Supreme Court dismissed appeal regarding environmental protection law application to side streams of Tenjoki river in Utsjoki municipality.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appellant's appeal concerning the application of the Environmental Protection Act to the side streams of the Tenjoki river in Utsjoki municipality. The appellant argued that specific environmental protections should extend to these water bodies, while the lower court and the Supreme Court maintained that the statutory scope was limited to the main river channel. The court ruled that the legislative intent did not encompass the side streams, thereby upholding the original decision against the expansion of the protected area.