...both the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) and its subordinate State Environmental Bureau (VPVB) are showing uncritical compliance towards those seeking dolomite, despite having received opinions from Latvia's most authoritative experts regarding significant risks should a quarry be established. Furthermore, the owners of the gas pipeline crossing the territory, a/s “Gaso”, have not provided a positive assessment.
It is possible that such benevolence from the responsible institutions can be explained by the good relations between the political forces controlling VARAM and the potential implementers of the dolomite extraction project.