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 limits in places where dumping manufacturing water was allowed. This was a violation of Article 56 (part 6) of the Russian Federation Water Code.

Rosprirodnadzor ordered Sylvinite and Solikamsk magnesium plant to eliminate these violations, while the enterprise’s top management will have to face administrative responsibility. In addition, the companies will have to pay fines.