The Environment Agency publishes a notice under paragraph 47(2) of the General Law on the Environment (KeÜS).

The Environment Agency States that the application for amendment of the mining permit (“mining permit”) No LMKL-001 of the public limited company Torf (registry code: 10076240) (address Pärnu County, the Municipality of West Bank, the city of Lihula, Tallinna MNT 26a, 90303) has been accepted.

Convertible lateral peat production area is located in the municipality of Western Nigula in the village of Üdruma on state-owned properties of the Atlantic salmon peat production area (cadastral unit 34202:0005, intended peat production area), Atlantic salmon peat production area (cadastral unit 34202:002:0004, targeted peat production area), plague salmon peat production area (Kullamaa division 34202:002:0003, plumbrella production area destination area of the destination area of the central plantameplate management area.

The description of the mining provision of the amended mining permit No LMKL-001 is the peat production area of the Laague. In the requested area there is a runway security terminal (registry card No 0214).

The amendment to mining permit No LMKL-001 seeks an extension of the mining permit by 30 years and a reduction in the area of mining reserves and their catchment areas.

The area covered by the current mining authorisation No LMKL-001 is 305,7 ha and the area covered is 314,07 ha.

Mountain allocation is requested for an area of 281,17 ha, which coincides on a permanent and in depth with blocks 1 and 2 of the active consumables. The decrease in the surface area of the mountain reserve is due to the partial depletion of the mineral reserve. The slot is requested for 313.28 ha of surface area. The decrease in the surface area of the catchment area is due to an adjustment for differences resulting from the boundaries of the cadastral parcels. From the point of view of peat production, this is the service area that has been in place up to now and the developer ensures that the entire production area is cleaned up, including, where necessary, requests for coordination of the area to be cleaned up at the border points 26 to 28 south-west of the service area due to changes in the boundaries.

According to the request for amendment of the mining authorisation, the amount of active consumption of the low-surplus hay peat is 41 thousand t and the stock to be extracted is 41 thousand t and the amount of active consumption of well-degraded peat is 543,8 thousand t and the margin to be extracted is 384,8 thousand t. the maximum annual mining rate is requested to be 30 thousand m ³. Mineral resources are used for agriculture and energy. The period of validity of the mining permit to be changed is 30 years.

The request for amendment of the mining permit and other relevant documents can be consulted at the nearest Office of the Environment Agency (+372 452 7773, info@keskkonnaamet.ee).
The application is available digitally from the Register of documents of the Environment Agency at http://dhs-ADR-kea.envir.ee/.

Until such time as a decision is taken to modify the mining permit or to refuse to modify the mining permit, everyone has the right to submit reasoned proposals and objections to the application to the Environment Agency. Proposals and objections may be submitted orally or in writing to an e-mail address at the info@keskkonnaamet.ee address or postal address Tallinn 22, Kuressaare, the municipality of Saaremaa, the island region 93819.

The preparation of the draft decision amending the mining permit or refusing to modify the mining permit shall be further notified by the Environment Agency in the Official Gazette Ametlikud Teadaanded.