- •Article 2. Environmental Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- •Article 3. Relationship Regulated by this Code
- •Article 4. Environmental Basis for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- •Article 5. Fundamental Principles of the Environmental Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- •Article 6. Fundamental Provisions of the Government Regulation of Environmental Protection and Government Administration of Natural Resource Use
- •Article 11. Nature Users
- •Article 12. Grounds for the Creation, and Conditions for the Exercise, of a Special-Purpose Nature Use Right
- •Article 14. Rights and Obligations of Public Associations in Relation to Environmental Protection
- •Article 15. Powers of Local Authorities in Relation to Environmental Protection and Nature Use
- •Article 17. Competence of the Environment Protection Authority
- •Article 18. Competence of Special Authorised Government Agencies
- •Article 19. Competence of Local Representative b odies of Oblasts (of the City of National Significance, and of the Capital) for Environmental Protection
- •Article 20. Competence of Local Executive Agencies of Oblasts (of the City of National Significance, and of the Capital) for Environmental Protection
- •Article 24. Environmental q uality g oals
- •Article 23. Emission Standards
- •Article 28. Procedure for Emission Standards Determination
- •Article 37. Stages of Environmental Impact Assessment
- •Article 38. Procedure for Performance of Environmental Impact Assessment
- •Article 39. Types of impacts to be Accounted in the Context of Environmental Impact Assessment
- •Article 40. Classification of Objects of Environmental Impact Assessment According to Significance and Completeness of Assessment
- •Article 41. Documentation of Environmental Impact Assessment
- •Article 52. Rights of Managers of Expert Divisions Performing State Environmental Review
- •Article 53. An Expert Involved in the State Environmental Review
- •Article 57. Transparency of State Environmental Review and Public Access to Decision Making
- •Article 62. Experts Involved in Public Environmental Review
- •Article 63. Rights and obligations of a Customer of Project under Public Environmental Review
- •Article 66. Report on Public Environmental Review
- •Article 67. Use of Results of Public Environmental Review
- •Article 72. Documents to be Presented to Obtain Emission Permit
- •Article 73. Terms of Nature Use to be Included in Emission Permits
- •Article 74. Term for Application for, Consideration and Issue of, Permit for Emissions
- •Article 75. Basis for Issue of Emission Permits
- •Article 81. Types of, and Basis for, Environmental Audit
- •Article 82. Environmental Audit
- •Article 83. Decision on Mandatory Environmental Audit
- •Article 86. Procedure for Consideration of Mandatory Environmental Audit Report
- •Article 92. Restrictions on Conduct of Environmental Audits
- •Article 93. Rights and Obligations of an Audited Entity
- •Article 109. Direct Method of Economic Evaluation of Damage
- •Article 112. Agencies Exercising Government c ontrol in the Field of Environmental Protection, and Protection, Reproduction and Use of Mineral Resources
- •Article 115. Organisation of Government Environmental Control
- •Article 116. Officials in Charge of Government Environmental Control
- •Article 117. Rights of Officials in Charge of Government Environmental Control
- •Article 118. Obligations of Officials in Charge of Government Environmental Control
- •Article 120. Frequency and Timing of Environmental Inspections
- •Article 121. Procedure for Conducting of Environmental Inspections
- •Article 122. Access of Government Environmental Inspectors to Territory or Premises to Conduct an Environmental Inspection
- •Article 123. Results of Environmental Inspection
- •Article 124. Procedure for Documenting Environmental Inspection Results
- •Article 125. Support Instruments for Environmental Inspection
- •Article 129. Procedure for Production Environmental Control
- •Article 130. Nature User’s Rights and Obligations during the Conduct of Production Environmental Control
- •Article 131. Drafting Requirements for Production Environmental Control Programme
- •Article 132. Types and Organisation of Production Monitoring
- •Article 139. Unified Information System of the Unified Environmental and Natural Resource Monitoring System
- •Article 142. Natural Resource Monitoring
- •Article 143. Special Types of Monitoring
- •Article 144. Levels and Monitoring Networks of the Unified Environmental and Natural Resource Monitoring System
- •Article 145. Basis for Functioning of the Unified Environmental and Natural Resource Monitoring System
- •Article 146. Funding of the Unified Environmental and Natural Resource Monitoring System
- •Article 150. Structure and Content of the Unified System of Registers
- •Article 151. Provision of Information
- •Article 157. Contents of the State Registry of Burial
- •Article 158. Maintenance of the State Registry of Burial
- •Article 160. Compilation and Distribution of Environmental Information by Government Agencies and Other Legal Entities
- •Article 161. State Environmental Information Fund
- •Article 164. Rights and Obligations of the Parties with Regard to Access to Environmental Information
- •Article 165. Terms and Procedures for the Provision of Environmental Information
- •Article 174. Procedure for Declaring Individual Territories as Environmental Emergency Areas or Environmental Disaster Areas
- •Article 175. Assessment of Environmental Situation of Areas
- •Article 182. Frameworks of Environmental Education, Awareness-Building and Advanced Training of Specialists
- •Article 183. Environmental Education in Educational Institutions
- •Article 184. State Support of Environmental Education and Awareness-Building
- •Article 186. Main Areas of Focus of Environmental Researches
- •Article 189. Principles of International Cooperation
- •Article 190. Economic Basis of International Cooperation
- •Article 193. International Treaties
- •Article 195. Procedures Governing the Development and Approval of Environmental Requirements
- •Article 199. General Environmental Requirements and Nature Users’ Responsibility upon Commissioning and Operating Commercial and Other Facilities
- •Article 203. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Operation of Industrial, Energy, Transport and Communication, Agricultural and Soil Improvement Facilities
- •Article 214. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Zoning and Use of Land of Water Fund
- •Article 215. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Zoning and Use of Land of Reserve Fund
- •Article 216. Environmental Requirements for Optimal Land Use
- •Article 217. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Use of Land
- •Article 220. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Nature Use Operations
- •Article 221. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Exploration and/or Extraction of Groundwater
