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Ministerial Decree No. 1482 regulating the issuance of special water uses permits.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Authorization/permit Water abstraction Surface water Groundwater
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

This Ministerial Decree establishes that special water uses permits for surface water shall be issued by the Committee on Water Resources and its territorial branches while special water uses permits for groundwater shall be used by the Ministry of Geology and Subsoil Protection and its territorial branches. The issuance of permits shall be carried out prior coordination with: (a) the authorized state environmental institution in any case; (b) the authorized state sanitary institution in any case except for logging; (c) the authorized state mining institution for mineral water abstraction, hydropower generation and industrial water use; (d) the state veterinary service for water abstraction for agriculture, fisheries and processing and storage facilities of raw materials of animal origin. Legal and natural persons carrying out water abstraction without special water uses permit shall be liable in accordance with the national legislation.

Full text
Russian

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Ministerial Decree No. 56 validating the Regulation on issuance of permits for special water management.

Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2004

Keyword: Groundwater, Water abstraction, Potable water, Effluent waste water/discharge, Sewerage, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX