The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: on pollution chapter I General provisions article 1. The terms used in the law, the law is applied in the following terms: 1) the significant change — a change of activity, which, in accordance with the opinion of the authority issuing the authorisation may have significant negative effects on humans or the environment; 2) activity change — change, also the expansion, which is likely to affect, the environment; 3) emissions — the direct or indirect release of substances, vibrations, heat, non-ionising radiation, noise, or other release from the hospital or diffuse source of pollution that occurs through the action of pollutants and affecting, or likely to affect, the environment; 4) military contaminated area: area that contains explosive items and materials, or toxic or otherwise dangerous substances used or intended for use for military purposes;
5) operator, natural or legal person who carries out the polluting activities or which is responsible for the following technical support, or which are decisive for the economic impact of polluting activities;
6) polluting activities: soil, Earth science, water, air, plants or buildings and other fixed objects, which can cause environmental pollution or the risk of accidents, as well as the action that is performed in the polluted site and can cause the spread of contamination;
7) pollution — the direct or indirect emissions impact on the environment that could endanger human health, cause damage to property, cause or may cause damage to the environment, including ecosystems, to interfere with the use of natural resources or otherwise interfere with legitimate uses of the environment;
8) contaminated site: soil, Earth, water, sludge, as well as buildings, plants or other objects that contain polluting substances;
9) potentially contaminated site: soil, Earth, water, sludge, as well as buildings, plants or other objects, and does not verify the content of the information, or may contain polluting substances;
10 — contaminated sites remediation) treatment and recovery at least to the extent that the future of human health or the environment are not compromised and the area may be used for a particular economic activity;
11) technology: technical methods and technologies, including patents, trademarks, licenses, technical developments, as well as special techniques and equipment, to accomplish a specific goal or result;
12) substance: any element, chemical element or chemical compound.
2. article. The purpose of the law this law aims to prevent or reduce pollution, human health, property and environmental damage, preventing injury consequences as well: 1) to prevent the pollution of polluting activities from occurring or, if this is not possible, reducing emissions to soil, water and air;
2) to prevent or, where that is not possible, reduce non-renewable natural resource and energy use, making polluting activities;
3) to prevent or, where that is not possible, to reduce waste generation;
4) to ensure the contaminated and potentially contaminated site identification and registration in the territory of the country;
5) adopt measures for contaminated and potentially contaminated sites and remediation of contaminated sites;
6) identify persons who bear with contaminated and potentially contaminated sites research and remediation of contaminated sites-related expenses.
3. article. The scope of the law (1) this Act establishes the requirements for pollution prevention and control, must take account of the operator, and pollution prevention and control procedures, as well as: 1) the requirements which have to be taken into account in taking, making and losing the polluting activities;
2) requirements, which should be taken into account when issuing permits for polluting activities and water use, as well as the arrangements for providing information on polluting activities that do not require a permit;
3) environmental quality regulations procedure;
4) procedure for the determination of a certain substance, pollutant emission limit values operating conditions, as well as other restrictions on polluting activities;
5) the identification of contaminated sites, restoration, research and arrangements;
6) polluting activity monitoring conditions, pollutant monitoring, monitoring activities, as well as the order in which the following shall be informed to the public.
(2) this Act also applies to the Cabinet of Ministers established the mobile sources of pollution.
(3) activities with radioactive substances, radioactive waste, radiation sources and genetically modified organisms is regulated by other legislation.
Chapter II requirements and conditions for the polluting activity 4. Requirements relating to pollutant action Operator, when polluting activities, to comply with its specific features and meet the following requirements: 1) take measures to prevent the occurrence of pollution or reduce its emissions;
2) ensure compliance with the environmental quality regulations;
3 pollutants monitoring activities);
4) provides the protection of the environment and other State bodies, local authorities and the public of this law and other laws for the information;
5) comply with the requirements for polluting activities;
6) collects and provides to the employees who carry out polluting activities, the necessary information on its potential impact on human health and the environment, 7) follow this law referred to in article 11.
