The company from Terbunov will pay for water from the ground: from the “Chernozem” recovered 1.8 million

The Arbitration Court of the Lipetsk region put an end to the dispute with Chernozemye LLC, which is part of the Exoil group: the enterprise from the village of Terbuny will pay 1.8 million rubles for damage to the subsoil caused by groundwater extraction without a license.

The appeal upheld that decision. This was reported in the Central Black Earth Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor.

The scheme of the violator looked simple: from June to December 2021, the company pumped groundwater without permission. The damage to the subsoil specialists estimated at 2 million 927 thousand rubles. Rosprirodnadzor demanded to compensate the damage voluntarily, but the “Chernozem” preferred to ignore the appeal – then the department went to court.

During the proceedings, the company partially closed the debt, transferring 1 million 104 thousand rubles. The remaining 1 million 822 thousand 231 rubles were forcibly recovered by the court, and the appeal court agreed with this.

What is known about the company: Chernozemye LLC was registered on May 17, 2012 in the village of Terbuny, Lipetsk region. The main profile is the production of unrefined sunflower oil and its fractions. The head structure is Exoil Group LLC, the general director is Mikhail Smirnov. The authorized capital of the enterprise is 1.84 billion rubles, revenue by the end of 2025 reached 23.77 billion rubles, net profit is 412.8 million rubles.