It was detected in the course of an inspection carried out by Nizhniy Tagil environmental prosecution authorities that two local enterprises kept polluting the environment and had no discharge permits at that.

Ruslich, an iron foundry based in Verkhnyaya Salda has got over ninety harmful emission points, while Uralskoye (dealing in building stone production) has got thirty-three such emission points and discharged over 40 tons of air pollutants in 2008.

The General Prosecutor’s Office reports Ruslich’s chief engineer and Uralskoye’s environmental expert will have to face lawsuits, with charges based on Article 8.21 (part 1) of the Russian Federation Administrative Code.