ArmInfo. The inspection body for environmental protection and subsoil, even with a great desire and with considerable effort, could not find any deviations from the project documentation in the activities of the Lydian Armenia company, and is forced to rely on the expected environmental factors. This is stated in the statement of the stable development team of the Lydian Armenia company, which was received in the ArmInfo.
Recall that on the eve the inspection body for nature protection and subsoil in connection with the emergence of new environmental factors required Lydian Armenia Company to stop all work on development of the Amulsar deposit before conducting a new examination and making a decision based on this examination. The head of the inspection body appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office in connection with the facts of extraction of the Lydian Armenia CJSC mining mass without the right to subsoil use to identify the crime and in accordance with the established procedure to give a course to this matter. With regard to the company "Yeghegnadzor water user", an administrative proceeding and determining the legality of supplying Lidian Armenia with water through the Kechut-Zaritap water pipeline were initiated. With regard to the enlarged community of the city of Jermuk, administrative proceedings were instituted for the use of the Gndevank's Seven Sources of Gidee water pipe in the Gnedevank community to supply water to Lidian Armenia, and to determine the eligibility for authorizing the installation of crushing stations during the construction process. As it turned out, according to the company's statement, the basis for stopping works was the identification of the purple carnations and butterflies "Apollo" listed in the Red Book, first discovered on the territory of the Amulsar deposit. And, purple carnations, allegedly discovered by biologist Anoush Nesisyan, attracted by the inspection body as an expert. However, till now the companies did not have plant varieties, which, allegedly, were discovered by Anoush Nersesyan. Lidian Armenia believes that these plant varieties were either not found at all, or they were noted outside Amulsar, as the "results" recorded by the biologist are secret from the company's employees. And, Anush Nersisyan herself is not sure that this is really about purple carnations.
At least, the report featured the expression "most likely, a purple carnation." By the way, in the report there is a mention in occasion of the given grade of plants. In particular, the report notes that this variety is known in the vicinity of the village of Gndevank.
In addition, if you follow the results of the examination made by the experts of the inspection body on the basis of the submitted photo, according to the Code of Administrative Offenses, the same Anush Nersisyan should be brought to administrative responsibility, as she tore off the plant listed in the Red Book. "According to the 93rd article of the Code of Administrative Offenses, administrative responsibility for the collection of plants, herbs and roots listed in the Red Book is provided, this again indicates the professional unpreparedness of this specialist who does not even know that the collection of plants listed in the Red Book, is an offense, "the statement says.
As for the "Apollo" butterflies , then, as noted in the company, since 2013 during the ongoing research in the squares of the Company 60 species of butterflieswere found, including butterflies Apollo (Parnassius Apollo). These areas in the past concerned the place of discharge of empty rocks. However, according to the expert opinion, the places of discharge of empty rocks changed, as a result of which the biological environment of this individual remained outside the influence of the zone of the deposit. Therefore, she was not included in the report. "There is no scientific basis for allegations that this area is a given habitat for this species", - the document says.
Thus, the statement stresses, the "new environmental factors" identified by the inspection body are not new. They were in the center of the company's attention when developing project documentation. The fact that the body considers them as new environmental factors indicates that it was not able to detect deviations from the design documentation, and is forced to operate with "new environmental factors".
The report also notes the intentions of the body to appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office in connection with the lack of permits for "Lydian Armenia" mining permits in order to determine in these actions the corpus delicti. In this regard, the company considers it necessary to state the following: the presence of rocks from two quarries is not yet evidence of mining. During the meeting with representatives of the inspection, the company's employees constantly insisted on clarifying what minerals had been extracted from these quarries. However, none of the representatives of the inspection could answer the question posed. Moreover, on July 30 of this year, a control visit was made to the company's construction site, in particular, to the site of the empty rock disposal site. The purpose of the visit was to assess the recovered precipitation from the wastewater discharged in the planned sector (by sampling). Mr. A. Grigoryan, head of the inspection body, and T. Navasardian, representative of the company, took part in the trip. The geologist who examined the open pit, clearly noted that the appearance of clay soil can not be considered a potential source of pollution.