– Companies engaged in this business should understand their responsibility for safety and environment preservation, – said the Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. – Any damage caused to the nature, should be compensated, this question is solved today adopted amendments.
He recalled that the state Duma has accelerated the adoption of the bill after the state of emergency in Norilsk. After this accident, when the waters came thousands of tons of diesel fuel, President Vladimir Putin gave instructions for the deputies and the government.
the Initiative requires companies, whose work is connected with oil, create plans in case of emergencies like the accident at TPP-3 in Norilsk. You must approve them until January 1, 2024.
in addition, the mandatory will have sufficient financial support for emergency response. This can be a Bank guarantee, an insurance contract, a document which confirms the establishment of a reserve Fund, etc.
the Company will be required to work on containment and spill response forces or private emergency services or engaged on a contractual basis. If to eliminate the consequences fails, refer to the appropriate competent authorities, to attract additional forces.
the Initiative also requires the company, after the elimination of spill of oil and oil products to carry out remediation and other restoration work. In addition, they have to compensate in full the harm caused to the environment, life, health and property of citizens and legal entities. Will have to compensate for the costs of attraction of additional forces.
the Law will come into force on 1 January 2021.
the Chairman of the Duma Committee on ecology and environmental protection Vladimir burmatov said that in Russia there is 10 of thousands of oil spills a year. “This is definitely a very serious responsibility and an additional burden for oil, he said innovations. From them it will require huge additional funds, which they will have to invest. But the relevance of this law to justify, I think, is not necessary. The bill is long-awaited, hard-won, much-anticipated by those regions that suffer most from oil spills”.
