The Association of local non-governmental organizations “Vozrozhdeniye Tamani” (Revival of Taman) in its statement sharply criticized the official environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the Temryuk Port expansion project of “Port Mechel-Temryuk LLC, saying the EIA report is incomplete and inconsistent.
The NGO said the EIA of the project did not take into account the specific comments and suggestions made the Board of the Association on the results of the public hearing held on October 29, 2010 and signed by 27 leaders of local organizations and Temryuk District offices of Russian political parties.
The Association claims the Port Mechel – Temryuk company’s activity may have negative impact on local environmental conditions and urged the local authorities, Taman branch of Rosmorport to conduct a new EIA of the port Taman project, otherwise the Association will call for actions to freeze all loading / unloading operations at the port of Taman from January 2012.