A criminal case of the oil spill in Norilsk transferred to the Central office SK

Three criminal cases brought after the fuel spill in Norilsk, combined into one, and this case is transferred to the Main investigation Department of the Russian IC. Proceedings were instituted under the criminal code of the Russian Federation “land Damage”, “Violation of rules of protection of the environment by manufacture of works”, “Pollution of waters”.

As the press service of the UK, examined the scene, seized soil samples. Also conducted the seizure of documents governing the operation of the emergency store of diesel fuel. There are also other necessary investigative actions.

the criminal case delayed the chief boiler-turbine shop CHP-3 of JSC “NTEK” Vyacheslav Starostin. From testimony he refused.

Assigned construction and technical, environmental and several other judicial examinations. Their results will set the amount of damage and the causes of emergency. Investigators have already begun to interrogate the persons, including government officials, responsible for timely informing of the population about emergency situations.

Recall that after the depressurization of the tank at CHP-3 in Norilsk, which occurred may 29, spilled a huge amount of diesel fuel, some of it went into the river Barn. In the city and the immediate area was introduced a state of emergency, to the river sent heavy equipment, which eliminate the effects of large-scale leakage. In the tank was about 21 thousand tons of diesel fuel (according to the EDDS on may 31, about 17 thousand tons). Poured from the reservoir, virtually all the stored diesel. The damage is estimated at billions of rubles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today at a meeting on this situation, agreed to declare a state of emergency (PC) at the Federal level in the area of emergency spill of fuel in Norilsk. The head EMERCOM of Russia Evgeny Senichev stated that the reason for the depressurization of the storage tank of diesel fuel in Norilsk was the subsidence of pile Foundation. Moreover, the staff of CHP-3 tried two days alone likvidirovatü spill of fuel without telling rescuers, said Senichev. In units of the EMERCOM information about the incident was received only on may 31. The group of rescuers involved in the aftermath of the spill of diesel fuel will be increased by 100 people, said Senichev. To address issues for the transfer of personnel directly working in the area of the Mi-8 helicopter.

the Experts have already collected more than 100 tons of oil and soil from the spill of diesel fuel. To localize the consequences of a spill requires a significant amount of work to collect oil in the waters of the rivers and on the surrounding land.

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