The decision to suspend the operation of the landfill in the Rostov region has been upheld

The court upheld the decision to suspend the operation of the landfill in the Semikarakorsky district for 60 days, the condition of which had been complained about by residents.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, in June, at the request of the environmental prosecutor's office, the court ordered the Rostov company "Yuzhny Gorod" to close for 60 days the landfill in the Semikarakorsky district, where sand contaminated with fuel oil was taken from the beaches of Anapa. According to the publication 161.ru, if the company files an appeal, the landfill will continue to operate until a new decision is made.

On September 11, the Court of Appeal considered the appeal of the Yuzhny Gorod company against the decision of the court of first instance, which ordered the suspension of the landfill's operations for 60 days. The appellate court did not satisfy the appeal, and thus the court's decision came into force. Now the landfill is temporarily unable to accept waste, and Yuzhny Gorod must eliminate the violations, 161.ru reports.

The company's representative denied the violations in court, lawyer Svetlana Panova told the publication. "They said: "We did not pour out liquid waste, it is not liquid at all, it dries out, it will be solid. We collected it in storage containers, and it just accidentally spilled on us." This is not true," she said.

According to Panova, residents filed a complaint about violations at the landfill with the Investigative Committee. "The Investigative Committee is conducting a procedural review. But so far, no decision has been made whether to initiate a case or not. They are still collecting documents and evaluating everything," the publication quotes her as saying.

Garbage removal fees will remain the same for residents

Due to the suspension of the Semikarakorsk landfill, garbage will be temporarily taken to another landfill in the Rostov Region - to the inter-municipal environmental waste processing complex in Volgodonsk, the regional government reported on its website on September 12.

"Despite the increase in the distance of waste transportation, the regional operator will remove it as planned and in accordance with the schedule. The tariff for the population will not increase - the garbage removal fee for residents will remain the same," the publication quotes the words of the Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of the Rostov Region Antonina Pshenichnaya.

Recall that in January Acting Governor of the Rostov Region Yuri Slyusar has banned the disposal of fuel oil at a private landfill in the Semikarakorsk District, stating that it is not ready to receive fuel oil. The landfill is not properly equipped to receive particularly hazardous waste, environmentalists said. Storing waste there violates design documentation and legal requirements, the head of Rosprirodnadzor said.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. In addition, an oil spill occurred, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait".

As a result of the environmental disaster, Rospotrebnadzor recognized 141 beaches in Anapa and nine beaches in the Temryuk district as unsuitable for recreation. Fuel oil was found on all beaches in Anapa, on the coast in the Temryuk district and on the coast of the Sea of Azov in the Slavyansk district of Kuban, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "The extent of fuel oil pollution in southern Russia".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".