Vice-Premier of Victoria Abramchenko has instructed the Federal service and Roshydromet to carry out additional measurements of air quality in 12 cities with the strongest level of pollution in Russia. The reason — distrust of the White house complex regional plans to reduce emissions in these cities in accordance with the requirements of the Federal project “Pure air” and debate about their main source: industry and transportation accused of “black sky” each other. As has found out “Kommersant”, the suspicions of the government can be justified.“B” made acquainted with the instruction of “environmental” Vice-Premier of Victoria Abramchenko the Roshydromet Federal service and until April 30 to additionally measure the air quality in the 12 most disadvantaged in this sense, the cities of Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Magnitogorsk, Mednogorsk, Nizhniy Tagil, Novokuznetsk, Norilsk, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets, Chita, and (which, recall, are the objectives of the Federal project “Pure air”), during the period of quarantine. The regional authorities requested until April 24 to provide the supervision information about industrial plants working during the quarantine. Rosprirodnadzor to 12 may need to analyze data and to report results to the government.Based on the findings of the air quality and operating companies the Ministry of natural resources, Rosprirodnadzor and regional officials will have until may 15 to update comprehensive plans to reduce air pollution in these cities. Federal project “Pure air” requires a reduction in gross emissions into the atmosphere in them by 22% by 2024. In the chamber of accounts (SP) pointed out that in 2018 high and very high levels of air pollution were observed in 46 cities, among them only 6 of the 12 goals of the project, and that, in the opinion of the auditors, can distort its meaning and purpose. Kommersant’s source in the White house familiar with the situation, explains that “the objectivity of calculations of air pollution sources raises questions”. For example, in Krasnoyarsk the local authorities have recognized the main source of emissions, transport, laying in terms of money on the metro (the draft of which was discussed inconclusively since the late 80-ies). Due to the lack of good monitoring and low efficiency of inspections of Rosprirodnadzor (the company in this period can reduce emissions), the White house now and decided to use the lack of transport during the period of quarantine for more objective information about the sources of air pollution.However, as shown by intra-discussion the results of the study can be the justification for the redistribution of public funds between sectors. So, yesterday, commenting on the intention of the Ministry of Finance to collect in the reserve Fund to combat coronavirus 15,7 billion roubles from the funds of the project “Clean air”, Chapter Rosprirodsupervision Svetlana Radionova has threatened the initiators of this idea to a social explosion. Interested in supporting the industry, the Ministry announced that the cost of public transport, which planned to buy the project in recent months, rose by almost 0.9 billion RUB, or delays in funding will cause problems already from manufacturers.We will note, earlier “Kommersant” wrote about the treatment of the RSPP to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with the request to postpone the experiment of cap and trade in the framework of the project “Clean air” and in General to suspend environmental control of coronavirus. According to “Kommersant”, the letter was the cause of fierce debate even within the Union. In the regions, the argument about the pollution of the atmosphere primarily by transport considered inconclusive. “On the ecology of Kuzbass quarantine was not affected. The basic amount of emissions delivered to the enterprises of the continuous cycle”,— said “Kommersant” the head of the Kemerovo branch of the party “Green” Olga Nagornaya. “In the period of self-isolation has become less breathing has not become easier”, she said. Member of the working group at the Ministry of ecology of Krasnoyarsk Krai Natalya Podolyak said the role of air pollution CHP. “Saves only the wind, which disperses the emissions. When he’s not there, we close the window and try not to leave the house,” she explained. At the Ministry of ecology of the Chelyabinsk region noted that all industrial enterprises in Chelyabinsk is now working normally and improve air quality near the plants is not observed.Alexey Shapovalov, Julia Sasevich, Novosibirsk, Russia; Karina Kolarova, Chelyabinsk the Ministry of ecology of the Chelyabinsk region, told “Kommersant” that monitored ambient air quality at the end of March, when the regime of isolation for residents only introduced and car traffic dropped by 70%. According to the study, the air near roads met the standards. Thus, according to the regional Ministry of environment, the structure of the volume of air pollution in Chelyabinsk motor transport is 30-40%. Deputy Minister of ecology of the Chelyabinsk region Vitaly Bezrukov noted that with the easing of the isolation regime in the region, when most people went to work, and car traffic is almost the same as dekorativnym indicators, a study that intends to do the Federal government will not be representative. “We need to consider what restrictions imposed in a particular region. If there is a regime of self-isolation, this does not mean that all the cars are. And the plants we both worked, and work,” he said.Head of the project “Chelyabinsk, breathe!” Dmitry Zakarlyukin organize independent monitoring of condition of atmospheric air in the city. It also believes that due to the fact that all plants operate normally, and most people do not comply with the regime of self-isolation, will be difficult to assess the contribution to air pollution making car exhaust, and some plants. Mr. Zakarlyukin notes that with the introduction of the regime of self-isolation in the region has increased the level of formaldehyde concentration in atmospheric air. In some days of April recorded a five-fold excess of maximum permissible concentration of this substance. This means that manufacturers increase the volumes of emissions of polluting substances into the atmosphere. “Now manufacturers asked the Supervisory authorities to cancel the test allegedly to reduce the burden on business during a pandemic. They do it to increase emissions. Any measures to control the environmental situation is now urgent, but it is not clear how representativeness will be achieved,” says Mr Zakarlyukin.Regional administration of Krasnoyarsk, Omsk and Kemerovo Rosprirodnadzor has not provided answers to the queries “y” at the time of publication of the material.Karina Kolarova, Chelyabinsk; Julia Sasevich, Novosibirsk
