Krasnodar GRES Project Volume I11 Environmental Assessment

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designed as a tower in Genoan style. The chieftain of the
Mostovskoy Cossacks has also seen these facilities. He believes
there is no danger, for the plant looks more like a scientific
laboratory than a factory. His position, however, is unclear for
two reasons:
1) Maybe they do it right, but in this country it will be just the
opposite.
2) Social tensions: Strangers will come to earn high wages and
to do as they please on our land.
What is the directorate doing now?
They are getting ready to start construction. Or rather, they are
building infrastructure for the district population, trying to preserve
their personnel who have not been paid for three months.
Another of those giant projects in Kuban. Do we really need it?
Shall I tell you what happens if the project does not get
constructed?
There are dozens of local power plants in the Tihoretsk, Kurganinsk
and other districts.
Those plants burn diesel fuel, i.e., they add to car exhaust pollution
of the atmosphere. Eighty-six percent of pollution in the district
comes from cars, while only 14% emanates from stationary
sources. It goes without saying that gas is a safer fuel than diesel
fuel. Let me put the question another way. What is the current
power deficit in the Krasnodar Region? As far as saving and
renewable power sources, let's hear what the advocates of this
point of view have to say. What it boils down to is this: savings
in legal and administrative expenditure; 30 percent and another 45
thousand tons of standard fuel saved by using renewable power
sources. But even if we implement all this today, the plant will be
needed anyway.
What is the power shortage in the Krai?
20 MW.
I'd like to make some comments.
If there are no more questions, let's go on to discussions.
Let's stick to the procedure. There are some more questions.
How will the review of the EIA be arranged.
It will be different from the way the World Bank does it, preparing
a report on a agreed-upon schedule. First the directorate will
prepare a statement of environmental impact which will then be
discussed by all parties concerned. The statement will be made
available to all interested individuals and organizations. Answering
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