Ecology

The Russian Federal service for supervision of natural resources will perform unscheduled audits of companies that disposed of waste in 2020 Pepeliaev Group advises that the deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Viktoria Abramchenko has instructed the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources to carry out unscheduled field audits of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who in 2020 disposed of waste from the use of goods based on agreements concluded with producers and importers of goods and packaging.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation has developed a new procedure for taking an inventory of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere and the sources of them Pepeliaev Group advises that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (the “Ministry”) has drafted a new “Procedure for taking an inventory of stationary sources and emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, adjusting the data of such inventory and documenting and storing data obtained by taking such inventory and making adjustments” (the “Procedure”).

The law on environmental information has been adopted Pepeliaev Group advises that on 9 March 2021 the Russian President signed the Law which supplements Federal Law No. 7-FZ “On environmental protection” dated 10 January 2002 and a number of other laws with provisions on environmental information.

A procedure is coming into force for assessing damage to the atmosphere caused by stationary sources Pepeliaev Group advises that on 16 February 2021, the Procedure comes into force that sets the rules for assessing damage caused by emissions of polluting substances into the atmosphere from stationary sources on these sites.

Rules have come into effect for the compensation of damage from spills of oil and oil products

A new recording procedure in the area of waste management has been adopted

New rules for drawing up certificates for waste of hazard classes I-IV Pepeliaev Group advises that 1 January 2021 saw the entry into force of Order No. 1026 of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment dated 8 December 2020 “On approving the procedure for issuing certificates and the standard forms of certificates for waste of hazard classes I-IV”.

The Government has approved new rules for preventing and remedying spills of oil and oil products

On 1 january 2021 a new procedure comes into force for conducting a state environmental expert review Pepeliaev Group advises that Resolution No. 1796 of the Russian Government “On approving the Regulations on the conducting of a state environmental expert review” dated 7 November 2020 (the "Resolution") that will come into force on 1 January 2021 was published on the official legal information portal on 11 November 2020.

The government has clarified specific aspects of how certain permit regimes should be applied that were introduced in connection with the spread of COVID-19
Pepeliaev Group advises that Resolution No. 1580 of the Russian Government dated 1 October 2020 (“Resolution No. 1580”) , which establishes specific aspects of how permit regimes should be applied in the areas of industrial safety, the electric power industry and heat supply, came into force on 3 October 2020.

Amendments are being prepared to the legal treatment of lands within the borders of specially protected natural territories Pepeliaev Group advises that the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is reviewing in the first reading two draft laws that eliminate the restrictions on transactions with land plots within the borders of specially protected natural territories (SPNT) and vest the Russian Government with powers to change the borders of national parks.

A law on the new requirements for preventing and liquidating spills of oil and oil products has been adopted Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 13 July 2020, Federal Law No. 207-FZ “On amending article 46 of the Federal Law ‘On environmental protection’ and certain items of Russian legislation”  was published. This Federal Law introduces from 1 January 2021 new obligations for persons engaged in activities connected with the extraction, production, storage and sale of raw hydrocarbons and products made from them.