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 Full text Russian References - Legislation Repealed by Ministerial Decree No. 56 validating the Regulation on issuance of permits for special water management.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