling station of “Autodorstroy” LLC located on 23 Clara Tsetkin str.in Kazan. The system implies collection of fuel vaporsfrom reservoirs andfuel-dispensing units into road-tankers for further removal of vapors and their recuperation at oil delivery terminals.
In the course of the first stage – up to the end of 2015 —facilities for supply of oil products carry out work on equipment of gas filling stations owned by them within the time limits of theapproved programs.
All in all, at present, 61 gas fuel stations in Kazan have already been equipped with the systems for fuel vapor recuperation.
The work carried out in this direction will allow to considerably decrease man-induced impact and discharges of pollutants into the air fromthe fueling complex facilities



The International Project “Ecological culture. Peace and consent” is implemented in Moscow by the Ecological fund named after V.I. Vernadsky, the International Ecological Public Organization “GREENLIGHT”and the Interregional Ecological Public Organization “GREENLIFE”.The project is aimed at revelation of developed projects and ideas that imply practical importance for formation and development of ecological culture of population of theRussian Federation.
The project is implemented in the following categories:
1. Ecological education.
2. Ecological upbringing and enlightenment.
3. Preservation of biodiversity and landscape sanitation.
4. Ecological culture in industry and energetics.
5. Mass media and ecological culture.
6. Health ecology.
7. Ecological culture of social initiatives.
The XI International Research-to-Practice Conference “Modern ecological problems-2015”is held in Penza.
The main trends of the conference include:
- Environment and health;
- Concept for development of endo-ecological studies;
- Health as one of possible human body states;
- Evaluation of risk factors for human health;
- Ecology of a technosphereand life safety;
- Promotion of human life safety in present-day production conditions;
- Information technologies in medical, biological, ecological and other trends in modern research-to-practice studies aimed at health promotion;
- Problems of training and further education of specialists in the field of human ecology.
The International Ecological Contest-Exposition “Eco-2015” is held in Omsk from January 15to June 5, 2015.Exhibits including leaflets, video spots, and creative crafts are accepted in the following categories:
- Ecological ABC;
- Eco-tourism;
- Ecological culture;
- Ecology and health;
- EcologicalSOS;
- Ecological point of view;
- Live planet.
Pieces of work are accepted until May1, 2015 atoksana_goncharova@mail.ru




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