Environmental inspection from the state: Rosperirodendzor issued an invoice to ChEMK for 160.5 million The Chelyabinsk Electro-Metallurgical Plant (CHEMK) again found itself at the center of a large-scale experiment. The North Ural department of Rosperirodendzor filed a claim with the Arbitration Court of the Chelyabinsk region, demanding to return an impressive sum of 160.5 million rubles from the project. Although the arbitration tribunal has not yet set a date for the first hearing, and officials have not disclosed the details of the lawsuits, the industrial giant's environmental background speaks for itself. For years, an alarming picture emerged around the plant: snow that turned black in residential areas in the winter months and a huge slag dump where more than 15.6 million tons of risk level III waste accumulated. The rehabilitation of this area became a long-term problem, and the closure of the dangerous production after federal decisions and the nationalization of the plant only partially alleviated the severity of the situation with industrial emissions in the area. Behind the dry numbers of the reports there is a whole series of officially documented violations. During the inspection, Rosperirodendazor revealed a chain of dangerous disregard of environmental facilities at ChEMK: unknown sources of toxic emissions were discovered. Facts of violating the operating rules of gas treatment facilities were recorded. A direct violation of the maximum permissible emission standards was detected. The mandatory measures to reduce the air load during periods of unfavorable weather conditions were ignored. A judicial precedent has already been established: the Sovetsky District Court in Chelyabinsk recognized the legality of bringing CHEMK to administrative liability under Part 2 of Art. 8.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, followed by the imposition of a symbolic fine of 80 thousand rubles. Today, the plant's management tries to present the situation in a positive light, announcing a reduction in gross emissions from 6,170 tons in 2023 to 5,663 tons by the end of 2024 and enjoying the comprehensive environmental permit received until March 2032.

Environmental inspection from the state: Rosperirodendzor issued an invoice to ChEMK for 160.5 million The Chelyabinsk Electro-Metallurgical Plant (CHEMK) again found itself at the center of a large-scale experiment. The North Ural department of Rosperirodendzor filed a claim with the Arbitration Court of the Chelyabinsk region, demanding to return an impressive sum of 160.5 million rubles from the project. Although the arbitration tribunal has not yet set a date for the first hearing, and officials have not disclosed the details of the lawsuits, the industrial giant's environmental background speaks for itself. For years, an alarming picture emerged around the plant: snow that turned black in residential areas in the winter months and a huge slag dump where more than 15.6 million tons of risk level III waste accumulated. The rehabilitation of this area became a long-term problem, and the closure of the dangerous production after federal decisions and the nationalization of the plant only partially alleviated the severity of the situation with industrial emissions in the area. Behind the dry numbers of the reports there is a whole series of officially documented violations. During the inspection, Rosperirodendazor revealed a chain of dangerous disregard of environmental facilities at ChEMK: unknown sources of toxic emissions were discovered. Facts of violating the operating rules of gas treatment facilities were recorded. A direct violation of the maximum permissible emission standards was detected. The mandatory measures to reduce the air load during periods of unfavorable weather conditions were ignored. A judicial precedent has already been established: the Sovetsky District Court in Chelyabinsk recognized the legality of bringing CHEMK to administrative liability under Part 2 of Art. 8.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, followed by the imposition of a symbolic fine of 80 thousand rubles. Today, the plant's management tries to present the situation in a positive light, announcing a reduction in gross emissions from 6,170 tons in 2023 to 5,663 tons by the end of 2024 and enjoying the comprehensive environmental permit received until March 2032.