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According to the explanations provided during the inspection of AB Klaipėdos Energija and the data from the company’s operating log, it was established that during the operation of the boiler room on February 2. Water heating boiler washing works were carried out in 2006, during which cogeneration water together with sediments from the basement floor entered the Curonian lagoon through surface sewage networks operated by AB Klaipėdos vanduo.
Examination of the samples taken from the basement of the boiler compartment revealed the presence of oxides of silicon and iron in the sediment. Laboratory tests have shown that the washed sediments, which are dominated by sand and iron oxides, affected the yellow color of the pollutants entering the Curonian lagoon, as well as the sodium chloride used for the preparation of the cogeneration water. , and these pollutants were also detected in the Curonian Lagoon. water sample at outlet no. Four.
Aurelija Kripaitė / 15min.lt photo / “Klaipėda Energy”
Therefore, the industrial wastewater from the boiler room of AB Klaip caldos Energija was discharged into the Curonian lagoon through the surface wastewater networks operated by AB Klaipėdos vanduo without accounting or control, without the consent of the operator of the net. These actions violated the requirements of environmental legislation, and the person in charge of the company will be subject to administrative responsibility in accordance with article 268 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (ANC). 5 d. (from 150 to 300 euros). AB Klaipėdos vanduo, responsible for the operation of the surface sewage networks of the city of Klaipėda, will also be informed about the identified infringement.
In accordance with the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection of the Republic of Lithuania, AB Klaipėdos Energija will receive compensation for environmental damage, which will be calculated by adjusting the data on the amount of wastewater discharged during operations from 100 m3 to 300 m3.
Violation of the regulation of surface sewage management has also been established in the Klaip empresados vanduo company. The person in charge of the company will be subject to administrative responsibility in accordance with article 246 of the ANC. 1 d. (from 170 to 1170 euros.)
The condition of the Curonian Lagoon is still monitored at this location. The Department of Environmental Protection recalls that it requested the Environmental Protection Agency to periodically retest the water from the Curonian lagoon at this location once a week, as the Environmental Protection Agency, after examining the water sample from Curonian Lagoon, concentrations exceeded target values. for a good state of the water.
Klaipedos Energija: there are cases in which acts of environmentalists have been revoked
On Tuesday afternoon, Klaipėdos Energja issued a press release stating that it would respond to the investigative report of the environmentalists within 2 working days.
“Due to the contamination of the Curonian lagoon mentioned in the law of the Department of Environmental Protection, an infringement protocol has not been drawn up for the company, no sanctions have been imposed, a legal evaluation of the situation is being carried out,” he emphasizes. . in the letter distributed.
It also points out that “it has been repeatedly the case that the acts of the same inspectors from the Department of Environmental Protection who inspected the company are revoked and decisions on infractions are annulled. This already happened this year, when an unscheduled inspection of air pollution was carried out in the district’s boiler room ”.
Klaipedos Energija specialists are said to have questioned various statements by environmentalists.
“In general terms, environmentalists have recorded possible contamination of surface water with sand and clay from our area, which covers an area of almost 15 hectares. And the collection pipe, from which the polluted water flowed into the Curonian Lagoon, serves thousands of hectares, flowing about 3 kilometers through Dubysa Street and other industrial and residential areas. Did environmentalists conduct research there or was it possible to analyze possible contamination from other sources? “
According to representatives of Klaipedos Energija, what environmentalists call some industrial wastewater is cogeneration water. “It is water that is taken from the water supply and softened. It is cleaner than sea water or other open natural bodies. In addition, it is green, not yellowish, according to environmentalists, ”the letter said.
Klaipedos Energija evaluated and what damage it could have caused to nature: from 52.61 to 157.83 euros.
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