The Romanian branch of the environmental protection organization "Greenpeace" announced that it has filed a lawsuit against two Romanian institutions with a request that the court oblige them to inform about the toxic substances that will be used in the Black Sea within the framework of the "Neptune Deep" for the extraction of natural gas, reports the Ziare news site, quoted by BTA.
"Greenpeace Romania" asks the courts to oblige the Administration of the Dobrodza-Kraibrezhie water basin and the National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" to communicate information about the toxic substances that will be discharged into the Black Sea and how they will affect the marine environment. "Greenpeace Romania" claims that the Institute "Antipas" and the Water Basin Administration refuse to disclose the ecotoxicity tests and the technical documentation submitted with a view to the issuance of the permit, which refers to aspects related to the environment," representatives of the organization said.
According to them, the refusal of these institutions to inform contradicts the legal provisions for free access to information of public interest.
According to the coordinator of "Greenpeace Romania" The companies OMV Petrom and Romgaz, which are about to implement the "Neptune Deep" project, will use a number of chemical products in huge quantities for the extraction of gas from the Black Sea, which are not even provided for in the Romanian legislation.
"OMV Petrom and Romgaz will use a series of chemical substances in huge quantities to extract gas in the Black Sea, which are not even provided for in Romanian legislation. We do not know what the reflections of these chemicals will be. State institutions, which are supposed to watch over the well-being of citizens and the environment, hide this information," says Vlad Katuna, coordinator of the "Climate and Energy" campaign. of "Greenpeace Romania".
In his words, "through this refusal, the authorities show that they are not in good faith and not transparent". "Currently over the process of approval of the project "Neptune Deep" raise serious questions", the representative of "Greenpeace" also points out.
The deep-water perimeter "Neptune Deep" in the Black Sea covers an area of 7500 square kilometers and is located about 160 kilometers from the coast in waters between 100 and 1000 meters deep. Its deposits are estimated at approximately 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas.