Peeter Volkov, current Chairman of the Board of AS Pärnu Sadam, will be taking up his new post as the Director General of the Environmental Inspectorate on 1 October 2007. “Peeter’s work to date means he has a good deal of experience with the environmental risks associated with production, industry and ports and harbours,” explained Minister for the Environment Jaanus Tamkivi, who selected Volkov from a field of three candidates. “He also has extensive management experience. These are very important qualities for the post of Director General of the Environmental Inspectorate, and they were the reasons Peeter was chosen.” The Environmental Inspectorate is a state institution operating under the Ministry of the Environment that coordinates and carries out supervision of the use of the natural environment and its resources, applying state measures in doing so to the extent and on the basis set out in law. The Environmental Inspectorate conducts extra-judicial proceedings in the event of environmental offences and is also authorised to conduct criminal investigations of its own in cases that cannot be delayed. The mission of the Environmental Inspectorate is to ensure the preservation of the natural environment for future generations through supervision. Ain Purga, the former Director General of the Environmental Inspectorate, stepped down of his own volition on 25 June 2007. For further information please contact: |
