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

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Types of planned activities and other criteria on the basis of which objects that have a negative impact on the environment are classified as objects of categories I, II or III of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Section 1. Types of planned activities and other criteria on the basis of which objects that have a negative impact on the environment are classified as category I objects.

1. Energy industry:

1.1. combustion of fuels, excluding gas, at stations with a total nominal heat output of 50 megawatts (MW) or more;

1.2. Gas-fired power generating stations with a capacity exceeding 500 megawatts (MW);

1.3. exploration and production of hydrocarbons, processing of hydrocarbons;

1.4. coke production;

1.5. gasification or liquefaction:

1.5.1. coal;

1.5.2. other types of fuel in installations with a total rated thermal capacity of 20 megawatts (MW) or more.

2. Production and processing of metals:

2.1. roasting or sintering of metal ore (including sulfide ore);

2.2. production of cast iron or steel (primary or secondary melting), including continuous casting, with a capacity exceeding 2.5 tons per hour;

2.3. processing of ferrous metals:

2.3.1. operation of hot rolling mills with a capacity exceeding 20 tons of crude steel per hour;

2.3.2. operation of forging hammers with an energy capacity exceeding 50 kilojoules (kJ) per hammer, where the thermal power consumption exceeds 20 megawatts (MW);

2.3.3. application of protective sprayed metal coatings with a feed of crude steel exceeding 2 tons per hour;

2.4. casting of ferrous metals with a production capacity exceeding 20 tons per day;

2.5. production and processing of non-ferrous metals:

2.5.1. production of non-oxidized non-ferrous metals from ores, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes;

2.5.2. smelting, including alloying, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products, and operation of non-ferrous metal foundries with a melting capacity exceeding:

4 tons per day – for lead and cadmium;

20 tons per day – for all other non-ferrous metals;

2.6. surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using electrolytic or chemical processes in technological baths with a total volume of 30 m3 or more.

3. Mineral industry:

3.1. extraction and processing of solid minerals, with the exception of common minerals;

3.2. production of cement, lime and magnesium oxide:

3.2.1. production of cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 500 tons per day or in other kilns with a capacity exceeding 50 tons per day;

3.2.2. lime production in furnaces with a production capacity exceeding 50 tons per day;

3.2.3. production of magnesium oxide in furnaces with a production capacity exceeding 50 tons per day;

3.3. manufacture of asbestos or manufacture of asbestos-based products;

3.4. production of glass, including fiberglass, with a melting capacity of more than 20 tons per day;

3.5. melting of mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibers, with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tons per day;

3.6. production of ceramic products by firing, in particular roof tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, ceramic tiles, stone ceramics or porcelain, with a production capacity exceeding 75 tons per day and (or) with a kiln capacity exceeding 4 m3 and a kiln cage density exceeding 300 kg/m3.

4. Chemical industry:

4.1. industrial production of 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;

4.2. industrial production of inorganic substances:

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;

4.3. industrial production of phosphorous, nitrogen or potash mineral fertilizers (simple or complex fertilizers);

4.4. industrial production of pesticides and biocides;

4.5. industrial production of pharmaceutical products, except for the production of pharmaceutical salts of potassium (chloride, sulphate, potash);

4.6. industrial production of explosives.

5. Food industry:

5.1. operation of slaughterhouses with a capacity of more than 50 tons per day;

5.2. processing and processing, except exclusively packaging, of the following raw materials, previously processed or unprocessed, intended for the production of food or feed from:

5.2.1. only animal raw materials (except exclusively milk) with a production capacity of more than 75 tons per day;

5.2.2. only vegetable raw materials with a production capacity of more than 300 tons per day or 600 tons per day, when the plant operates for no more than 90 consecutive days in any year.;

5.2.3. raw materials of animal and vegetable origin, both in the form of combined and separate products, with a production capacity of finished products in tons per day exceeding 75 if "A" is 10 or more, or determined by the formula: 300 – (22.5 × "A") if "A" is less than 10,

where "A" is the proportion of animal material (as a percentage of weight) in the production of the finished product.

Packaging should not be included in the final weight of the product.

Subparagraph 5.2.3 of paragraph 5.2 does not apply if only milk is used as a raw material.;

5.3. only processing and processing of milk when the amount of milk produced exceeds 200 tons per day (the average value for the year).

