Order No. 238 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Instruction on calculation of environmental damages caused to soil.
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This Order validates the Instruction for calculation of environmental damages caused to soil as a result of violation of environmental legislation and also in case of emergency situations of technological type and natural disasters. This Instruction shall be applicable to: (a) soil pollution by chemicals; (b) unauthorized waste disposal; and (c) unauthorized (unlawful) artificial covering of soil. It shall not be applicable to radioactive and biological soil pollution. The Instruction establishes calculation formula for soil pollution and methodology for calculation of damages.
