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Base Project: Report on the Status of Russian Hot Spots Base project: Report on the status of Russian hot spots This document was a background document for the 2013 HELCOM Ministerial Meeting Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission EcoMMAC “Preparation of hot spots report including hot spot questionnaire” “Environmental monitoring, management, audit and consulting” Ltd. (“EcoMMAC”) “Preparation of hot spots report including hot spot questionnaire” Report on BASE project, HELCOM “Preparation of materials on the current state of affairs with Russian “hot spots” of the JCP Program in accordance with the decision of the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting (Mos- cow, May, 2010) for the report of the Secretariat at the Ministerial Мeeting in 2013” Kaliningrad 2013 EcoMMAC “Preparation of hot spots report including hot spot questionnaire” Content Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 6 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 7 1. St.-Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Leningrad Regions - survey of HELCOM “Hot spots”27 1.1. St.-Petersburg ............................................................................................................ 27 1.1.1. Hot spot № 18 (sub-hotspots 18.1-18.19). Municipal sewage water treatment in St.-Petersburg .............................................................................................................................. 27 1.1.1.1. State of affairs at the hot spots of St.-Petersburg (Sewerage treatment plant; collectors) ............................................................................................................................... 27 1.1.1.2. Description of the new “hot spot” № 18 – Sewage water treatment in St.- .......... 31 1.1.2. City dump Hot spot No. 23 «Hazardous waste landfill State Unitary Nature Conservation Enterprise (SUNE) “Krasny Bor Landfill” ....................................................... 36 1.1.2.1. General characteristic of the Hot spot No. 23 ....................................................... 36 1.1.2.2. Environment protection activities for improvement of the hot spot state, performed from 1992 to 2003 ....................................................................................................... 37 1.1.2.3. The situation at the Landfill by the end of 2002 .................................................... 38 1.1.2.4. Current state of the “Krasny Bor Landfill” ........................................................... 39 1.1.2.5. The main parameters of the environmental impact ............................................... 43 1.1.2.6. Results of the environmental components monitoring .......................................... 44 1.1.2.7. Planned environment protection activities ............................................................ 46 1.1.2.8. Activities required to exclude the company from HELCOM’s list of “hot spots” 47 1.2. The Leningrad Region .............................................................................................. 50 1.2.1. Hot spot № 14 «Syaskiy Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM)» ....................................... 50 1.2.1.1. The enterprise stste in 2002 ................................................................................... 51 1.2.1.2. Current state of the enterprise ................................................................................ 52 1.2.1.3. The main parameters of the environmental impact ............................................... 55 1.2.1.4. Results of the environmental components monitoring .......................................... 59 1.2.1.5. Planned environmental activities ........................................................................... 61 1.2.1.6. Activities necessary for excluding the company from the HELCOM’s list of hot spots ............................................................................................................................... 62 1.2.2. Hot spot № 15 “Volkhov aluminium plant ( “Metahim Ltd.”)” ........................ 66 1.2.2.1. Characteristics of the enterprise in 2003 ............................................................... 67 1.2.2.2. Current state of the enterprise ................................................................................ 68 2 EcoMMAC “Preparation of hot spots report including hot spot questionnaire” 1.2.2.3. Comparison of the current negative impact on the environment and the impact for the previous reporting periods ....................................................................................................... 75 1.2.2.4. Activities necessary for excluding the company from the HELCOM’s list of hot spots ............................................................................................................................... 76 1.2.3. Hot spot № 24 “Large livestock farms (sewage water and sludge treatment)” 81 1.2.3.1. General characteristic ............................................................................................ 81 1.2.3.2. State of the “hot spot” in 2003 ............................................................................... 82 1.2.3.3. Current state of the “hot spot” ............................................................................... 83 1.2.3.4. Current state of the livestock sector in the Leningrad Region .............................. 84 1.2.3.5. Manure and dung disposal ..................................................................................... 88 1.2.3.6. Participation of the Leningrad Region in state programs and international projects for environment protection in the process of agricultural activities .............................................. 90 1.2.3.7. Planned activities to improve the situation ............................................................ 96 1.3. Kaliningrad Region ................................................................................................... 98 1.3.1. Hot spot № 49 “Sovietsk PPM” ............................................................................. 98 1.3.1.1. History of the enterprise development ................................................................... 98 1.3.1.2. Characteristic of the area of the bark dump location of the OJSC “Sovietsk Pulp and Paper Mill” ........................................................................................................................... 109 1.3.2. Hot spot № 50 “Neman PPM” ............................................................................. 110 1.3.2.1. History of foundation and development .............................................................. 110 1.3.2.2. The period of operation within the North-West Timber Company .................... 111 1.3.2.3. The results achieved by 2004 .............................................................................. 116 1.3.2.4. The current state .................................................................................................. 117 1.3.3. Hot spot № 67 “Sewage water treatment plant of Kaliningrad” ..................... 122 1.3.3.1. The environmental measures to improve the state of the hot spot implemented until 2004 ............................................................................................................................. 124 1.3.3.2. The environmental activities to improve the state of the hot spot implemented after 2004 ............................................................................................................................. 125 1.3.3.3. Results of monitoring of the Kaliningrad Lagoon as the water body-receiver.... 128 1.3.3.4. Analysis of the compliance of the Kaliningrad treatment plant with the current HELCOM Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 133 1.3.3.5. Planned environmental activities ......................................................................... 134 1.3.3.6. Activities necessary for excluding the enterprise from the HELCOM’s list of hot spots ............................................................................................................................. 134 3 EcoMMAC “Preparation of hot spots report including hot spot questionnaire” 1.3.4. Hot spot № 69 “Cepruss PPM” ............................................................................ 137 1.3.4.1. State of the Mill by 1992 - 1993 ........................................................................... 137 1.3.4.2. The state of the Enterprise by 2002 ...................................................................... 139 1.3.4.3. Current state of the enterprise ............................................................................... 142 1.3.4.4. Planned environmental protection activities ......................................................... 144 1.3.4.5. Activities necessary for excluding the enterprise from the HELCOM’s list of hot spots ............................................................................................................................. 144 1.3.5. Hot spot № 70 “The Landfill of hazardous wastes of the city of Kaliningrad”144 1.3.5.1. Environment protection activities performed from 2003 to 2009 ........................ 148 1.3.5.2. Environmental activities carried out during the period from 2009 to 2012 .......... 149 1.3.5.3. Environmental impact assessment .......................................................................
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