I.O.'S ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF ECOLOGY, GEOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of August 9, 2021 No. 317

About approval of Rules of conducting the state environmental assessment

According to Item 1 of article 89 of the Ecological code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of January 2, 2021, I ORDER:

1. Approve Rules of conducting the state environmental assessment according to appendix 1 to this order.

2. Recognize invalid some orders of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan according to appendix 2 to this order.

3. To provide to committee of ecological regulation and control of the Ministry of ecology, geology and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the procedure established by the legislation:

1) state registration of this order in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) placement of this order on Internet resource of the Ministry of ecology, geology and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan after its official publication;

3) within ten working days after state registration of this order in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan submission to Department of legal service of the Ministry of ecology, geology and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan of data on execution of the actions provided by subitems 1) and 2) of this Item.

4. To impose control of execution of this order on the supervising vice-minister of ecology, geology and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. This order becomes effective after ten calendar days after day of its first official publication.

Appendix 1

to the Order of the acting minister of ecology, geology and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan of August 9, 2021 No. 317

Rules of conducting the state environmental assessment

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. These rules of conducting the state environmental assessment (further – Rules) are developed according to Item 1 of article 89 of the Ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (further - the Code) and with the subitem 1) of article 10 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About the state services" (further – the Law) and determine procedure for conducting the state environmental assessment and rendering the state service "Issue of the Conclusions of the State Environmental Assessment Performed by Authorized Body in the field of Environmental Protection" and the state service "Issue of the Conclusions of the State Environmental Assessment Performed by Local Executive Bodies".

2. The bodies performing the state environmental assessment:

The state environmental assessment will be organized and carried out by authorized body in the field of environmental protection concerning the objects specified in subitems 3) - 8) Item 3 of these rules.

In other cases the state environmental assessment will be organized and carried out by local executive bodies of areas, cities of republican value, the capital according to Item 2 of article 88 of the Code.

3. The following objects according to article 87 of the Code are subject to obligatory state environmental assessment of the state environmental assessment:

1) the project documentation on construction and (or) operation of objects I and II of categories and other project documents provided by the Code for receipt of ecological permissions;

2) the project documentation on construction and (or) operation of objects III of category and other project documents provided by the Code, declarations on impact, necessary by preparation, on the environment;

3) the projects of regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan developed by the central state bodies and bodies of local public administration which implementation can result in negative impacts on the environment;

4) projects natural-science and feasibility statements on creation and expansion of especially protected natural territories, including their functional zoning and master plans of development of infrastructure, to transfer of lands of especially protected natural territories to the lands of inventory, to abolition or reduction of the territories of the state natural wildlife areas of republican and local value and the state reserved zones of republican value, management plans by the nature protection organization developed according to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About especially protected natural territories";

5) the materials of inspection of the territories proving reference of these territories to zones of ecological catastrophe or emergency ecological situation;

6) projects of economic activity which can make impact on the environment of the adjacent states or implementation of which requires use of general with the adjacent states of natural objects or which infringes on interests of the adjacent states, including on the Baikonur complex, defined by international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

7) materials of comprehensive ecological examination of lands on which in the past testing of nuclear weapon and also which were affected by proving grounds were carried out;

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