Kuzbass coal miners were fined for damaging the land

Coal enterprises were fined 1.5 million rubles in Kuzbass. They used the land without reclamation.

In Leninsk-Kuznetsk, coal miners use 23 land plots of about 60 hectares without land reclamation, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported on August 6. Another seven plots were listed as agricultural, but they were also mined for minerals.

Industrialists used one site without the right to it. After checking, administrative cases were opened at two enterprises. The press service of the prosecutor's office did not specify the names of the companies, offering Taiga.info to send a request.

One company was charged under Part 1 of Art. 8.7 (failure to fulfill or untimely fulfillment of obligations for land reclamation during the development of mineral deposits) and Part 2 of Art. 8.7 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (failure to comply with the established requirements and mandatory measures to improve, protect land and protect soil from wind and water erosion and prevent other processes and other negative environmental impacts that worsen the quality of land). The second - according to part 2 of Art. 8.7 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, part 1 of Art. 8.8 (use of land not for the intended purpose in accordance with its ownership) and Art. 7.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (unauthorized occupation of a land plot or part of a land plot, including the use of a land plot by a person who does not have the rights to the specified land plot stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation).

The court found the companies guilty. They were fined 1.6 million rubles.