6. Waste management:

6.1. disposal and (or) recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tons per day, including one or more of the following operations:

6.1.1. biological waste treatment;

6.1.2. physical and chemical waste treatment;

6.1.3. mixing of waste before transfer to another type of activity specified in paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2.;

6.1.4. Repackaging before transfer to the types of activities specified in paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2.;

6.1.5. Solvent regeneration;

6.1.6. recycling (regeneration) of inorganic materials other than metals or their compounds;

6.1.7. regeneration of acids or bases;

6.1.8. Restoration of components used for pollution control;

6.1.9. extraction of components from catalysts;

6.1.10. oil recycling or other types of oil reuse;

6.1.11. placement in surface ponds;

6.2. Waste disposal or recovery at incinerators or waste co-incineration plants:

6.2.1. for non-hazardous waste – with a capacity exceeding 3 tons per hour;

6.2.2. for hazardous waste – with a capacity exceeding 10 tons per day;

6.3. disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tons per day, including one or more of the following operations:

6.3.1. biological waste treatment;

6.3.2. physical and chemical waste treatment;

6.3.3. pre-treatment of waste for subsequent incineration;

6.3.4. slag and ash treatment;

6.3.5. processing of metal waste in shredders, including waste from electrical and electronic equipment, as well as vehicles with expired service life and their components;

6.4. recovery and (or) disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tons per day, including one or more of the following operations:

6.4.1. biological waste treatment;

6.4.2. pre-treatment of waste for subsequent incineration;

6.4.3. slag and ash treatment;

6.4.4. processing of metal waste in shredders, including waste from electrical and electronic equipment, as well as vehicles with expired service life and their components.

If the only type of waste treatment activity listed in paragraphs 6.3 and 6.4 is anaerobic decomposition, the threshold value for this activity is 100 tons per day.;

6.5. landfills that receive more than 10 tons of waste per day, or with a total capacity exceeding 25 thousand tons, excluding inert waste landfills;

6.6. accumulation of hazardous waste not included in paragraph 6.5, pending any type of activity listed in paragraphs 6.1, 6.2, 6.5 and 6.7 in an amount exceeding 50 tons at the site where waste is generated, with the exception of accumulation pending collection;

6.7. underground storage of hazardous waste with a total capacity of more than 50 tons.

7. Other types of activities:

7.1. production in industrial installations:

7.1.1. cellulose from wood or other fibrous materials;

7.1.2. paper or cardboard with a capacity exceeding 20 tons per day;

7.1.3. one or more of the following types of wood slabs: oriented chipboard, chipboard or fiberboard (with a production capacity exceeding 600 m3 per day);

7.2. pretreatment (washing, bleaching, mercerization) or dyeing of textile fibers or textiles when the processing capacity exceeds 10 tons per day;

7.3. tanning of hides and skins, in which the processing capacity exceeds 12 tons of finished products per day;

7.4. removal or processing of animal carcasses or livestock waste with a processing capacity of more than 10 tons per day;

7.5. intensive rearing of poultry or pigs:

7.5.1. more than 50 thousand heads – for poultry;

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

7.5.3. more than 750 heads – for sows;

7.6. surface treatment of substances, objects or products, in particular for finishing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, gluing, painting, cleaning or impregnation, using organic solvents, the consumption of which is more than 150 kg per hour or more than 200 tons per year;

7.7. production of carbon or electrographite by combustion or graphitization;

7.8. capture of carbon dioxide emissions from Category I facilities for the purposes of its geological storage in the subsurface;

7.9. preservation of wood and wood products with chemicals with a capacity exceeding 75 m3 per day, except for processing in order to eliminate wood blue;

7.10. complexes of wastewater treatment plants discharged by Category I facilities, except for municipal wastewater treatment;

7.11. facilities for wastewater treatment of centralized wastewater disposal (sewerage) systems with a capacity of 20 thousand m3 per day or more;

7.12. operation of nuclear installations, including nuclear power plants (with the exception of zero-power research nuclear installations);

7.13. mining of uranium and thorium ores, enrichment of uranium and thorium ores, production of nuclear fuel;

7.14. operation:

7.14.1. radiation sources (with the exception of radiation sources containing only radionuclide sources of the fourth and fifth categories of radiation hazard), provided that there are sources of emissions and discharges of radioactive substances into the environment at the facility.;

7.14.2. storage facilities for nuclear materials and radioactive substances, storage facilities, radioactive waste storage facilities, and radioactive waste disposal facilities.

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