The Director of the RIEW - Ruse Aneliya Nikolova fined Linamar Light Metals Ruse Ltd. 250 000 BGN for non-compliance with a condition in its complex permit. The penalty notice was served today to the legal representative of the company.

The violation was detected on April 9, when in the period from 19:47 to 23:00 the inspection received 43 signals via the green phone, the contact form on the website, and the e-mail of RIEW – Ruse and the Ministry of Environment and Water. All the signals came from the neighbourhoods "Vazrazhdane", "Zdravets", and the central part of Ruse and reported the smell of "burnt bakelite" characteristic for the activity of Linamar Light Metals Ruse Ltd.

The data from the monitoring station located on the territory of Linamar Light Metals Ruse Ltd. for this period show high values for indicators p-cresol and naphthalene (above the maximum one-time concentrations for these indicators defined in Regulation No 14/1997 on standards for the maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances in the ambient air of populated areas). An administrative offence report was drawn up in the absence of the company's legal representative.

The amount of the fine was determined on the basis of the gravity of the violation, in view of the affected public relations related to environmental protection, protection of human life and health, and prevention of the occurrence of hazards and damage to society in case of changes in the quality of air, as well as a previous violation of the same nature.

The fine may be appealed within the statutory period or the amount of the pecuniary sanction may be paid in the amount of 80 per cent within 14 days after the delivery of the penalizing document.

RIEW - Ruse is actively working to resolve the problem of odors related to the company's activities. Meetings have been conducted, including today, whereby the problem areas of the production were discussed and measures for their elimination were identified.