OREANDA-NEWS. On March 14, 2007 Chief of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostechnadzor) Konstantin Pulikovskiy approved State Environmental Commission’s conclusions of feasibility study of the third phase of East Siberia - Pacific Ocean enlargement, reported the the press-service of Transneft.

According to press service of Rostechnadzor the matter concerns section of the pipe from Talakanskoe oil field to Aldan township of Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Project of the ESPO extension divides into three sections: Ust-Kut - Talakanskoe oilfield, Tynda-Aldan and Talakanskoe oilfield-Aldan. Considering undertime of construction the planning of the oil pipeline is concurrently executed on three sections. Materials of Environmental and social management assessment for the first two sections were approved in whole on public hearing in summer of 2006.