Ministerial Decree No. 455 validating classification of environmental disasters. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Disasters Classification/declassification Transboundary effects Hazardous substances Oil pollution Flood Soil pollution/quality Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that emergency situations and disasters shall be classified in accordance with the origin thereof, number of persons damaged, amount of material damage and scale (propagation areas) as local, provincial, national and transboundary. Technological disasters shall include transport accidents causing outflow of hazardous and toxic substances, pipeline accidents causing outflow of gas and oil pollution. Natural disasters shall include earthquakes, landslides, avala Full text Russian Website ecoinform.freenet.uz