5. article. Precautions the Operator, as well as State and local authorities shall take the necessary precautions to prevent or, where that is not possible, reduce pollution of the environment or the risks as well as the risk of accidents. Precautionary measures include: 1) use of available technical and organisational measures at all stages of pollutants and processes;
2) production or other restriction or termination of the transaction for a specified period, if necessary as a result of bad weather or other circumstances;
3) avoidance of non-renewable natural resource and energy use, or limiting their use, as well as the avoidance of waste or limit their creation, substance or material life cycle through such methods as substance and material reuse and recycling or other methods;
4) the avoidance of such chemicals and chemical products, as well as the use of the body, which can be used interchangeably, which is less dangerous to human life, health or the environment;
5) disaster risk assessment and the measures needed to avoid accidents, but in case of emergency, reduce its consequences;
6) polluting business interruption and emergency rehabilitation of contaminated sites, if necessary;
7) measures necessary to prevent the spread of contamination; contaminated site investigations and remediation, as well as monitoring the activities of the pollutant;
8) operators, which are referred to in the annex to this law, pollutants, sliding the requirements to use the best available techniques.
6. article. Operator and providing employees with the necessary knowledge and obligation to provide information (1) Operator before start-up or pollutant material change identify the information about its possible effects on human health and the environment. (2) the Operator shall provide the employees who carry out polluting activities, the necessary knowledge about the order in which the activity is to be carried out, and its potential impact on human health and the environment, on precautionary measures to reduce this impact, as well as on action in emergencies.
(3) the Operator is obliged to provide information on environmental protection authorities under this Act responsible for issuing authorisations and controls, as well as to inform the public and the relevant authorities of the results of the monitoring laid down in the authorisation and operation of pollutant effects on human health and the environment. (4) where the permit conditions are violated or endangered the continued compliance with these conditions, the operator shall notify the appropriate regional environmental management.
7. article. Polluting activities monitoring the Operator shall ensure the monitoring of the activities of the pollutant, specifically the processes, which are directly related to environmental pollution or the risk. Operator supports observations that are made around polluting activity and record the measurements to detect changes in time.
8. article. Requirements for polluting activities (1) before you start the transaction, which the pollutant under this Act require the permission of the operator assess possible alternative locations for this operation. This requirement applies to the whole transaction, its individual processes, as well as on emissions. Polluting activities or its individual processes must designate a place where it will have the least negative effect on human health and the environment. (2) the first paragraph of this article, the requirements do not apply to polluting activities of possible locations, techniques and technologies, as well as their impact on the environment have been assessed in accordance with the law "on environmental impact assessment".
9. article. Cost effectiveness

The operator will implement this law, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and set out the requirements, to the implementation of this measure and the total cost of the suit for the positive effects on the environment and ensure compliance with the environmental quality standards.
10. article. Emission limit value and the limit (1) emission limit value means the maximum quantity of the substance emitted by or other specific factors, expressed as parameters (concentration or emission levels), which must not exceed a specified period or periods or may not exceed the normal operating conditions of the equipment. Emission limit values for certain substances or substance groups.
(2) the emission limit values shall normally be the location where the pollution emitted from the equipment, and the reduction in the limit values of concentration detection point is not taken into account.
(3) when determining the emission limit values of the installation of exhaust pollution in water, take into account the effect of a water treatment plant, if the result will not increase the level of environmental pollution.
(4) the emission limits are specified in the permit issued by the quantity of the substance or certain other factors expressed as parameters (concentration or emission levels), which may not be exceeded in a specific time period or periods, or the quantity of substances emitted or concentration, which may not exceed the machine's normal operation and which does not exceed the respective emission limit values.
11. article. Polluting activity (1), the operator of polluting activities follow: 1) the prohibition on emissions of certain pollutants into the environment;
2) determine pollutant emission limit values;
3) emission reduction, elimination or control procedures in certain areas of economic activity or, in respect of certain types of equipment or substances;
4) with certain emission-related equipment or equipment group on conformity assessment procedures.
(2) in order to ensure that the first paragraph of this article, the conditions governing cabinet: 1) order in which prevented, controlled and controllable air pollutant emissions from point sources of pollution;
2) waste water emission limits and bans on pollutants in water;
3) provisions on the protection of water and soil from pollution caused by agricultural activity with nitrates;
4) rules on noise emission by equipment used outdoors;
5) rules on traffic not transportable mechanism used in internal combustion engines produce emissions of pollutants in the air;
6) rules on asbestos and asbestos products resulting from environmental pollution;
7) rules on waste incineration and waste incineration plants for izvirzāmaj action requirements.
(3) the cabinet shall determine the total national emission limits in the air of a given period and for specific types of pollution.
Chapter III environmental quality regulations and environmental quality regulations for implementing article 12 of the programme. Environmental quality and the environmental quality regulations (1) the quality of the environment is determined in comparison with the desired air, surface waters, groundwater, soils and subsoils, or other environmental component quality, which are regulated to provide quantitative indicators expressed in environmental quality regulations.
