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Order No. 57-P of the Agency on land resources management validating the Regulation on land reclamation of disturbed land.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Drainage/land reclamation Land-use planning Soil conservation/soil improvement Authorization/permit
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 Order specifies elaboration of land reclamation projects related to soil cover disturbed by mining, exploration, construction and other works. Elaboration of land reclamation projects shall be subject to licensing. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in the process of elaboration of land reclamation projects: (a) natural conditions; (b) prospects of land use planning; (c) actual or foreseeable state of disturbed land; (d) agrochemical or agrophysical properties of soil; and (e) environmental protection requirements. Elaboration of land reclamation projects shall be carried out in the following cases: (a) after allotment of a plot of land the use of which shall entail soil disturbance – after decision of local self-government on land allotment and land transfer; (b) in case of change of specific land use – after decision by local self-government on change of specific (purposeful) land tenure; and (c) on previously disturbed land/soil in case of lack of information on the responsible for land/soil disturbance – by decision of local self-government body.

Full text
Russian
Website
adilet.minjust.kz

References - Legislation

Amended by

Order No. 29-OD of the Agency on land resources management amending Order No. 57-P of the Agency on land resources management validating the Regulation on land reclamation of disturbed land.

Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2011

Keyword: Drainage/land reclamation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX