Sotkamo.
"Are we to quietly endure the dust and odors? Houses, lands, and the beaches are worthless," said Salme Kananen, 67, from Sotkamo Taattola.
Nearby is lake Hakonen, whose surface has begun to strangely bubble. Talvivaara minery is five miles away.
Talvivaara mining company has exceeded many times over the set out emission values in the environmental permit.
Ely-Keskus Kainuu (Economy, Transport and Environment Centre.) and some of the residents has left the police an investigation of environmental degradation. Sotkamo Mayor Petri Kauppinen says that the municipality supports the tightening of the mining permits.
The worst for the water is the sulfate, which are exceeds many times over the given limits.
"The environmental permit is set to a limit of the company's desire, 130 milligrams per cubic meter. In reality, the company's waste water has been calculated and shown to have sulphate of 8 000 milligrams per cubic meter," Sami Koivula, Director of northern Finland State Provincial Office said.
Ville Niinistö of the Environment Minister (Green) calls for a fast interference with the problems, and points out that the law gives the opportunity to suspend the operation of the company. Niinistö does not accept that the company dramatically exceeds its self-determined limits.
"The company has had a lot of practice in its operations. There is dust and foul smell, and now it's the water problems," says Niinistö, who recently visited Talvivaara minery.
Niinistö believes that the environmental impact assessment was incomplete in the past when it was made.
"The environmental impact assessment phase is very important. Then the people of the region should get to know what is really happening in their environment."
The mine's current environmental permit expires next spring, and the company wants a new permit exemptions to emissions until 2015.
Niinistö points out that the law will allow the mine to suspend operations if the environmental conditions are not met.
Ely-Keskus Kainuu (Economy, Transport and Environment Centre.) and some of the residents has left the police an investigation of environmental degradation. Sotkamo Mayor Petri Kauppinen says that the municipality supports the tightening of the mining permits.
The worst for the water is the sulfate, which are exceeds many times over the given limits.
"The environmental permit is set to a limit of the company's desire, 130 milligrams per cubic meter. In reality, the company's waste water has been calculated and shown to have sulphate of 8 000 milligrams per cubic meter," Sami Koivula, Director of northern Finland State Provincial Office said.
Ville Niinistö of the Environment Minister (Green) calls for a fast interference with the problems, and points out that the law gives the opportunity to suspend the operation of the company. Niinistö does not accept that the company dramatically exceeds its self-determined limits.
"The company has had a lot of practice in its operations. There is dust and foul smell, and now it's the water problems," says Niinistö, who recently visited Talvivaara minery.
Niinistö believes that the environmental impact assessment was incomplete in the past when it was made.
"The environmental impact assessment phase is very important. Then the people of the region should get to know what is really happening in their environment."
The mine's current environmental permit expires next spring, and the company wants a new permit exemptions to emissions until 2015.
Niinistö points out that the law will allow the mine to suspend operations if the environmental conditions are not met.
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