Minsk regional committee
natural resources
and environmental protection
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+375 (17) 397 49 57 / fax
09.00 - 18.00 / Mon-Fr
Lunch break: 13.00-14.00
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Tasks and functions of the committee

  1. Implementation in accordance with its competence of public administration in the field of study, protection, reproduction and rational use of natural resources, including mineral resources, water, flora and fauna, environmental protection in the territory of the Minsk region.
  2. Ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, participation in the development and implementation of measures for the reproduction of flora and fauna objects.
  3. Control in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources:
    • use and protection of subsoil;
    • protection and use of water, including the maintenance by water users of accounting of produced groundwater, withdrawn surface water and wastewater discharged into the environment;
    • compliance with legislation in the field of waste management;
    • air and ozone protection;
    • the implementation of measures to prevent pollution of surface waters;
    • observance of the regime of protection and use of natural territories subject to special and (or) special protection, as well as compliance with the requirements established by regulatory legal acts in relation to specially protected natural territories;
    • implementation of measures to comply with the established regime in water protection zones and coastal strips of water bodies;
    • compliance with the regime of economic and other activities in water protection zones and coastal zones, as well as compliance with the requirements established by regulatory legal acts for water protection zones and coastal strips of water bodies;
    • implementation of measures to prevent pollution of groundwater in the application of fertilizers, operation of filtration fields, sludge sites, waste disposal facilities, storage of industrial waste and other potential sources of groundwater pollution;
    • compliance with instructions and (or) rules for the operation of wastewater treatment plants, water management systems and separately located hydraulic structures and devices;
    • compliance with the rules of reclamation of disturbed lands;
    • compliance with legislation on environmental protection during the construction of facilities;
    • implementation of mitigation measures and adaptation to climate change.
  4. Coordination of activities of other government bodies, local executive and administrative bodies in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources in the territory of the Minsk region.
  5. Providing state bodies, other organizations and citizens with environmental information, organizing the promotion of environmental knowledge, participation in the creation of a system of environmental education, education and training, interaction with public organizations (associations).
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