Ministerial Decree No. 70 setting environmental standards. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 1992 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Environmental standards Radiation Pollution control Standards Protection of environment Freshwater pollution 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 environmental standards that shall be used by governmental bodies and environmental institutions for the calculation of maximum allowable limits of environmental impact ensuring ecological safety of the population, environmental protection against pollution and rational use of resources. Qualitative requirements for environment shall contain: (a) ecological norms; (b) maximum allowable concentration of pollutants in the atmospheric air, water, soil and subsoil; (b) maximum radiation limit; (c) maximum limit of electro-magnetic pollution; (d) sanitary norms; (e) maximum concentration of chemicals, toxic substances and biological additives in the foodstuffs; (f) maximum allowable limits for the use of chemicals in agriculture; and (g) environmental standards. Full text Russian