A clarification letter issued by the Federal Service for the Supervision of the Use of Natural Resources has issued a clarification letter explaining which facilities are not required to develop and approve waste generation and disposal limits (NOOLR).
In accordance with the amendment to the Federal Law on Environmental Protection which comes into force on January 1, 2019 NOOLR are to be developed by organisations or sole traders engaged in economic and (or) other activities and operating category I and II environmentally hazardous facilities (the highest environmental hazard category). A category is assigned to a facility in accordance with a separate legislation.
According to the amendment, NOOLR for category I facilities are set at on the basis of an integrated environmental permit regulated by the legislation on environmental protection.
In accordance with the same amendment, organisations and sole traders operating category III facilities, are required to submit to a specially authorised state agency, only notifications on waste generation and disposal quantities.
Furthermore, the same amendment provides that category IV facilities are not required to develop any NOOLR.
In addition, organisations and sole traders operating facilities for which an environmental hazard category is not set, are not required to develop NOOLR after January 1, 2019.
Law: Letter dated 20.06.2018 N АА-10-02-32/12525