LEGAL REGULATION OF WASTE DISPOSAL - WAY TO REDUCE TECHNOGENIC IMPACT ON LANDS AND SOILS
The amount of industrial waste has grown exponentially over the last hundred years. In 2014, the economic entities of the Sverdlovsk region formed about 170 mln tons of industrial waste. By the end of 2014 on waste disposal facilities and on the sites of business entities there were accumulated in total about 8 billion tons of such waste. The land area occupied by industrial waste disposal facilities is more than 15 000 hectares. These lands are not only derived from land use, but the wastes placed on them have a negative impact on the environment. The article deals with the normative documents regulating relations in the field of waste handling, environmental protection and the legal status of the land areas. Certain gaps in the existing method of calculation standards for waste and limits on their placing have been spotted. Calculations and practical experience have shown that when establishing limits on waste disposal for an enterprise the environmental situation in the area is not taken into account. To reduce the anthropogenic impact on lands and soils it is proposed to use the standards governing management of a specific piece of land - the waste disposal facility. Application of the proposed standards is considered appropriate for monitoring environmental conditions and confirming the rational use of specific pieces of land - disposal facilities for the 4-5th hazard class waste products of the mining and smelting complex for the storage period of more than 3 years. Based on these standards an executive body of state authority or a local government body can regulate the handling of waste in the territories under their administration.