Regarding the article "Can construction factories operate in a Nature Park", which included excerpts from the environmental impact assessment study for the construction of a new grinding and mixing plant and comments from locals in the village of Podglavice near Spuž, the company "Mondal Industrija", which is the investor in the project, reacted.
"This is the second or third time that our company "Mondal Industrija" doo Danilovgrad has been targeted in your media and an attempt has been made to present itself as the cause of all the problems of the locals.
Precisely because of the fact that a series of unfounded allegations are being made again, we are forced to react.
The very title of the text "Can construction factories operate in the Nature Park" contains two arbitrarinesses.
Namely, we are not a construction factory, but a factory that produces construction materials, and we are not located in a Nature Park, but in an Industrial Zone that has existed at this location, not for years, but for decades.
Especially because the current Mondal factory has been owned by the company "Mondal Industrija" doo Danilovgrad since 2017, and it is actually the former Lime Factory, known as "Krečana", which operated for years as part of the then Aluminum Combine.
So, the Factory has been operating at this location for decades, it's just that the owners have changed, and the current owners ("Mondal Industry" doo Danilovgrad) have invested enormous efforts and resources to install technologies in the Factory (read: filters and all other equipment) that were not there before, and which have just been installed for the purpose of environmental protection.
The "Rijeka Zeta" Nature Park Zone was proclaimed by the Decision of the Government of Montenegro of 5 December 12, which Decision was published in the Official Gazette No. 2019/69 of 2019 December 18.12.2019, and entered into force on 26 December 12.
However, the Mondal Industry Ltd. Danilovgrad factory is located in an industrial zone.
This kind of title can mislead an uninformed reader because it can create the wrong impression that someone started production in the "Rijeka Zeta" Nature Park a few years ago, which anyone could condemn.
It is true that this location was home to the Aluminum Combine's Lime Factory, whose facilities were partially demolished and partially renovated at least two decades ago.
In addition, our factory employs locals, even locals who live in the immediate vicinity of the factory.
The father retired from our Factory, and his son continued to work and has been working for years and lives with his family in the immediate vicinity of the Factory, and that is perhaps the best indicator of how much good this Factory brings.
The text begins with the Cement Factory "MONDAL Industrija" and that sounds "Huge", which might give the uninitiated the image that there is some large factory there that has marl mines, large rotary kilns that burn stone and consume large amounts of energy, large halls for storing clinker (baked stone), while the reality is completely different, we have a ball mill, which is left over from the former lime factory, which we now want to support with a new, larger mill in order to ensure continuity and increase production.
It is precisely because of this new, larger mill that we want to launch that we have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment Report to the Environmental Protection Agency for the construction of a new grinding and mixing plant.
Again, in addition to all this, it is incorrectly stated that this facility is located in the Zeta River Nature Park.
According to the law, it is necessary to organize a Public Forum, which the Environmental Protection Agency did, at the specified time.
Our company has previously submitted two more environmental impact assessment studies, one of which has been adopted and the other is in the process.
All of the above is just an indication that our company has exceptional respect for the environment and regulations, because we regularly contact the competent state authorities for all our activities.
As those in the know know, all of our studies are available on the Agency's website, and anyone who wants to can familiarize themselves with the production processes, technological processes, as well as all the measures we take to protect the environment.
We have the utmost respect for our neighbors, both those who operate in the two quarries that are in the immediate vicinity of our Factory, and all our neighbors who live near the Factory.
After all, at the previous discussion, it was established that most of the objections do not directly relate to our Factory.
The text marked in front does not contain any specific name of any person who has objections regarding our Factory.
Simply put, some law firm represents some local residents who have objections, and it is not known which law firm it is, who actually gave it the power of attorney to represent them, or who has specific objections.
We are ready to listen to all objections (there is no need for law firms to "hide", nor for those persons who allegedly gave them power of attorney, because we are a company that is ready for an agreement) we are ready, within the realm of what is realistic and possible, to help all locals, after all, we have done this many times before.
Simply put, our company operates according to the law, duly fulfills legal requirements, regular inspections and measurements are carried out by independent state agencies, 4 times a year, about which there are all reports, which have always been favorable to our Factory, and there are no legal reasons to issue any work ban, as stated in the above text.
"After all, in the studies that have been submitted, it can be verified how much effort and resources have been invested in various filter systems and modern equipment to make our factory as efficient and environmentally friendly as possible. We protect the environment because we consider it our home, just as it is the real home of our 35 workers, most of whom are from the immediate vicinity of the factory or from the Spuž region itself. It does not sound pleasant to them at all when someone calls for the closure of the factory that supports their families, and how many others, both individuals and their families, directly or indirectly benefit and earn money from our Company and Factory," the company's response stated.
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