Many companies give a negative impact on the environment. The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Nature Management, as well as the Environmental Prosecutor’s Office, carry out scheduled inspections of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs to ensure they match all the requirements of environmental legislation. The reason for such inspection can be information of state bodies, citizens’ appeals or media materials.

Since inspections are planned, you can learn about them in advance and try to prepare. But: not having found the alleged violations (which are the reason of inspection), the inspector can check your company for any other possible violations. Penalties for environmental pollution for legal entities are measured in hundreds of thousands of rubles. In addition, the result of the environmental inspections may be an administrative suspension of the organization activity for up to 90 days.

Types of vialations of Environmental legislation of Russia

Improper handling of waste and hazardous substances

Fine of 100 000 to 250 000 rubles or suspension of the activities for up to 90 days

Violation of the legislation on environmental impact assessment

Fine of 50 000 to 150 000 rubles

Failure to fulfill responsibilities for land reclamation

Fine of 400 000 to 700 000 rubles

Non-targeted use of land

Fine of 100 000 to 700 000 rubles or a certain percentage from land cost

Violation of the norms for the protection of subsoil and resources

Fine of 300 000 to 500 000 rubles

Irrational use of mineral resources

Fine of 800 000 to 1 000 000 rubles

Violation of the rules on the study of mineral resources

Fine of 300 000 to 500 000 rubles

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Non-compliance with the free access to the water body

Fine of 200 000 to 300 000 rubles or suspension of the activities for up to 90 days

Violation of the rules for the protection of water bodies

Fine of 100 000 to 300 000 rubles or suspension of the activities for up to 90 days

Violation of air protection regulations

Fine of 10 000 to 250 000 rubles or suspension of the activities for up to 90 days

Violation of the rules of forest use

Fine of 5 000 to 500 000 rubles

Violation of requirements for afforestation

Fine of 200 000 to 300 000 rubles

Violation of the requirements for transactions with timber

Fine of 100 000 to 700 000 rubles, with or without timber confiscation

Violation of standards of sanitary security in forests

Fine of 10 000 to 500 000 rubles or suspension of the activities for up to 90 days

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FAQ

on violations of Environmental legislation

When to wait for the inspection of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Nature Management (RosPrirodNadzor) or the Environmental Prosecutor's Office?

Bodies of environmental protection make planned and unplanned inspections.

According to the federal law “Protection of the rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs while making state and municipal control” #294-FZ, planned inspections of company can be made only once in three years.

Find out about the plan of inspections at proverki.gov.ru or plan.genproc.gov.ru (both are in Russian).

How should I prepare for the environmental control inspection?

To successfully pass the audit, you must put in order the documents that are checked most often. These documents include:

– constituent documents;

– orders for the appointment of the head and persons responsible for the implementation of environmental legislation requirements;

– notification of the start of the implementation of certain types of business activities;

– information on the registration of objects having negative impact on the environment;

– calculations of fees for the negative impact on the environment;

– protocols of previous inspections;

– materials of previous cases of administrative offenses.

In order to prepare your company for inspection, we recommend to create and use special checklists.

How to challenge results of taken inspection?

According to the results of the audit, the supervisor may make a submission to oblige the company to eliminate the environmental violation.

For a more serious offense, you face a considerable administrative fine or suspension of the company activities for up to 90 days.

The first step in the abolition of fines for environmental pollution (or for other violation of environmental legislation) is to apply to a higher body of environmental control. If this step doesn’t have an effect, it is necessary to appeal the decision in court according to the location of the inspection body.

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