In Irkutsk, 25 gas stations were checked for compliance with landscaping rules, emission permits, and fuel quality. Of 50 samples, fuel at 13 stations did not meet requirements. Three companies were fined a total of 250 thousand rubles by court decision, and materials on several violations have been sent to oversight bodies and court.
From October to November 2014, inspections were carried out, and as a result, three gas stations were brought to administrative responsibility by decision of the Arbitration Court, with fines totaling 250 thousand rubles imposed on the violators.. The following are required to pay the fines:
- LLC “OSN-Irkutsk,” 12 Blyukhera St. - 100 thousand rubles,
- LLC “Sistema AZS,” 124A Lermontova St. – 100 thousand rubles.
- LLC “Center for Accounting Services “SFERA,” 202A Rozy Lyuksemburg St. – 50 thousand rubles.
According to a statement from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration, inspections were carried out at 25 gas stations located within the city, and specialists checked compliance with the requirements of the rules for the improvement of the territory, as well as the presence of permits for emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air. An analysis of 50 fuel samples was conducted. At 13 of the 25 fueling stations, the fuel quality did not meet the requirements. The violations mainly concerned the absence of permitting documentation at gas stations and fuel quality. The decision to bring the violators to administrative responsibility was made on the basis of joint inspections by the West Baikal Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office, the Environmental Department of the Committee for Urban Development of the Irkutsk city administration, and the Federal Budgetary Institution “State Regional Center for Standardization, Metrology and Testing in the Irkutsk Region.”
The inspection materials were sent by the Environmental Department of the Committee for Urban Development to the West Baikal Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office and to the Department (Inspectorate) of State Supervision for the Irkutsk Region of the SSMT of Rosstandart for subsequent administrative action for the absence of permitting documentation and for the sale of fuel of improper quality. In addition, based on the inspection activities, eight lawsuits to suspend the activities of organizations due to the absence of permitting documentation were sent to court. The West Baikal Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office issued a submission against LLC "KVANT" for the sale of fuel of improper quality.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk administration.