LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of August 16, 2014 No. 108-V

About environmental assessment

This Law governs the relations in the field of environmental assessment and is directed to prevention of negative impact of the planned economic and other activity on the environment and health of the population.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) environmental assessment – the provisional estimate of possible impact of the planned economic and other activity on the environment and health of the population and compliance of parameters of these activities to standard rates of quality of the environment and to ecological requirements which is carried out for the purpose of the prevention of possible negative influence of the planned economic and other activity on the environment and health of the population;

2) the environment – set natural objektovvklyuchy the earth, the soil, subsoil, waters, the woods, plant and animal life, natural ecological systems, atmospheric air, climate and ozone layer of Earth in their interaction;

3) impact on the environment – one-time, periodic or permanent process which effects are changes in the environment;

4) the applicant of environmental assessment – the legal entity or physical person submitting the project documentation of the planned economic and other activity on environmental assessment;

5) the conclusion of environmental assessment – the document containing information on results of conducting environmental assessment including conclusions about compliance or discrepancy to the planned economic and other activity to requirements of the legislation of Turkmenistan about environmental protection and determination of admissibility of realization of object of environmental assessment;

6) changes in the environment – reversible or irreversible changes in condition of natural objects and complexes as a result of impact on them;

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