"Osolski's Law" doesn't work: Businesses ignore environmental obligations.
Rosperirodendzor documents systematic non-compliance with the requirements of Federal Law No. 446-FZ, which was adopted after the environmental disaster in Osulia-Sibirskoye. At a meeting of the RSPP Committee on Ecology and Climate Policy, the head of the department, Svetlana Radionova, stated specific data: only 7% of the owners of hazardous industries are in the "green zone". The service received only 13 action plans, of which only seven received positive conclusions from the governmental environmental expertise.
The mechanism designed to prevent the appearance of new contaminated sites was not actually launched. The law required the owners of the hazardous facilities to notify Rosperirodenzor in advance of the service life, develop pollution prevention plans and provide financing. The transition period has expired: until March 1, 2025 it is required to send messages, and until September 1 - a series of documents. However, a significant part of the companies ignored the obligations.
Special attention should be paid to the business arguments: references to a lack of project documentation that was lost "from the time of the Soviet Union" or was not transferred during privatization. At the same time, the facilities continue to operate for decades. Rosperirodendzor must send at least 1,150 alerts instead of full control.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs have already agreed on the possibility of using the results of the industrial safety inspection to determine the moment when environmental liabilities are created. Shortening the corresponding period from five to three years is also being considered.
"The law does not work, its requirements are not met. The tasks that the president assigned us are not fulfilled. If they ask me, I will have to say so," Radionova said.
Case in point: A few years ago, manufacturers tried to ease regulation, ensuring sustainable manufacturing operations.