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17 Nov 2019

Author:
Gorodskie Vesti

Russia: Russkii Khrom 1915 accused of polluting 3 rivers

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[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Russkii Khrom 1915 will clean Chusovaya River from its own discharges, 17 November 2019
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Sverdlovsk region requires a report from JSC Russkii Khrom 1915 on measures to reduce the negative impact on the environment, which the company is taking...
[In] May, hexavalent chromium contamination of Pakhotka, Chusovaya and Talitsa rivers was detected during the treatment of water from the Russkii Khrom sludge farm.
The enterprise denies the fact of river pollution and is preparing to liquidate the sludge pond. It is planned that funds for this will also be allocated from the regional budget.