- •Article 222. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Design, Laying and Operation of Underground Cables and Pipelines
- •Article 225. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Waste Water Discharge
- •Article 228. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Organisation of Forestry in Areas of the State Forest Reserves
- •Article 229. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Forest Reproduction and Forest Growing
- •Article 230. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Stocking, Treatment, Storage, Transportation, Sale and Use of Wood Seeds and Planting Materials for Forest Reproduction and Growing
- •Article 245. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Regulation of the Number of Animals
- •Article 246. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Keeping Game Husbandry and Fishery
- •Article 250. Protection and Reproduction of Rare and Endangered Animals Living in the Wild
- •Article 251. Use of Rare and Endangered Animal Species Living in the Wild
- •Article 252. Keeping and Breeding in Captivity or Semi-captivity of Rare and Endangered Animal Species
- •Article 258. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Conduct of Business and any Other Activities in the Water Conservation Area
- •Article 261. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Conduct of Business and Other Activities within the Area of Impact of Tidal Fluctuations of the Sea Level
- •Article 262. General Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Conduct of Business and Other Activities within the National Nature Reserve in the Northern Part of the Caspian Sea
- •Article 263. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Conduct of Geophysical Works
- •Article 264. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Offshore Exploration and Production
- •Article 265. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Design and Construction of Oil And Gas Pipelines
- •Article 266. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Coastal Supply Bases and Coastal Infrastructure Facilities
- •Article 267. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Navigation
- •Article 268. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Mothballing and Liquidation of Oil Facilities
- •Article 269. Monitoring of the Environment of the National Nature Reserve in the Northern Part of the Caspian Sea
- •Article 271. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Use of Radioactive Materials
- •Article 272. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Storage and Burial of Radioactive Materials and Waste
- •Article 273. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Transportation of Radioactive Materials and Waste
- •Article 274. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Installation and Operation of Nuclear Plants and Facilities Intended for Handling Radioactive Waste
- •Article 277. Requirements Applicable to Radiation Control of Scrap Metal
- •Article 282. Engaging in Gene Engineering Activities
- •Article 284. Abandoned Waste
- •Article 288. General Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Treatment of Industrial and Consumption Waste
- •Article 289. Hazardous Waste Profile Sheet
- •Article 290. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Planning of Activities Related to Waste Treatment
- •Article 291. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Construction and Operation of Enterprises, Buildings, Premises, Facilities and other Objects Associated with Waste Handling
- •Article 292. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Handling Municipal Waste
- •Article 293. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Handling Hazardous Waste
- •Article 294. Environmental Requirements Applicable upon Transportation of Hazardous Waste
- •Article 295. Transboundary Movement of Waste
- •Article 296. Waste Accounting
- •Article 297. Stimulating Measures Aimed at Waste Recycling and Reduction of Waste
- •Article 301. Waste Unsuitable for Landfills
- •Article 302. Solid and Slurry Industrial Waste which may not be Deposited at Landfills Designated for Solid Consumption Waste
- •Article 303. General Requirements Applicable to Hazardous Waste Landfills
- •Article 304. Waste Acceptance Procedures
- •Article 305. Control and Monitoring in the Operation of a Landfill
- •Article 306. Procedures for Closure, Reclamation and Monitoring of a Waste Landfill (or Part Thereof)
- •Article 308. Classification of Points of Storage and/or Burial of Radioactive Waste
- •Article 309. Environmental Requirements Applicable to Points of Storage and/or Burial of Radioactive Waste
- •Article 317. State Inventory and State Registry of Greenhouse Gases
- •Article 318. Production Control of Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-depleting Substances
- •Article 322. Procedure for Compensating Damage Caused by a Violation of the Environmental Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Article 150. Structure and Content of the Unified System of Registers
The structure of the Unified System of Registers includes the following accounting objects which are monitored by the special authorised agencies as designated below:
1) accounting objects for state land cadastre shall be monitored by the central authorised agency for land resource management; which is in charge of matters on the national level, and by its territorial agencies at the level of administrative and territorial units;
2) accounting objects for state water register (surface and groundwater sources and use of water resources) shall be monitored by the authorised government agencies for environment protection, use and protection of water reserves, and subsoil study and use, which are in charge of matters at the national level, and their territorial agencies shall be in charge of matters as relate to river basins and administrative and territorial units;
3) accounting objects for state forest register which shall be monitored by an authorised government forestry agency, which is in charge of matters at the national level, and its territorial agencies shall be in charge of matters within administrative and territorial units;
4) accounting objects for state register of deposits and occurrences of mineral resources shall be monitored by an authorised government agency for subsoil study and use, which is in charge of matters at the national level, and its territorial agencies shall be in charge of matters within administrative and territorial units;
5) accounting objects for state register of specially protected natural areas shall be monitored by an authorised government agency for specially protected natural areas, which is in charge of matters at the national level, and its territorial agencies shall be in charge of matters within administrative and territorial units;
6) accounting objects for wildlife shall be monitored by an authorised government agency for protection, reproduction and use of wildlife, which is in charge of matters at the national level, and its territorial agencies shall be in charge of matters within administrative and territorial units.
