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ARTICLE · 22 JUNE 2011

Ukraine: List Of Projects Subject To Mandatory EIA Amended

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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine recently adopted Resolution No.630 that amends the "List of types of activities and objects with high environmental hazard", adopted by its Resolution No.554 of 27 July 1995 (the "List"). Activities included in this List are subject to full-scope environmental impact assessment (ОВНС) and mandatory state environmental expert review, or (in the case of construction projects) expert review with respect to its environmental impact.

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Olexander Martinenko
Olexander Martinenko
Tetyana Rabczak
Tetyana Rabczak

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine recently adopted Resolution No.630 that amends the "List of types of activities and objects with high environmental hazard", adopted by its Resolution No.554 of 27 July 1995 (the "List"). Activities included in this List are subject to full-scope environmental impact assessment (ОВНС) and mandatory state environmental expert review, or (in the case of construction projects) expert review with respect to its environmental impact.

The amendment restates par.22 of the List, replacing "other separate objects, construction and operation of which may have a negative environmental impact, defined on case-by-case basis by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources or its local bodies" with "construction projects of the objects that fall under IV-V difficulty categories".

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