The State Environmental Assessment (SEA)

115. What are basic principles of environmental impact assessment?

• presumption of potential environmental danger of any economic or other activities;

• mandatory of state environmental assessment before making decisions on the implementation of the object of environmental expertise;

• the complexity of assessing the impact of economic and other activities on the environment;

• independent experts of environmental expertise in carrying out their responsibilities; • scientific validity, objectivity and legitimacy of the conclusions of environmental impact assessment;

• transparency, participation of public organizations (associations), responsiveness to public opinion;

• responsible parties for environmental impact assessment of its quality.

116. What is the central executive body entrusted with the duty of the examination in environmental impact assessment?

Expert divisions in the state ecological examination exist in the central executive body and its organs on the ground. The leaders of independent expert units in the organization conduct environmental review and are guided in their activities the legislation of RK. The RK Law "On Environmental Assessment"

117. What is the central executive body that regulates licenses in due course on environmental design, regulation and working in the field of environmental expertise?

The Law "On Environmental Assessment" pays much attention to a competence of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a central executive body of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of environmental protection

118. What is the public body that has the right to reject given the environmental review materials that do not meet the necessary standards and regulations?

The RK Law "On Environmental Assessment"

119. What is the difference between the state ecological assessment and the public environmental review?

In subjects: • State environmental assessment is conducted by the central executive body of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of environmental protection and its field offices. The state environmental impact assessment is carried out by: a) staff members of the expert services of the central executive body of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of environmental protection and its field offices; b) expert commissions established by the central executive body of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of environmental protection and its field offices with the involvement of external experts; c) interdisciplinary expert commissions established by the central executive body of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of environmental protection. • Public environmental assessment is carried out on a voluntary basis by expert commissions established at the initiative of individual groups, associations and scientific organizations. Governance of public associations in the field of environmental impact assessment carried out environmental impact assessment in accordance with the statutes and regulations and with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

By the nature of binding: • State environmental assessment is mandatory and must precede the adoption of legal, institutional and economic decisions regarding natural resources and the impact on the environment and public health. Without a positive conclusion of state environmental assessment the project is prohibited.

120. What is referred to as “a standard - technical document that includes data on the use of resources by company, expressed through a system of indicators, and on detection of its impacts on the environment”?

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