Caspian Sea: State of the Environment 2019

The results of social and hygienic monitoring are published in the annual state reports on the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the pop- ulation issued by Rospotrebnadzor and regional subsidiaries in Caspian regions of the Russian Federation. The results of industrial environmen- tal monitoring by oil and gas companies are pub- lished in scientific journals, as well as in reviews posted on company websites (LUKOIL-Nizhnev- olzhskneft n.d.). Monitoring of compliance with the relevant leg- islation in the Russian Federation is carried out by the supervisory authorities: Rosprirodnadzor and the Federal Service for Supervision of Health- care for compliance with sanitary requirements, and the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostechnadzor) for compliance with industrial safety requirements. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation monitors law enforcement jointly with the feder- al and regional executive bodies and authorities. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, which is the special- ly authorized state body for environmental poli-

cy and monitoring of compliance with environ- mental legislation, the protection of ecosystems and sustainable natural resource management, plays an important role in the country’s environ- mental activities. The Ministry has a broad mandate, including monitoring of the implementation of existing environmental protection laws. In addition to the Department for the Coordination of Inter- national Environmental Cooperation and Proj- ects, whose main task is to monitor compliance with environmental legislation, the Ministry also includes the Department of Plants and Animals, the Department for International Re- lations and Planning, and the Department of Land Resources. HazarEcoControl monitors compliance by legal entities and individuals with the established pro- tection order for the use of water bodies, atmo- spheric air and coastal zones, and also monitors dredging operations in the waters and coastal zone of the Caspian Sea.

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