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Ministerial Decree No. 1286 regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of burial of hazardous substances and discharge of effluent waste water into subsoil.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996 (1999)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Effluent waste water/discharge Soil pollution/quality Soil rehabilitation Transport/storage Waste disposal Waste non-domestic sources Waste management Freshwater pollution Pollution control
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

Burial of hazardous substances in subsoil shall be considered temporary provision aimed at prevention of environmental pollution by hazardous toxic waste stored in the open air, chemical weed-killers and pest-killers, acids and products and materials prohibited for use. In the future buried hazardous substances must be submitted for re-utilization and annihilation with the use of technologies ensuring environmental safety. For the purpose of burial of hazardous substances and discharge of effluent waste water shall be used natural voids, boreholes and special storage warehouses. Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources is the authorized institution entitled with the task of issuing permits for burial of hazardous substances and discharge of effluent waste water. Characteristics of hazardous substances and effluent waste water subject to burial in subsoil must contain the following data: 1) name of product (material); 2) annual amount of output, use, rendering harmless and storage of hazardous substances and effluent waste water; 3) characteristics of the system of collection, transportation and storage of hazardous substances and effluent waste water; 4) complete chemical composition of hazardous substances and effluent water, contents of toxic components with the specification of class of danger. User of subsoil in the process of construction of underground sites for burial of hazardous substances and discharge of effluent waste water into subsoil must ensure conservation of natural landscapes and re-cultivation of disturbed land.

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