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Ministerial Decree No. 1320 regarding organization of state supervision over the safety of waterworks.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy, Water
Keyword
Hydropower generation Inspection Institution Waterworks Hazards Industrial water use
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

The Government, for the purpose of carrying out the arrangements for the prevention of disasters, accidents and catastrophies, limitation of their economic and socio-ecological consequences, decrees to entitle the following institutions with the functions of state supervision over the safety of waterworks: 1) Federal Mining and Industrial Supervision as regards organizations, production sites, objects and works pertaining to its sphere of competence; 2) Ministry of Fuel and Energy as regards hydraulic and thermo-electric power stations; 3) Ministry of Natural Resources as regards organizations, production sites and objects pertaining to other branches of economy. Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Fuel and Energy and Federal Mining and Industrial Supervision must ensure carrying out supervision and control over the safety of waterworks in the process of their projecting, construction, putting in operation, re-construction, renewal, conservation, liquidation as well as organization of the realization of the arrangements aimed at the prevention of emergencies.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Ministerial Decree No. 466 regarding entrusting the functions of state supervision over the safety of navigable waterworks to the Ministry of Transport.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998

Keyword: Institution, Navigation, Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX