The document was signed by the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kobylkin, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Svetlana Radionova, Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Teksler and General Director of Mechel PAO Oleg Korzhov.
As part of the agreement, the Mechel Group is implementing an environmental program at the enterprises of the Chelyabinsk industrial site until 2024. Investments will amount to about 10 billion rubles, while emissions of pollutants will decrease by 14.2 thousand tons per year.
“This is a real gift for the Day of Metallurgist to all residents of Chelyabinsk. The agreement provides for a significant reduction in emissions. It also presupposes the fulfillment of the obligations of the law on emission quotas, which the State Duma adopted just a few days ago, "said Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexei Teksler. rolling shops. At Mechel-Koks, the technical re-equipment will concern the benzene section in the capture shop No. 1, coke shop No. 1, two gas collectors at the coke oven battery No. 8 will be replaced.
Recently, the Chelyabinsk "Mechel " production site ended independent environmental audit. Experts of the Research Institute "Atmosphere" conducted a comprehensive survey of industrial facilities, including emission sources, gas treatment facilities, studied wastewater discharges, waste disposal conditions. The results of the audit showed that the volumes of harmful emissions to which the Mechel enterprises located in Chelyabinsk are entitled have been established correctly. The results of the environmental audit were taken into account in the implementation of the program.
“We are very pleased that the agreement has been signed. As a socially responsible company, we understand the importance of an environmental program for the region. Therefore, when compiling it, absolutely all the recommendations were taken into account that were given to us by the specialists of the Atmosfera Research Institute during the recently completed audit, "said Oleg Korzhov, General Director of Mechel PAO.
All measures to improve the environmental situation Chelyabinsk will be implemented as part of the Clean Air federal project, part of the Ecology national project.
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Nikolay Pastukhov, Head of the Media Relations Department, Mechel Group in Ural region phone: +7 (351) 725-40-95 (ext. 5-40-95) e-mail: NikolayPastuhov@mechel.ru
