The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Maintaining the Unified State Register of Integrated Environmental Permits”.
Its text, explanatory note, and the Procedure itself can be found on this page of the official website of the Ministry.
Here are the main provisions on the functioning of the Unified State Register of Integrated Environmental Permits:
- The Ministry of Environment is the holder and administrator of the Register.
- The Registry is a functional module of the EcoSystem, so access to the Registry will be provided through it.
- Documents entered into the Register shall be subject to a qualified electronic signature.
- The creation, submission and entry of information and documents into the Register by the facility operator, the Ministry of Environment and the competent authorities, as well as electronic interaction between them in the process of issuing an integrated environmental permit (IEP) and facility operation, is carried out through the user's electronic cabinet.
- Through the electronic account, members of the public will be able to register for participation in public hearings, submit their comments and suggestions in the process of issuing an integrated environmental permit (amending it), and receive notifications of information and documents published in the Register.
- When the operator of the facility, the competent authority or members of the public send documents or information related to the IED to the Ministry of Environment, they will automatically receive a notification in their electronic cabinet confirming the fact and date of receipt.
- The entered information and documents cannot be corrected. Corrected information will be entered additionally.
- When an application for obtaining an IDD is entered into the Register (or changes are made to it), a registration case will be immediately opened and will have a unique registration number. All subsequent documents and information related to the same IID, including all subsequent applications for obtaining (amending) the IID, and documents created in the course of the facility operation on the basis of this permit, shall be entered into the Register and made public under the same registration number of the case.
- Comments and proposals to the application for an integrated environmental permit (amendments thereto) and the documents attached thereto, which will be submitted by other executive authorities, local self-government bodies and the public in a manner other than through the Register, will be entered into the Register by the Ministry of Environment.
- The information and documents entered into the Register will be kept for the entire period of operation of the facility, but not less than 10 years from the date of withdrawal of the IED, its invalidation or cancellation.
What information will be in the registration file?
The registration file shall contain and be made public:
- application for an integrated environmental permit (amendments to it);
application for amendments to the IDD under a simplified procedure; - basic report;
- justification of the deviation and assessment of the deviation;
- results of the environmental impact assessment;
- a list of places where the application for an integrated environmental permit (amendments thereto) can be reviewed during public discussion and their addresses, as well as a list of territorial communities indicating the administrative units that may be affected by the facility's activities;
- additional documents and information substantiating the information provided in the application for obtaining the IDD (amendments thereto);
- decision (conclusion) on the acceptability of the application for an integrated environmental permit (amendments thereto);
- decision (conclusion) on the need to eliminate deficiencies and bring the application for obtaining an IDD (amendments thereto) and the documents attached thereto in compliance with the requirements of the Law;
- decision to recognize the application for an integrated environmental permit (amendments thereto) as incomplete;
- announcement of the start of public discussion;
- a document confirming payment of the fee for issuance of the IDD;
- information confirming the fact and date of publication, posting or other disclosure of the announcement of the start of public discussion;
- information on registration of public representatives to participate in public hearings and information from the Ministry of Ecology to regional, Kyiv and Sevastopol city state administrations, the executive authority of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on ecology and natural resources on the need to hold public hearings;
- information on the time, date, place and address of public hearings and/or repeated hearings;
- comments and suggestions from the public;
- Minutes of public hearings, act of non-appearance of public representatives, act of non-appearance of the representative of the facility operator;
- conclusions and proposals of the competent authorities, comments and proposals of other executive authorities and local self-government bodies;
- documents drawn up by the regulatory authority based on the results of the inspection of the facility;
- reports of the facility operator on compliance with the terms of the IED;
assessment of the state of land and groundwater contamination by hazardous substances used, produced or released by the facility or generated as a result of its activities; - decision to invalidate the integrated environmental permit;
- decision to cancel the IED.As a reminder, a month ago, the Ministry of Ecology published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of Requirements for the Form and Content of the Integrated Environmental Permit”.
A month ago, the Ministry of Ecology published a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Approval of Requirements for the Form and Content of an Integrated Environmental Permit."
