At today's session, the government will discuss the guarantees that will be given to the residents of Botuni for the commissioning of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Mina agency has learned unofficially from the government.
According to Mina's knowledge, the draft conclusions have ten points:
1. The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development is tasked, in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to continuously monitor the level of harmful gas emissions that can potentially be produced by the operation of the Wastewater Treatment System in Botun.
2. The Capital City of Podgorica is obliged to suspend the operation of the Wastewater Treatment System, without delay, if during the measurement of harmful gas emissions it is shown that the level of harmful gas emissions exceeds the limits set by Directive IED 2010/75/EU.
3. The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development is hereby instructed to initiate, without delay, in cooperation with international partners, the procedure for the rehabilitation of the red mud basin in Botun.
4. The Capital City of Podgorica is hereby ordered not to put the System from point 1 of these conclusions into operation until the rehabilitation of the red mud basin is completed.
5. The Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development is tasked with preparing amendments to the State Waste Management Plan 2025-2029 in such a way as to delete the provisions defining that hazardous waste can be temporarily disposed of within the KAP.
6. The Capital City of Podgorica is obligated to build a sewage network and enable connection to the Wastewater Treatment System for approximately 30% of households in Zeta (covering Gornja Zeta), and that the maintenance of the sewage network is performed by Vodovod Podgorica until the formation of the Vodovod Zeta company.
7. The Capital City of Podgorica is obligated to ensure that the existing wastewater treatment plant remains operationally available for at least two years after the commissioning of the plant in Botun.
8. The Capital City of Podgorica is obligated to ensure that priority is given to residents of Botuni and Zeta when hiring in the new facility.
9. The Capital City of Podgorica is obliged to delegate the President of the Managing Board for the facility referred to in these conclusions to the Local Community of Botun.
10. The Capital City is obligated to initiate talks with the municipality of Zeta so that the ownership structure of the Facility is shared – between the Capital City and Zeta.
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