This year, Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body will carry out an inspection at Akhtala Ore Dressing Plant CJSC, as Eduard Gasparyan, Acting Head of State Interests Protection Department of RA Prosecutor General's Office, informed Oleg Dulgaryan, President of "Community Mobilization and Support Center" NGO, by his letter N 5/5/17083-2020 dated on July 15, 2020.
This is the second reaction by General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia to the verdict reached by Public Environmental Court on the case of "Continuous Impact of Nahatak tailing dump on the environment and human health". Earlier, RA General Prosecutor's Office informed that an investigation had been initiated by State Interests Protection Department in terms of the verdict of Public Environmental Court.
Reminder: The Public Environmental Court ruled to recognize the violations related to the granting of permits to Nahatak Tailing Dump, its non-conservation and non-reclaiming, the offences in regard to its control and monitoring that have led to environmental disaster and socio-economic crisis in Armenia and the region, harmed human health, as a crime directed against the state.
July 21, 2020 at 17:19