Keskkonnaamet publishes this announcement under Section 16(2)(1) of the environmental impact assessment and Management system Act (KeHJS).

Environmental Agency announces the publication of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme of the Application for an environmental permit for the sandy fallow of fibrous forest.

AS YIT Eesti (registry code 10093801) filed an environmental permit application for the Kiusumetsa sand quarry with the Environment Agency on 12.12.2019, pursuant to which the Environment Agency initiated an environmental impact assessment by letter DM-109088-2 of 20.04.2020.
The Kiusumetsa sand quarry applied for is located in the village of the lighthouse in the municipality of Häädemeeste in Pärnu, on private land, in the Kilmezsi cadastral division (cadastral mark 21303:002:0472, registration number 693406), in the Kiusumetsa deposit. According to the request for an environmental permit, as of 01.01.2020, the amount of active consumption of sand from the mountains of the Kiusumetsa quarry is 754 thousand m ³ and the amount of excavated reserves is 710 thousand m ³. The mountain allocation of the Kyusumetsa sandy pasture, with an area of 17.84 ha, and the service area of the mountain deposit, with an area of 18.92 ha, consist of 2 blocks of the active consumption of the building sand of the Kiusumetsa sandy deposit (registry card No 0749, basic material, building sand). The purpose of the mineral resource is construction and road construction and renovation. The period of validity of the authorisation applied for shall be 15 years.

EIA parties:
The developer(s) is (are) AS YIT Eesti (registry code: 10093801) (address Pärnu mnt 102b, Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn 11312 Harju maakond, contact person Heini Viilup, e-mail heini.viilup@yit.ee, phone 665 2100) 
The decision-maker is Environmental Agency (contact person Toomas Kalda, e-mail toomas.kalda@keskkonnaamet.ee, phone 510 7975)
The lead expert is:  Karl Kupits (Maves OÜ, e-mail karl@maves.ee, telephone 5093 437; Artto Pello, e-mail artto@maves.ee, telephone 5623 7394).

The EIA programme is available in advance at  On the website of the Environment Agency: https://www.keskkonnaamet.ee/et/eesmargid activities/environmental ordn/environmental impact assessments public domain

Proposals, objections and questions about the EIA programme can be submitted at in writing to the Environment Agency (Roheline tn 64, 80010 Pärnu or info@keskkonnaamet.ee) between 21.04.2021 and 09.05.2021.

The public consultation of the EIA programme takes place at as regards the dissemination of COVID19 and subject to national restrictions in the online media Microsoft Teams 11.05.2021 at 16.00. The public consultation can be joined via a web link: we https://lingid.ee/PkDtY recommend pre-registration for the public consultation by sending a request to participate to the e-mail address artto@maves.ee or toomas.kalda@keskkonnaamet.ee no later than 09.05.2021. The public consultation will be recorded and can be retrieved within 7 days of the date of the discussion on the Environment Agency's website: additional written proposals, questions and objections to https://www.keskkonnaamet.ee/et/eesmargid activities/environmental order/environmental impact assessments may be submitted up to and including 18.05.2021 in the context of the decision-maker's contacts..