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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.

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 Order establishes that Methodical Instruction shall be used by the Federal Water Resources Agency and its territorial bodies, and also by the regional executive bodies until entry into force complex water management and waterbodies protection scheme. Quotas for water abstraction shall be set by the Federal Water Resources Agency in accordance with the applications submitted by the authorized regional executive bodies that prepare applications with the consideration of concluded water use agreements and issued water uses licences. Setting quotas of water abstraction (in relation to purposeful use thereof) and effluent waste water discharge quotas shall be carried out with the consideration of norms and rates of water consumption and water supply.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.systema.ru

References - Legislation

Implements

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

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX