Report on the status of Russian Hot Spots

The BASE project is supporting Russia in the preparation of materials on the current state of affairs with Russian “hot spots” of the JCP Programme for the consolidated report of the Secretariat to be delivered at the Ministerial Мeeting in October 2013. The analysis was carried out by Environmental monitoring, management, audit and consulting Ltd. (EcoMMAK).  

In order to obtain up-to-date information on the current status of affairs at the remaining Russian Hot Spots, EcoMMAK compiled a questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to the authorities of the city of St. Petersburg and of Kaliningrad and Leningrad Regions as well as to the representatives of enterprises and organizations included in the “hot spots” list. On the basis of the information obtained,  EcoMMAK came up with recommendations regarding the possible exclusion of the Hot Spots from the list.

The report presents information and conclusions regarding the following 12 Russian “hot

spots”

• St. Petersburg

1. № 18 (hot sub-spots 18.1-18.19). Municipal waste water treatment in St.-

Petersburg

2. № 23 «Hazardous Waste Landfill - State Unitary Nature Conservation Enterprise

(SUNE) “Krasny Bor Landfill”

• Leningrad Region

3. № 14 «Syaskiy Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM)»

4. № 15 “Volkhov Aluminium Plant (Limited Liability Company “Metankhim”)”

5. № 24 “Large livestock farms (sewage water treatment and sediment processing)”

• Kaliningrad Region

6. № 49 “Sovietsk PPM”

7. № 50 “Neman PPM”

8. № 67 “Waste Water Treatment Plant of the Kaliningrad City”

9. № 69 “Cepruss PPM”

10. № 70 “Landfill of Hazardous Wastes of the Kaliningrad City”

11. № 71 “Fuel and Cargo Complex FSUE "State Sea Fishing Port" (Port Oil Bunkering

Station of the Kaliningrad City)”

12. № 72 «Agriculture of the Kaliningrad Region»

The full-length report is available here in English and in Russian. 

A presentation summarizing the findings can be downloaded here.