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Order No. 257 of the State Committee for Environmental Protection regarding joint action by the Committee and military space forces of the Russian Federation as regards ensuring ecological safety of military activity in outer space.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen.
Keyword
Outer space EIA Environmental audit Monitoring
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

State Committee for Environmental Protection and Military space forces shall carry out jointly the following types of activity: 1) carrying out state environmental audit of the projects regarding creation of space means; 2) carrying out environmental monitoring and EIA and circumterrestrial outer space for missile and space activity; 3) carrying out state environmental audit on the territories subject to impact by missile and space complexes; 4) organization and carrying out scientific research regarding environmental examination of the places of incidence of the detachable parts of launch vehicles; 5) carrying out arrangements regarding liquidation of negative environmental impact as a result of functioning of missile and space complexes.

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Russian