Order No. 28 of the Director of State Inspection “Sanoatkontehnazorat” validating Safety Regulation for management of tail facilities. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Environmental audit Waterworks Water quality standards Effluent waste water/discharge Pollution control Freshwater pollution Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Order establishes that tailing dams and other waterworks related to extraction and processing of minerals shall be projected and constructed by specialize organizations and shall pass state environmental audit. Quality of water discharged to surface waterbodies shall comply with the established water quality standards. Operating organizations shall submit regularly data related to safety of waterworks to the authorized state institution State Inspection “Sanoatkontehnazorat”. All the waterworks shall be subject to inspection by commission twice a year. Discharge of water from tail facilities to natural waterbodies without prior authorization of state environmental institution and sanitary and epidemiological supervision bodies shall be prohibited. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz