Stimulation or fracturing12 Jun 2019 19:44
The MESP approved the decision of the ARSO on the necessary environmental impact assessment in Petišovci Ljubljana, June 12, 2019 - The Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (MOP) rejected a complaint by Geoenergo d. o. o. Lendava and confirmed the decision of the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (ARSO), with which it decided that the intended operation should be "maintenance of productivity in the extraction of mineral resources in the area k. o. Centiba and k. o. Petišovci "(ie hydraulic breakage or" fracking ") to carry out an environmental impact assessment and obtain an environmental consent (OVS). The MESP has correctly confirmed the position of the ARSO (first instance body) that the matter in question is an intervention that could have a significant impact on the environment, which makes it necessary to carry out an environmental impact assessment and, before possible intervention, obtain an OVS. In addition to the submitted expert opinions, the location of the intervention, the distance of the intended interventions from the individual watercourses, and taking into account that the groundwater, groundwater and agricultural land in the area do not have good regeneration capacity, taking into account the principle of prudence, agreed with the position of the ARSO, that it is an operation which requires an environmental impact assessment and the acquisition of an OVS. The MESP has confirmed the findings of the ARSO that the drainage radius will increase and will be carried out at other depths, such as the previous hydraulic breakage, and the hydraulically broken method will be altered, and that this is a procedure that results in changes in the operation devices and for work or interventions that alter the physical reality of the site.