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Gov’t slaps PPC, producers with 1.7 mln euros in fines

Gov’t slaps PPC, producers with 1.7 mln euros in fines
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Πεμ, 16 Ιουλίου 2009 - 13:05
The Environment and Public Works Ministry yesterday imposed a total of 1.7 million euros in fines on two power plants and and two lignite mines operated by the Public Power Corporation (PPC) and on 11 manufacturers whose toxic waste is believed to have contributed to polluting the Asopos River in central Greece
The Environment and Public Works Ministry yesterday imposed a total of 1.7 million euros in fines on two power plants and and two lignite mines operated by the Public Power Corporation (PPC) and on 11 manufacturers whose toxic waste is believed to have contributed to polluting the Asopos River in central Greece.

The largest single fines were imposed on the lignite mines – 300,000 euros for the PPC’s mine in Ptolemaida and 150,000 euros for a mine at Mavropigi, both near the northern city of Kozani.

(from "KATHIMERINI" English edition, 14/07/2009)

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