Investors of small hydroelectric power plants (MHP) did not submit reports on the state of biodiversity to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is why the Agency sent a request to the Environmental Inspection and asked to refer the investors to a legal obligation.
The holders of projects for MHP submitted to the Agency reports on the monitoring of the state of the environment for certain segments, it is written, among other things, in the request of the EPA, which was sent to the inspection, and which "Vijesti" had access to.
"As they were about the obligation to submit reports related to the monitoring of the state of biodiversity, in this regard it is necessary to once again refer the project holders who received environmental approvals for the MHP in question and implemented the project or are in the project implementation phase to the obligation submission of data determined by the environmental impact monitoring program, in order not to violate the provisions of the Law", the Agency's request states.
Request for inspection by the Director of the Agency Milan Gazdić he directed on October 21.
The holder of the HPP project is under a legal obligation to submit the results of the monitoring to the local government authority on whose territory the plant is located and to the Environmental Protection Agency. It is the investor's obligation to plan and provide financial resources for emission monitoring, as well as for other measurements and monitoring of the impact of their activities on the environment.
The program for monitoring the state of the environment includes monitoring the state of individual elements of the environment and the state of the objects of the planned intervention. Thus, in addition to other things, during the exploitation of the facility there is an obligation to monitor the ecologically acceptable flow, that is, the "biological minimum".
"Biological minimum" is necessary for the maintenance of indigenous watercourse communities downstream of the water intake, that is, ensuring the basic living conditions for the watercourse with characteristic bioindicators.
The monitoring program obliges the investor to monitor the state of flora and fauna, and if the results show a negative impact on endemic and nationally protected species, the contractor should take appropriate measures to eliminate that impact.
The monitoring program can also define the obligation to conduct water quality testing for the water course during construction... and investors also submit environmental noise testing reports to the authorities.
According to the data from the documentation that "Vijesti" had access to, most MHP investors submit to the Agency reports on water level measurement, water quality testing, noise testing, a report on monitoring the ecologically acceptable minimum, water level... The reports were submitted in this sense by "Simes inženjering ” from Podgorica, “Synergy”, “Hidroenergija” from Baeran, HPP “Mojanska” from Andrijevica, “Kronor” from Podgorica, DOO “Hydro Bistrica”...
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