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Chairman of the Environmental Regulation and Control Committee Zulfukhar Zholdasov paid a working visit to Kostanay region.

At the meeting with the population of the region and non-governmental organizations, the topics of the development of ecology, geology, water resources, forestry and fisheries in the country, including the Kostanay region, were touched upon. The most urgent issue of waste disposal has not been spared today.

"In general, there are a number of environmental problems in the region, one of which is the condition of treatment facilities. Today, in the cities of Lisakovsk, Rudny, Zhitikara, Arkalyk, KOS-s are worn out and require major repairs or complete replacement. And the city of Kostanay is practically the only regional center in the country that does not have a biological treatment plant," Z. Zholdasov said at a briefing in the local CCS. Attention was also focused on the leading positions of the region in waste recycling and noted that the key aspect in solving the problem is the consciousness of the citizens themselves.

As part of the working trip, the Chairman visited the Rudnenskaya CHPP of one of the largest mining enterprises in Kazakhstan – JSC SSGPO. The company is currently actively working on the reconstruction of two boilers with the replacement of ash-collecting units.

В рамках данной конференции в 14.00 часов дня пройдут две панельные сессии на темы:

1. Инструменты по сокращению выбросов в атмосферный воздух. Практика внедрения автоматизированной системы мониторинга на предприятиях.

2. «Зеленые технологии». Сточные воды. От отходов к ресурсам.

Желающие принять участие могут подключиться по ссылке в ZOOM ниже:

1.https://undp.zoom.us/j/82891733070...

2.https://undp.zoom.us/j/85755292900...

The other day, the Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control at a meeting of the board summed up the results of its activities for 2021. The annual activity of the Committee and its territorial departments is indicated by the fulfillment of a number of tasks:
Public services in the field of environmental protection:
• a total of 2,187 public services were provided;
• 322 applications for the definition of the scope and EIA;
* 46 applications for state environmental expertise;
* 24 applications for environmental permits;
* 27,375 applications for confirmation of categorization;
* problems of refusals - lack of a letter of approval, incompleteness of the information provided and incorrect choice of public service recipients.
* the environmental regulation of the Committee and the Departments of Ecology achieved a reduction in emissions by 194 thousand tons, discharges by 122.6 thousand tons, waste 6.9 million tons;
Tasks are set:
* analyze all failures;
* to clarify the norms of the environmental code and by-laws among nature users and project organizations;
* initiate amendments to by-laws.
State environmental control:
* conducted - 1032 inspections on compliance with environmental legislation;
* revealed - 3299 violations;
* 1760 prescriptions issued;
• in accordance with the new ecocodex, a number of remediation procedures have been carried out based on the results of the inspection response against enterprises.
Tasks are set:
* to keep a digest and track of all publications on existing environmental problems to organize a prompt response to them;
* focus all efforts on solving environmental problems;
* to enforce regulations, reduce pollution by enterprises.
Solving environmental problems:
* Roadmaps for the comprehensive solution of environmental problems have been approved, providing for a total of 485 measures with a implementation period until 2025. Gasification works have been completed in the Turkestan region, all hot water boilers of the CHP have been switched to natural gas in Nur-Sultan, and an oil sludge dewatering plant has been installed in Atyrau;
* The National project "Zhasyl Kazakhstan" was approved, which included 16 large industrial facilities with the overall goal of reducing emissions from 20 to 80%.
Automation of processes during environmental regulation and control:
* automated reporting of industrial environmental control. 3719 reports were received. This made it possible to digitize analytics and ensure data transparency;
* work has started on automation of environmental control processes, which allows minimizing the subjective factor, will increase the possibility of desk control, and transparency of the activities of the state body;
* a portal has been created to determine the category of environmental management operators. 27 thousand applications were accepted and processed;
* a single portal for registration and holding public hearings with public access has been created.
Tasks are set:
* continue work on digitization of expertise and permits with the definition of the range of issues to be considered by experts (checklist);
* automate the process of state control from the registration of the inspection to the adoption of measures. This will ensure transparency of inspections and professional development of specialists.
Anti-corruption activities:
* Internal analysis of corruption risks of the Committee;
* Anti-corruption standards have been implemented;
Tasks are set:
* atomize the processes of state control and environmental regulation and their transparency;
* maximum involvement of the general public, including representatives of Adaldyk Alana, in conducting inspections and providing public services;
* establish feedback with recipients and inspection facilities.
Compliance with the principle of meritocracy in the appointment of civil servants:
* 32 civil servants were appointed to a higher position, which was 84%. Among them: 4 deputy heads of the department, 13 heads of departments, 50 civil servants for a lower position.
Work with the public and the media:
• a total of 2,675 publications have been published on the website and official pages;
* 256 meetings with the public and receptions of citizens were held;
* 161 press conferences and briefings were given.
Tasks are set:
* conduct constant monitoring of social networks;
* ensure immediate response to all issues raised by the public;
* hold weekly meetings with the public and service recipients;
* to ensure maximum open activity of the state body.
At the end of the board, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serikkali Brekeshev held a personal meeting with the heads of environmental departments and set them a number of tasks for the medium term.
Their activities should be aimed primarily at solving environmental problems, reducing the burden on the environment, interacting with the public and solving environmental issues raised by them. It is these indicators that will be taken into account when evaluating the activities of departments at the next reporting meeting.

Operators of facilities of categories I and II are obliged to carry out industrial environmental control (hereinafter - PEC) in accordance with Article 182 of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as to form and submit periodic reports on the results of the PEC. In this regard, the authorized body has developed a "Unified Environmental Portal" for accepting these reports in electronic and digital format (as provided by the Rules). Now this Portal is being operated in pilot mode and, to date, it has received more than 300 reports.
Reports on the implementation of the PEC program are provided quarterly to the information system of the authorized body in the field of environmental protection until the first day of the second month for the reporting quarter.
It is important to note that the online format has a number of significant advantages. This form of reporting makes it possible to make a summary of analytical data on emissions, statistics on all submitted reports of industrial and environmental control and online monitoring of compliance with emission standards of enterprises available to the public.
In addition, the cancellation of the provision of data on paper eliminates corruption risks and makes the procedure for reviewing reports as transparent as possible.
Already today, positive feedback is being received from enterprises to the developers of the "Unified Environmental Portal". The management and specialists are grateful for the absence of technical difficulties in the process of filling out reports, saving time and the opportunity to acquire new skills in working with electronic services.

As part of the execution of the order of the Head of State K. Tokayev, the Department of Ecology for the East Kazakhstan region conducted an inspection on the fact of contamination of the Kalzhyr River in the Kurchum district.
In May of this year, during the raid activities at the site "Shandybulak" of the Akbulak rural district, the Kurchum police department revealed the fact of unauthorized gold mining without permits by an individual entrepreneur Sergey Khvan.
On September 6, based on the received video about the pollution of the Kalzhyr River, a visit was carried out to this place with the participation of employees of the Department of Ecology, Environmental Police, Basin Inspection and other state bodies.
As it was established, the day before, representatives of IP Khvan S.A., in pursuance of a court order, demolished illegally erected dams and ponds in the channel and floodplain parts of the Kalzhyr River, as well as the Shandybulak stream, as a result of which fine sandy sandy loam, having got into the main channel of the Kalzhyr River, polluted its significant area. Turbid, dirty water with silt sediments, spreading down the river for a considerable distance, led to contamination with suspended solids up to 53.3 mg/m3.
In order to prevent further pollution of the Kalzhyr River, inspectors of the Ecology Department suspended work on the reclamation of illegal constructions. It was proposed to develop project documentation for the safe conduct of these works.
To date, according to the test protocols of natural waters, the content of pollutants in the affected reservoir does not exceed the maximum permissible concentrations. Surface water quality has been restored.
For illegal work on the search for gold-bearing ore, failure to comply with a court decision on the demolition of unauthorized buildings, as well as for unauthorized construction of facilities without environmental expertise, by the resolution of the district court No. 2 of the Kurchum district and the Department of Ecology of the East Kazakhstan Region, fines totaling more than half a million tenge were imposed on entrepreneurs, licenses for prospecting were revoked.
In addition, in order to eliminate the consequences of offenses, IP Hwang approved a remediation program, according to which, by November of this year, it is necessary to carry out priority measures to restore the hydrological regime of the Kalzhyr River and the mountain landscape.
Currently, the Akimat of the region is working on the issue of compiling an enlarged estimate for the restoration of natural components, depending on the amount of which the police authorities will consider bringing the perpetrators to criminal responsibility under Articles 324, 328, 333 and 334 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In addition, in order to prevent such violations in the future, representatives of state bodies organized a meeting with local activists, as a result of which it was decided to oblige violators to develop projects for the reclamation of quarries (including cleaning the bottom from silt sediment in a safe way), as well as to strengthen public control over the activities of subsoil users.