Article 151. Provision of Information
1. Results of inventory and registration of objects that have been received within natural resource registers shall be supplied by special authorised government agencies to the environment protection authority on a free of charge basis.
2. Data regarding an object that has been registered in the Unified System of Registers shall include:
1) information contained in statistics sheets, reporting materials, object data-sheet – all approved by special authorised government agencies;
2) cartographic material showing spatial position of objects and other data required for a comprehensive area evaluation.
3. The environment protection authority must provide access to register information to special authorised government agencies that perform monitoring of relevant types of natural resources.
Chapter 19. State Registry of Industrial and Consumption Waste
Article 152. State Registry of Industrial and Consumption Waste
1. State registry of industrial and consumption waste (hereinafter, the “State Registry of Waste) constitutes a systematised geoinformation system-based , supplemented and updated from time to time, collection of uniform data on every object of waste placement (with specification of spatial position of such waste), and types of waste, their origin and physical and chemical properties (with consideration of hazard degree to the public and the environment), component composition, quantitative and qualitative parameters, technical, hydrogeological and environmental terms of storage, burial and discharge, technology for their use and neutralisation.
2. All types of waste and objects of waste placement shall be recorded in the State Registry of Waste.
Article 153. Goals and Objectives of the State Registry of Waste
1. The State Registry of Waste shall be maintained in order to provide government agencies, interested persons and legal entities with information for evaluation, forecast and development of technology, economic, legal and other decisions as related to protection of the environment and to maintenance of the national comprehensive inventory of waste.
2. The major objective of maintaining the State Registry of Waste is to supply of national, regional and industry information and expert systems and data banks with information on waste, their properties and treatment technology.
Article 154. Maintenance of the State Registry of Waste
1. Nature users shall submit the following documentation to the environment protection authority:
1) certificate of hazardous waste;
2) materials on waste inventory;
3) reports on hazardous wastes; form of such reports shall be approved by the environment protection authority;
4) rating files on the waste placement facilities which shall include:
a resolution of the local executive agency of the oblast (city of national significance, or the capital city) concerning allotment of land plot for waste storage and disposal;
statement concerning the delineation of boundaries of the land plot and issue of a title document to the land plot, which shall be certified by the local executive agency of the oblast (city of national significance, or the capital city), districts (regional cities), akims of district cities, settlements and auls (villages), aul (village) county, to the extent of their competence, at the place of the land plot;
feasibility study for the creation of waste placement facilities; and
affirmative statement of opinions of state environmental review, state sanitary and epidemiological assessment, and assessment which is conducted in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning subsoil and subsoil use for creation of waste placement facilities.
2. Documentation specified in sub-paragraphs 2) and 3), paragraph 1 of this Article shall be presented on an annual basis as of the period between 1 January and 1 March of the year following the reporting year. Documentation shall be presented in hard copy and electronic media.
Documentation specified in sub-paragraphs 1) and 4), paragraph 1 of this Article shall be presented repeatedly, should such information change.
Article 155. Information on Results of Maintenance of the State Registry of Waste
1. The environment protection authority shall prepare an annual information review based on results of the maintenance of the State Registry of Waste.
2. The State Registry of Waste shall be printed in the form of a separate illustrated book in the national language and the Russian language as frequently as once every five years.
Chapter 20. State Registry of Burial of Hazardous Substances, Radioactive Waste and Discharge of Waste Water in Subsoil
Article 156. State Inventory of Burial of Hazardous Substances, Radioactive Waste and Discharge of Waste Water in Subsoil
1. Maintenance of the State Registry of Burial of Hazardous Substances, Radioactive Waste and Discharge of Waste Water in Subsoil (hereinafter, the “State Registry of Burial) shall be binding on nature users who have burial facilities for hazardous substances, radioactive waste and discharge of waste water in subsoil on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. The environment protection authority shall organise the State Registry of Burial in order to promptly obtain information, make decisions on environmental protection-related matters and control the condition of places for burial of hazardous substances, radioactive waste and discharge of waste water in subsoil on a regular basis.
3. Data of the State Registry of Burial shall be entered in the unified system of digital information on subsoil, and shall form part of the government monitoring of subsoil.
4. Facilities for burial of hazardous substances, radioactive waste and discharge of waste water in subsoil shall be recorded in the State Registry of Burial.