Ministerial Decree No. 111 validating the Regulation on state environmental monitoring. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2002 (2004) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Monitoring EIA Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that state environmental monitoring shall be the system of regular observations of environmental pollution and processes having negative environmental impact and use of natural resources with a view of identification of environmental pollution level, assessment of the state thereof, forecasting and mitigation of the consequences of negative environmental impact. Objects of environmental monitoring shall be biotic and abiotic components of environment, and also technological and natural factors of negative environmental impact. State environmental monitoring shall be composed of: (a) monitoring of emissions; (b) monitoring of atmospheric pollution; (c) monitoring of water pollution – surface water and groundwater; (d) monitoring of hazardous natural and technological processes; (e) monitoring of soil pollution; and (f) noise pollution. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz References - Legislation Repealed by Government Resolution No. 737 of September 2019 on Improvement of the environmental monitoring system in Uzbekistan. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2019 Keyword: Pollution control, Monitoring, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Business/industry/corporations, Soil pollution/quality, Surface water, Groundwater, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX