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Decree No. 336 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for elaboration of river basin management plan.

Country/Territory
Ukraine
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017 (2021)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Surface water Groundwater River basin institution Sustainable development Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution Pollution control
Geographical area
Black Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

This Regulation establishes the mechanism of elaboration of river basin management plan with a view of achievement of ecological targets set for each part of a river basin within establishes time limits. The strategic environmental objective for all river basins shall be to achieve/maintain a "good" ecological status of surface and groundwater, as well as "good" ecological potential of artificial or substantially altered surface waterbodies. River basin management plans shall be elaborated jointly by State Water Management Agency and the State Subsoil Management Agency, central and local government bodies and other bodies concerned. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources shall publish on its official web-site information related to the main anthropogenic impacts on the quantitative and qualitative state of surface and groundwater, including selective and diffused sources, no later than two years before the submission of a draft river basin management plan to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for approval. Annex 1 contains the scheme of the structure of river basin management plan. Point sources shall be intended sources of entry into the waterbody of pollutants and biogenic substances caused by their discharge. The Ministry of Environment determines the term for the start of the process of developing the drafts of the first river basin management plans for each area of the river basin and approves the plan-schedule for their development. In order to further update river basin management plans, the Ministry of Environment determines the start date of the process of updating each river basin management plan and approves the schedule for its renewal no later than three years before the end of the current river basin management plan. The Ministry of Environment submits a draft decision on the approval of the river basin management plan to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine no later than three months before the end of the implementation period of the current river basin management plan. The first river basin management plans for each river basin district are submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for approval no later than August 1, 2024.

Full text
Ukrainian
Website
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