Section 2. 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 category II of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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Section 2. 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 category II of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1. Energy industry:

1.1. provision of electric energy, gas and steam using equipment with an installed electric capacity of less than 50 megawatts (MW);

1.2. gas production by gasification and (or) liquefaction of solid fuels, with the exception of coal, in installations with a total nominal heat output of less than 20 megawatts (MW);

1.3. Gas-fired power generating stations with a capacity of 10 megawatts (MW) or more.

2. Production and processing of metals:

2.1. metallurgical production using equipment:

2.1.1. for the production of cast iron or steel (primary or secondary smelting), including continuous casting plants (with a capacity of less than 2.5 tons per hour);

2.1.2. for processing ferrous metals using hot rolling mills (with a design capacity of less than 20 tons of crude steel per hour);

2.1.3. for the application of protective sprayed metal coatings with a feed of crude steel of less than 2 tons per hour;

2.1.4. for foundry production of ferrous metals with a capacity of less than 20 tons per day;

2.1.5. for smelting, including alloying, refining and casting of non-ferrous metals (with a design melting capacity of less than 4 tons per day for lead and cadmium or less than 20 tons per day for other metals);

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

3. Mineral industry:

3.1. production:

3.1.1. cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity not exceeding 500 tons per day, or in other kilns with a capacity not exceeding 50 tons per day;

3.1.2. lime (quicklime, slaked) in furnaces with a production capacity of less than 50 tons per day;

3.1.3. magnesium oxide in furnaces with a production capacity of less than 50 tons per day;

3.1.4. glass and glass products, including fiberglass, with a melting capacity of less than 20 tons per day;

3.1.5. non-metallic mineral products using equipment for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibers with a melting capacity of not more than 20 tons per day;

3.1.6. refractory ceramic products and building ceramic materials with a design capacity of less than 1 million pieces per year;

3.1.7. ceramic or porcelain products, except for refractory ceramic products and building ceramic materials, with a production capacity not exceeding 75 tons per day, and (or) using kilns with a cage density per kiln not exceeding 300 kg/m3.

4. Food industry:

4.1. production:

4.1.1. meat and meat products with a production capacity of not more than 75 tons of finished products per day;

4.1.2. vegetable and animal oils and fats (with a design capacity less than that specified in sub-paragraphs 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 of paragraph 5.2 of Section 1 of this annex);

4.1.3. potato, fruit and vegetable products (with a design capacity of at least 300 tons of finished products per day (quarterly average);

4.1.4. dairy products (with a design capacity of less than 200 tons of processed milk per day (annual average).

5. Transport and infrastructure facilities:

5.1. ports located on inland waterways (allowing passage of vessels with a displacement of 1,350 tons or more);

5.2. seaports;

5.3. facilities intended for receiving and dispatching aircraft and servicing air transportation (if there is a runway length of 2,100 m or more);

5.4. Railway transport infrastructure facilities.

6. Waste management:

6.1. hazardous waste disposal facilities;

6.2. facilities where hazardous waste disposal or recovery operations are carried out, with a capacity of 250 tons per year or more;

6.3. facilities where hazardous waste disposal operations are carried out;

6.4. facilities where operations for disinfection, neutralization and (or) destruction of biological and medical waste are carried out;

6.5. municipal waste incinerators with a capacity not exceeding 3 tons per hour;

6.6. facilities where non-hazardous waste disposal operations are carried out, with a capacity not exceeding 50 tons per day;

6.7. facilities where non-hazardous waste disposal or recovery operations are carried out with a capacity exceeding 2,500 tons per year;

6.8. production of building materials from waste from thermal power plants;

6.9. waste sorting enterprises with a production capacity of over 10 thousand tons per year;

6.10. storage sites for scrap iron and (or) vehicles to be disposed of in an area exceeding 1 thousand m2 or in an amount exceeding 1 thousand tons;

6.11. dumps formed during the extraction of solid minerals (other than common minerals) or during peat extraction, prospecting;

6.12. accumulation of hazardous waste weighing more than 5 tons, except for accumulation pending collection, at the site where waste is generated;

6.13. open and closed warehouses of hazardous waste containing persistent organic pollutants, highly toxic substances, with a storage area of more than 100 m2.

7. Other types of activities:

7.1. production of paper and cardboard (with a capacity not exceeding 20 tons per day);

7.2. manufacture of textiles using equipment for washing, bleaching, mercerization, dyeing of textile fibers and (or) bleaching, dyeing of textile products (with a capacity not exceeding 10 tons of processed raw materials per day);

7.3. manufacture of leather and leather products using equipment for tanning, dyeing, and dressing hides and skins (with a design processing capacity of no more than 12 tons of finished products per day);

7.4. breeding of poultry (5 thousand heads or more);

7.5. rearing and breeding of pigs (500 heads or more), sows (100 heads or more);

7.6. cattle breeding (1,500 heads or more);

7.7. sheep breeding (15 thousand heads or more);

7.8. surface treatment of objects or products using organic solvents, the design consumption of which is not more than 200 tons per year;

7.9. production of artificial graphite by methods excluding combustion and graphitization;

7.10. wastewater treatment of centralized wastewater disposal (sewerage) systems with a volume of wastewater less than 20 thousand m3 day;

7.11. extraction and processing of common minerals over 10 thousand tons per year;

7.12. exploration of solid minerals with extraction of rock mass and movement of soil for the purpose of assessment of resources of solid minerals;

7.13. transportation of gas, refined products, oil and petroleum products through main pipelines;

7.14. production of crude oil from combustible (bituminous) shales and sand;

7.15. warehousing and storage (ground or underground):

7.15.1. oil and its refined products (with a design capacity of 200 thousand tons or more);

7.15.2. pesticides and agrochemicals (with a design capacity of 50 tons or more);

7.16. production of concrete products for use in construction, including the production of silicate bricks using autoclaves (with a design capacity of 1 million pieces per year or more);

7.17. construction, dredging and blasting operations, mining, laying cables, pipelines and other communications, drilling, agricultural and other work within the zone of influence of surge fluctuations in the Caspian Sea level;

7.18. any type of activity involving the discharge of pollutants into the environment.

8. The activity of an object that is:

8.1. a port located on inland waterways (allowing passage of vessels with a displacement of 1,350 tons or more);

8.2. sea port;

8.3. an object intended for receiving and dispatching aircraft and servicing air transportation (if there is a runway with a length of 2,100 m or more);

8.4. an object of railway transport infrastructure.

Note. If the types or objects of activity in sections 1 and 2 of this annex coincide, section 2 includes the types and objects of activity that have quantitative indicators characterizing them below the thresholds specified in section 1 of this annex.

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