{"id":940,"date":"2025-09-15T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/uncategorized-lv\/notice-concerning-the-preliminary-public-consultation-on-the-proposed-activity-extraction-of-mineral-resources-in-the-deposit-remine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T05:51:42","slug":"initial-consultation-dolomite-extraction-remine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/articles\/initial-consultation-dolomite-extraction-remine\/","title":{"rendered":"NOTICE concerning the Preliminary public consultation on the proposed activity &#8220;Extraction of mineral resources in the deposit &#8220;Rem\u012bne&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTICE<\/strong><br\/><em>On the proposed activity &#8220;Extraction of mineral resources in the deposit &#8220;Rem\u012bne&#8221;<\/em><br\/><em>Initial public consultation<\/em><br\/><em>Published in the Ropazu municipality newsletter &#8220;T\u0112VZEM\u012aTE&#8221;, 05.09.2023.,<\/em><br\/><em>No 363<\/em><br\/>Proposed activity: &#8216;Extraction of mineral resources (dolomite)&#8217;.<br\/>Proposed activity proponent: Limited liability company &#8216;Grant Investment&#8217; &#8211;<br\/>VRN 50203367581, legal address Ernest\u012bnes iela 41 &#8211; 7, R\u012bga, LV- 1046.<br\/>Proposed activity location: property &#8216;Liepas Nr.35&#8243; (cadastral designation of the land unit 8084<br\/>017 0001), Ropa\u017eu parish, Ropa\u017eu region.<br\/>State Environmental Service Permit Board 2023. 14. carried out an initial environmental impact assessment<br\/>in March No. AP23SI0127, containing the decision to apply the procedure of the Environmental Impact Assessment<br\/>to the proposed activity of the limited liability company &#8220;Grant Investment&#8221; (Reg. No 50203367581)<br\/>&#8211; extraction of mineral resources in the deposit &#8220;Rem\u012bne&#8221;.<br\/>The proposed activity includes continuation of extraction of mineral resources in the deposit &#8220;Rem\u012bne&#8221;. Starting from<br\/>in 2005, Rem\u012bne Ltd. carried out mining operations in the dolomite deposit. Since 2015, the Rem\u012bne dolomite<br\/>deposit has not been mined, so the area<br\/>has been partially flooded due to the cessation of groundwater pumping. Service 2022. 23. In March ,,Rem\u012bne&#8221; has issued<br\/>with a deposit passport valid until 2047. 22 February 2011 It is planned to restore the dolomite extraction and<br\/>treatment process, thereby pumping out the flooded part of the quarry and<br\/>discharging the incoming surface water and groundwater into the surrounding environment, first to the pond in the<br\/>N part of the deposit, from the N pond to the Piet\u0113n River. <br\/>The mining is planned both above and below the groundwater level<br\/>.<br\/>No transboundary impact is foreseeable for the proposed activity.<br\/>The initial public consultation is carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the regulatory enactments, following the requirements included in the letter No 5-01\/269\/2023 of the State Environmental Monitoring Office of 16.03.2023.<br\/>The initial public consultation takes place in the period from 2023 to 2023. <br\/>6 September 2023 to 26 September 2023.<br\/>The information material on the proposed action during the reopened initial public consultation<br\/>can be consulted at:<br\/>1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkb.lv\/jaunumi;\">https:\/\/vkb.lv\/jaunumi;<\/a><br\/>2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ropazi.lv\/lv\/sabiedribas-lidzdaliba.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ropazi.lv\/lv\/sabiedribas-lidzdaliba.<\/a><br\/>In accordance with 20 of the Covid-19 Infectious Disease Management Act. The initial public consultation meeting on<br\/>will take place in a face-to-face format (remotely) from 2023. 18 September to<br\/>22 September. The online videoconference will take place in 2023. 20 September at. 17:00<br\/>(access link will be published on the website from 14 September).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2023. 18 September to 22 September 2011 A presentation on the proposed action will be published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkb.lv\/jaunumi\">on https:\/\/vkb.lv\/jaunumi<\/a> on September 1,<br\/>and interested parties will have the opportunity to ask questions at<br\/>and receive answers at <a href=\"mailto:eva@vkb.lv\">eva@vkb.lv<\/a> and\/or  <a href=\"mailto:inga.gavena@gmail.com.\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:inga.gavena@gmail.com\">inga.gavena@gmail.com.<\/a><br\/>Written proposals on the proposed activity can be submitted to the State Environmental Bureau<br\/>(23 R\u016bpniec\u012bbas Street, Riga, LV &#8211; 1045, phone: 67321173, e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:pasts@vpvb.gov.lv\">pasts@vpvb.gov.lv,<\/a><br\/>website www.vpvb.gov.lv) during the public consultation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PDF:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pazinojums_par_sab_apspr.pdf\">Notice of public consultation<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informativais_materials.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Information material<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Prezentacija_sakotneja_apspriesanai_Remine.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/protokols_Remine.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minutes of the initial public consultation meeting<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTICEOn the proposed activity &#8220;Extraction of mineral resources in the deposit &#8220;Rem\u012bne&#8221;Initial public consultationPublished in the Ropazu municipality newsletter &#8220;T\u0112VZEM\u012aTE&#8221;, 05.09.2023.,No 363Proposed activity: &#8216;Extraction of mineral resources (dolomite)&#8217;.Proposed activity proponent: Limited liability company &#8216;Grant Investment&#8217; &#8211;VRN 50203367581, legal address Ernest\u012bnes iela 41 &#8211; 7, R\u012bga, LV- 1046.Proposed activity location: property &#8216;Liepas Nr.35&#8243; (cadastral designation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vkb.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}