Decree No. 6 of the State Technical Supervision Service validating the Regulation on the safety of waterworks used to store liquid industrial waste. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Waste non-domestic sources Effluent waste water/discharge Waste management Waterworks Flood Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Decree establishes the modalities for operating storage facilities for liquid industrial waste subject to inspection by the State Technical Supervision Service. This Decree shall be mandatory for owners of liquid waste storage facilities in the process of their operation, reconstruction, conservation, decommissioning and liquidation. The owner must issue a declaration attesting to its facility’s compliance with safety criteria. For facilities in the planning, construction and operational stages, they shall also attest to the consequences of damage to or destruction of facility, the boundaries of possible flooding of the territory, and risk of pollution of surface water and groundwater. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru