Please note that the hearings were announced a month ago (on November 15, 2004) but the public did not know about this decision. The invitation to the DBR was sent on December 9, in 25 days after the the decision was made. The DBR received it two days prior to the date of the hearings.
We enclose the English translation of the invitation below.
Yours faithfully,
Sergey Shaparenko,
Pechenegi Environmental Group’s Advisory Council Head
================================
Ukraine
Izmail City Council
Executive Committee
68600 Izmail, 62, Suvorov Pr.
ph.: 2-03-74, fax: 2-50-12, e-mail: [email]izmgik@te.net.ua[/email]
December 9, 2004 Ref # 07/18-3041
To: A.Voloshkevich
Director Danube Biosphere Reserve
Pursuant to the Article 13 of the Law of Ukraine "On Local Self-Governance in Ukraine", public hearings of the project "Creation of the Danube-Black Sea Deep-Water Navigation Canal on the Ukrainian Part of the Delta — Complete Development" have been scheduled in Izmail by a November 15, 2004 order of City Council’s Head S. Borysenko #724p.
The hearings will be held at 11:00 on December 17, 2004 in the meeting hall of the Izmail City Council at 62, Suvorova Str.
We invite you to take part in the public hearings and send your representatives.
Should you have questions, please f?rward them to the Izmail City Council’s Internal Policy Department, tel number (04841) 2-26-43.
S. Repnikov,
Head of the Working Group on Organizing Public Hearings