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Ministerial Decree No. 223 regarding limits (maximum amount) and quotas of water abstraction from waterbodies and effluent waste water discharge.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Water abstraction Effluent waste water/discharge Pollution control Freshwater pollution
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

This Ministerial Decree establishes that limits (maximum amount) and quotas of water abstraction from surface waterbodies and effluent waste water discharge until 1 January 2015 shall be set by the Federal Water Resources Agency. Applications for quotas for water abstraction submitted by the regional executive bodies to the Federal Water Resources Agency shall contain water annual demand data with the consideration of concluded water use agreements and issued water uses licences.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.priroda.ru

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Order No. 238 of the Ministry of Natural resources and Ecology validating Methodical Instruction for setting quota of water abstraction from surface waterbodies and effluent waste water discharge for 2010 and subsequent years.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009

Keyword: Surface water, Water abstraction, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX