Lydian Armenia Sues the Ministry of Environment

Lydian Armenia LLC has recently filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Environment. The case has been assigned to Judge Liana Hakobyan of the RA Administrative Court. This information has been obtained from the Judicial Information System.

Recently, the company announced that the ministry had rejected their draft water use permit, which they claim is illegal. Lydian Armenia has approached the court demanding that the ministry provide a printed copy of the water use permit for Lydian.

During the summer, the company had applied to the ministry for a water use permit to draw 43.5 liters per second from the Darb River. The ministry postponed the permit and provided several comments. On September 26, the company responded in writing to the ministry, revising the permit application and requesting a permit for 40 liters per second.

According to the company, on October 31, the water use permit application signed by the Minister of Environment on October 25 was rejected.