Appendix 1 to the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 2, 2021 No. 400-VI SAM

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Section 1. List of types of planned activities and facilities for which environmental impact assessment is mandatory in the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Energy industry:

1.1. oil refineries (with the exception of enterprises producing exclusively lubricants from crude oil);

1.2. gas processing plants;

1.3. installations for gasification and liquefaction of coal and tar shale with a capacity of 500 tons per day or more;

1.4. installations for thermal or chemical processing of coal or bituminous shales, including carbon production by high-temperature carbonation (dry distillation) of coal or electrographite by firing or graphitization;

1.5. thermal power plants and other fuel combustion plants with a thermal capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) or more;

1.6. nuclear power plants and other nuclear reactors, including the dismantling or decommissioning of such power plants or reactors (with the exception of research facilities for the production and conversion of fissile and reproducible materials, the maximum capacity of which does not exceed 1 kilowatt (kW) of constant thermal load);

1.7. installations for processing irradiated nuclear fuel;

1.8. installations intended for:

1.8.1. for the production or enrichment of nuclear fuel;

1.8.2. for the treatment of irradiated nuclear fuel or highly radioactive waste;

1.8.3. for the final disposal of irradiated nuclear fuel;

1.8.4. exclusively for the final disposal of radioactive waste;

1.8.5. exclusively for long-term storage (planned for a period of more than 10 years) of irradiated nuclear fuel or radioactive waste in other places outside the territory of the production facility.

2. Subsurface use:

2.1. production of oil and natural gas for commercial purposes, in which the recoverable amount exceeds 500 tons per day for oil and 500 thousand m3 per day for gas;

2.2. quarries and open-pit mining of solid minerals in an area exceeding 25 hectares, or peat extraction in which the area exceeds 150 hectares;

2.3. primary processing (enrichment) of solid minerals extracted from the subsurface;

2.4. asbestos mining facilities;

2.5. carrying out work on the reclamation of disturbed lands and other subsurface use facilities.

3. Production and processing of metals:

3.1. installations for roasting or agglomeration of metal ores (including sulfide ore);

3.2. integrated enterprises (plants) for primary smelting of cast iron and steel;

3.3. installations for the production of non-oxidized non-ferrous metals from ores, concentrates or secondary raw materials through metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes.

4. Processing of non-metallic minerals:

4.1. facilities for processing and converting asbestos and products containing asbestos:

4.1.1. for asbestos–cement products - with an annual production of more than 20 thousand tons of finished products;

4.1.2. for friction materials – with an annual production of more than 50 tons of finished products;

4.1.3. for other uses of asbestos – consumption of more than 200 tons per year.

5. Chemical industry:

5.1. integrated chemical enterprises (plants) – a set of technological installations in which several technological stages are connected and functionally connected to each other for the production on an industrial scale of the following substances using chemical transformation processes:

5.1.1. basic organic chemicals:

simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic);

oxygen-containing hydrocarbons: alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, esters, peroxides, epoxy resins;

sulphurous hydrocarbons;

nitrogen hydrocarbons: amines, amides, nitrogen compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates;

phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons;

halogenated hydrocarbons;

organometallic compounds;

basic plastic materials (polymers, synthetic fibers, and cellulose-based fibers);

synthetic rubber;

paints and pigments;

surfactants;

5.1.2. basic inorganic chemicals:

gases: ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulfur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide;

acids: chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, oleum, sulfuric acid;

Alkalis: ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide;

salts: ammonium chloride, potassium chloride, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate;

non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds: calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide;

5.1.3. phosphorous, nitrogen or potash mineral fertilizers (simple or complex fertilizers);

5.1.4. pesticides and biocides;

5.1.5. basic pharmaceutical products using biological or chemical processes;

5.1.6. explosives.

6. Waste management:

6.1. facilities for disposal of hazardous waste by incineration, chemical treatment or landfill disposal;

6.2. facilities for disposal of non-hazardous waste by incineration or chemical treatment with a capacity exceeding 100 tons per day.

7. Pulp and paper production:

7.1. industrial installations for:

7.1.1. production of cellulose from wood or similar fibrous materials;

7.1.2. production of paper and cardboard with a production capacity of 200 tons per day or more.

8. Road, rail and air transport:

8.1. construction of long-distance railway lines;

8.2. construction of airports with a main runway length of 2,100 m or more;

8.3. construction of new and (or) reconstruction of existing public roads of technical category I with a continuous length of 10 km or more.

9. Water transport:

9.1. inland waterways and ports for inland navigation allowing passage of vessels with a displacement exceeding 1,350 tons;

9.2. commercial ports, berths for loading and unloading connected to shore and outrigger ports (with the exception of ferry berths), which can accommodate vessels with a displacement of more than 1,350 tons.

10. Water resources management:

10.1. work on the transfer of water resources between river basins, in which the volume of transferred water exceeds 100 million m3 per year (except for the transfer of tap drinking water);

10.2. dams and other facilities designed for the retention or permanent storage of water, for which the new or additional amount of retained or stored water exceeds 10 million m3;

10.3. abstraction of surface and groundwater or the use of an artificial groundwater replenishment system with an annual volume of withdrawn or replenished water equivalent to or exceeding 10 million m3;

10.4. installations for wastewater treatment of settlements with a capacity of 30 thousand m3 per day or more.

11. Intensive rearing of poultry or pigs:

11.1. more than 50 thousand heads for poultry;

11.2. more than 2 thousand heads for pigs (weighing more than 30 kg);

11.3. More than 750 heads for sows.

12. Other types of activities:

12.1. pipelines for the transportation of gas, oil or chemicals with a diameter of more than 800 mm and (or) a length of more than 40 km;

12.2. installations for tanning hides and skins, where the volume of processing exceeds 12 tons of processed products per day;

12.3. construction of overhead power transmission lines with a voltage of 220 kilovolts or more and a length of more than 15 km;

12.4. processing and processing for the purpose of food production from:

12.4.1. animal raw materials (other than milk) with a finished product production capacity exceeding 75 tons per day;

12.4.2. milk, the amount of which exceeds 200 tons per day (average on an annual basis);

12.5. installations for the disposal and (or) disposal of animal corpses or livestock waste with a processing capacity exceeding 1 ton per day;

12.6. installations for storing oil, petrochemical or chemical products with a capacity of 200 thousand tons or more, as well as underground storage of natural gas with an active storage volume of more than 150 million m3;

12.7. installations for the surface treatment of substances, objects or products using organic solvents, in particular for finishing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, calibration, painting, cleaning or impregnation, with a production capacity of more than 150 kg per hour or more than 200 tons per year.

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