This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office.
“The prosecutor of the Srednekolymskiy region ... carried out an inspection on the fact of an oil spill at the diesel power plant of the village of Argakhtakh“ Sakhaenergo ”on June 21 ... Based on the materials of the inspection ... a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 254 of the Criminal Code of Russia (spoilage of land) ", - stated in the statement.
It is noted that during the inspection it turned out that since 1993, that is, for 27 years, no one has examined the corresponding tank either from the outside or from the inside. Last June, the workers of the diesel power plant carried out only a "formal inspection" of the tank and did not reveal any defects.
This, according to prosecutors, ultimately led to the environmental accident.
In addition to criminal liability, Sakhaenergo was administratively punished - fines for 210 thousand rubles were issued.
At the moment, "work has been organized to recover damage to the soil and water body ... in the total amount of over 4.5 million rubles."
Earlier, the press service of Rosprirodnadzor named the amount of damage caused to the Khimki reservoir from the oil spill.
On June 28, the Emergencies Ministry reported that an unidentified liquid had leaked into the tundra zone on the territory of the Talnakh enrichment plant in Norilsk. It was clarified that there is a threat of sewage entering the Kharaelakh River.
On June 16, the governor of the Vologda region, Oleg Kuvshinnikov, said that about 2.5 tons of benzene had spilled at the industrial site of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant (CherMK).
On May 29, a diesel spill occurred at CHPP-3, owned by Norilsk Nickel. The area of contamination, according to the prosecutor's office, was 180 thousand square meters. m.