Article 166. State monopoly in the field of meteorological, hydrological and environmental monitoring of the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. The National Hydrometeorological Service provides monitoring of the state of the environment, meteorological and hydrological monitoring using the state observation network, which include the provision of services of national and international importance, special purpose and the preparation of specialized information.
Activities related to meteorological and hydrological monitoring and environmental monitoring, including the provision of services of national and international importance, special purposes and the preparation of specialized information using the state monitoring network, belong to the state monopoly and are carried out by the National Hydrometeorological Service. – a legal entity established by decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the organizational and legal form of a republican state enterprise on the right of economic management.
Services of national and international importance are services that are important for the security of the population and the state, the sustainable functioning of the economy and the social sphere, provided using the state monitoring network.
Special purpose services are services in the field of meteorological and hydrological monitoring, environmental monitoring that are not related to services of national and international importance and are provided using data from the state monitoring network on the basis of paid service contracts.
Specialized information is targeted information obtained as a result of the provision of special–purpose services using data from the state monitoring network.
2. The National Hydrometeorological Service carries out its activities in accordance with the requirements of the instructional and methodological documents for conducting meteorological, hydrological, and environmental monitoring using the state observation network, approved by the National Hydrometeorological Service in coordination with the authorized body in the field of environmental protection.
3. The authorized body in the field of environmental protection organizes activities related to meteorological and hydrological monitoring, environmental monitoring, which is related to the provision of services of national and international importance.
Prices for goods (works, services) produced and/or sold by a state monopoly entity are set by the authorized body in the field of environmental protection in coordination with the antimonopoly authority.
4. National and international meteorological monitoring services:
1) surface meteorological, actinometric, agrometeorological, aerological, radar, ozonometric observations, collection, processing, storage, analysis of received meteorological data and preparation of storm meteorological information, meteorological and agrometeorological forecasts, general-purpose meteorological information, including reference books, bulletins, consulting certificates, regime information and other meteorological information, as well as providing this information to government agencies in accordance with the established procedure., other organizations and individuals;
2) maintaining the state climatic cadastre and the State hydrometeorological fund;
3) provision of meteorological information for international exchange;
4) climate monitoring, including climate change.
The State Climatic Cadastre is a systematic set of data based on meteorological information on a set of atmospheric conditions, including air temperature, cloud cover, atmospheric phenomena, wind direction and speed, precipitation, and other characteristics of the atmosphere and underlying surface characteristic of certain territories, and based on a climatic database of meteorological data for a multi–year period.
The rules for maintaining the state climate cadastre, as well as the composition of the data of the state climate cadastre and the procedure for providing its data to state bodies, other organizations and individuals are approved by the authorized body in the field of environmental protection.
The State Hydrometeorological Fund is a set of documented hydrological and meteorological information to be stored in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for its use.
The rules for maintaining the state hydrometeorological fund are approved by the authorized body in the field of environmental protection.
5. Services of national and international importance in the field of hydrological monitoring:
1) observations on surface water bodies, collection, processing, analysis of obtained hydrological data and preparation of hydrological short– and long-term forecasts, including those with an advance time of up to five to seven days and the possibility of clarification every three days in the spring, and issuing storm warnings about the possibility and occurrence of dangerous and natural hydrological phenomena;
2) preparation of general-purpose hydrological information, including reference books, bulletins, and consulting certificates, as well as provision of this information to government agencies, other organizations, and individuals in accordance with the established procedure;
3) preparation of data for maintaining the state water cadastre under the section "Surface waters" based on the results of hydrological monitoring;
4) provision of hydrological information for international exchange in accordance with the established procedure.
6. Services of national and international importance in the field of environmental monitoring:
1) monitoring, collection, processing, analysis of data on the state of pollution of environmental protection facilities provided for in subparagraphs 2) -8) of this paragraph, preparation of general–purpose information on the state of environmental pollution, including bulletins and background information, as well as provision of this information to government agencies, other organizations and individuals;
2) monitoring of atmospheric air pollution – a system for monitoring the state of atmospheric air in residential areas;
3) monitoring of precipitation pollution – a system for monitoring the chemical composition of precipitation and snow cover in residential areas;
4) water pollution monitoring – a system for monitoring surface water pollution in coastal areas;
5) soil pollution monitoring – a system for monitoring concentrations of pollutants in the soils of residential areas;
6) radiation monitoring – a system for monitoring man-made and natural radioactive contamination in residential areas;
7) monitoring of transboundary pollution is a system of observations carried out within the framework of international cooperation with bordering States for pollution of transboundary surface waters and coastal soils of transboundary rivers;
8) background monitoring – a system for monitoring the state of the atmosphere and other environment in their interaction with the biosphere using a specialized network of integrated background environmental monitoring stations;
9) providing information on the state of the environment for international exchange in accordance with the established procedure.
7. The National Hydrometeorological Service represents the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of hydrological, meteorological and environmental monitoring activities in cooperation with international organizations, foreign individuals and hydrometeorological services of other states, unless otherwise established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
8. The National Hydrometeorological Service is a part of the state civil protection system and carries out its activities in case of emergency situations in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on civil protection.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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