An arbitration court has rejected a request by the environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor to revoke the waste transport license of the municipal enterprise Milkovsky Vodokanal. The supervisory authority sought to halt the operator’s hazard class IV waste management activities over documentation discrepancies and improper vehicle labeling. The court ruled these measures excessive, stating that shutting down the sole specialized enterprise in the district would trigger a sanitary crisis in central Kamchatka.
Proceedings commenced in August 2025 after the utility company requested the regulator to verify its compliance with licensing standards. An inspection revealed missing hazard class signage on vehicles and irregularities in mandatory staff training records. Rosprirodnadzor classified these as severe violations. When the enterprise failed to report corrective actions within the required timeframe, the agency suspended its license and filed a court petition for permanent revocation.
During the hearings, Milkovsky Vodokanal representatives submitted updated driver qualification records and photographic evidence of vehicles equipped with the required warning signs. A primary argument against the revocation was the transport enterprise’s monopoly status – it services four remote settlements in the Milkovsky district with no alternative providers available to assume its duties. The presiding judge determined that halting legal waste collection would negatively impact local residents and result in unauthorized landfills. Because the supervisory agency could not demonstrate that the documented administrative flaws posed a tangible threat to the environment or public health, the court dismissed the license cancellation as unjustified.