Ministerial Decree No. 637 validating Regulation on the state environmental audit. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental audit EIA Access-to-information Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract The purpose of the state environmental audit shall be the evaluation of the projected economic activity that can have direct or indirect impact upon environment and natural resources, sufficiency and validity of the suggested arrangements for the conservation and rational management thereof. The state environmental audit shall be compulsory and must precede decision-making in the economic and other fields. It shall be carried out by the authorized state environmental institution. The period of carrying out the state environmental audit must not exceed three months. Public access to information related to the state environmental audit must be free and unhindered. The state environmental audit shall be applicable to: (a) the state ecological and other programmes, distribution of industries; (b) pre-project and project documentation of economic activity that can have negative environmental impact; (c) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a result of economic activity; (d) enterprises, institutions and organizations causing negative environmental impact. Full text Russian Website www.pavlodar.com