environmental inspections – practical help
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ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS – PRACTICAL HELP. Leila Makhmetova , Dinara Gabdulsabit Lawyers of the « Environmental law » Department , GRATA. Act on appointment of inspection with a note of registration in legal statistics authorities. Service certificate. The approved plan of inspection. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS
– PRACTICAL HELP
Leila Makhmetova,Dinara GabdulsabitLawyers of the «Environmental law» Department, GRATA.
Types of environmental inspections
Inspection intervals
Scheduled Not more frequently than once a year
Unscheduled Intervals are not established
Cross Intervals are not established
Raid Prohibited, if a scheduled or comprehensive inspection took place in the current year
Comprehensive Prohibited, if a scheduled inspection took place in the current year
Act on appointment of inspection with a note of registration in legal statistics authorities
Service certificate
The approved plan of inspection
Permit for visiting secure facilities
Medical admission (if necessary)
Companies are authorized not to allow inspectors in if…
Inspector did not show the documents he was to
Act on appointment of inspection was not formalized in due order
Terms of inspection indicated in the act have not become due or have expired
Inspector who came for inspection was not indicated in the act
Within the inspection: in the territory of the
enterprise and within the sanitary protection area
Apart from the inspection: outside the sanitary protection area. Can become a basis for
appointment of inspection.
Laboratory analysis
Measurement of concentration of pollutants in the open air
• СТ РК ГОСТ Р 51592-2003. Water. Common requirements for taking samples
• СТ РК 1545-2006. Radiation monitoring. Taking samples of surface and waste water. Common requirements
• СТ РК ИСО5667-1-2006. (ИСО 5667-1-1980, IDT) Water quality. Taking samples. Part 1. Instruction on preparation of programs on taking samples
• Instruction on supervision on work of waste treatment plants and waste disposal. Approved by the decree of the Minister of environmental protection of the RK of 14.04.05. № 129-п.
Requirements for analysis and taking of samples
Relevant, i.e. confirming the circumstances which are relevant to the case
Admissible, i.e. gathered in accordance with the Civil procedural code or the Administrative code
Credible, i.e. true
Acts of the laboratory analysis as well as other evidence shall be…
Pulp
Tailings pond
Sump
Bio-ponds
Water reservoir
Taking samples in undue place entails nonconformity of evidence the criteria of relevancy
Into water bodies(Decree of the MEP dated
18.04.08. № 100-п)
Onto landscape(Decree of the MEP dated
18.04.08. № 100-п)
Onto broad irrigation(Decree of the MEP dated
18.04.08. № 100-п)
Into storage facilities(Decree of the MEP dated
27.10.06. № 324-п)
For calculation of the damage to the environment there shall be taken samples of waste water discharged…
Inspector shall Take samples of waste waters
in the presence of the company’s representative,
otherwise…
The company shall provide the presence
of its representative during the inspection, otherwise …
For the officials responsible– fine up to 20 MCI (part 1 article 356 of the
Administrative Code)
Act of laboratory analysis is an inadmissible evidence (part 1 article 69 of the Civil Procedural
Code)
Taking samples of waste waters in the presence of the company’s representative
Credibility of the laboratory analysis act stays unproved, if …
In the act of taking samples there are not indicated:
The place of taking samples and its location
The date of taking samples
The method of taking samples
Other data necessary for achieving goals of taking samples
Containers the samples are taken in are not identified
Inspection results
Prescription act on compliance with the environmental legislation of the RK
Civil liability
Calculation of the damage to the environment
Environmental injury claim
Administrative liability
Administrative offence report
Resolution on imposing an administrative punishment
If the civil liability is implemented before the administrative…
In case the injury claim is sustained, then the court decision established:
The fact of excess of emission standards Emission amounts
These circumstances are found proved in case of consideration of the administrative case with the participation of the same persons. (part 2 article 608 of the Administrative Code)
If the administrative liability is implemented
before the civil…
Circumstances established by the administrative offence decree…
Is not essential for the court
Can be disproved with other evidence without repeal of the decree
Violations of the administrative liability
application order
Untimely formalization of the administrative offence report (part 1 article 638, part 1 article 668 of the Administrative Code)
Preparation of the administrative offence report by the
person who did not participate in the inspection (part 8 article 121 of the Environmental code, part 1 article 668 of the Administrative Code)
Taking of an improper person to the liability (part 1 article 9,
article 2 of the Administrative Code) Incorrect calculation of amount of the fine for emissions
without permit (article 243 of the Administrative Code)
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