(2) in order to prevent harm to human health or the environment and to ensure the conservation of biodiversity in the long-term, given the required safety margin, the Cabinet of Ministers shall lay down the rules on air quality, surface water, groundwater and soil, indicating: 1) this regulatory deadlines and achieving the territory to which they apply;
2) upper and lower limit or characteristics of substances, noise, other organisms or the environment factors affecting presence in the environment;
3) parameters, monitoring methods and methods for fixing the above regulations;
4) measures to be taken in cases where regulations are exceeded.
(3) Regulations under certain environmental quality standards can be achieved gradually, several specific intermediate.
13. article. Limit values and target values (1) environmental quality regulations are divided into robežlielumo and mērķlielumo.
(2) the limit is binding on any operator that performs or intends to perform a polluting activity induced emissions may affect the area.
(3) the environmental authority when deciding on the authorization and the development of best available techniques, as well as the conditions of use in controlling the operation of polluting, take into account the specific target values.
14. article. Start-up of the pollutant limits for Polluting activities may not start if you have exceeded or may exceed the environmental quality robežnormatīv for a particular type of pollution in an area and if the induced emissions can increase the total amount of pollution in the area. In such cases, permission for the activity of a pollutant is not given.
15. article. Pollutant activities restrictions if the territory in accordance with the regulations laid down in the grant of authorisation for polluting activities are performed, have exceeded or may exceed environmental quality limits for a particular type of contamination: 1) operator in accordance with this law, the requirements laid down in chapter II, shall take measures necessary to gradually reduce emissions that can affect human health or the environment in the area concerned;
2) permission for activities essential to the change shall not be issued if such a change might cause emissions to increase the total amount of pollution in the territory;
3) review of the already issued permissions, change or add to the conditions pursuant to this law, the requirements laid down in chapter II.
16. article. Cooperation of operators (1) of the Act 14 and 15 in the cases referred to in article operator may conclude an agreement with another operator authorised to issue the kind of pollution, for measures to reduce the total emissions of pollution concerned and inform the regional environmental governance.
(2) if the operator agreement provides that the total emissions of the pollution caused by the polluting activities covered by the agreement, will be lower than before, and if the conclusion of the agreement in accordance with this law and other laws and regulations have been complied with other requirements for reducing pollution, regional environmental Administration accepts this agreement.
(3) Operator, which is expected to take the polluting activities covered by the agreement, shall submit an application for authorisation, and the regional environmental authority shall issue the authorisation under the emissions reduction provided for in the agreement.
Article 17. Environmental quality standards in the implementation of the programme and action programmes for the reduction of pollution (1) If you are or might be exceeded in a particular type of pollution as defined robežnormatīv, the quality of the environment as well as in other laws and the cases of protection of the environment and regional development Ministry or other institutions, where such an obligation is laid down in laws and regulations, establish environmental quality programs or regulations the implementation of the action programme for reducing pollution in a separate area or the country as a whole. In: 1) the objective of reducing pollution;
2) emissions limit and the prohibition to issue certain polluting substances;
3) measures taken to reduce emissions in different economic sectors, in particular transport, energy, agriculture and forestry;
4) measures to encourage operators to conclude and implement this law referred to in article 16 mutual agreement;
5) sources of financing of the programme.
(2) the introduction of environmental quality legislative programmes or action programmes for the reduction of pollution, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the laws or, in certain cases, the local authorities concerned.
18. article. Particularly sensitive areas (1) areas where pollution may increasingly affect human health or the environment and its biological diversity, or areas which are particularly sensitive to pollution load, called especially sensitive areas.
(2) the cabinet shall be governed by the particularly sensitive selection criteria and procedures, management determined the boundaries of the territory, or across the country or local administrative area boundary as a sensitive area, as well as: 1) to which the particular sensitive areas subject to increased requirements for urban waste water treatment;
2) to which the particular sensitive areas subject to increased requirements for the protection of water and soil from pollution caused by agricultural activity with nitrates.
(3) cabinet: 1) shall lay down the rules on an action programme for nitrate in water linked to reduce or eliminate in the particularly sensitive areas, as well as the deadlines for implementation of the action programme;

2) creates the Council of the second paragraph of this article referred to in paragraph 2, the particularly sensitive area management measures for coordination to include representatives from environmental protection and Ministry of regional development, Ministry of agriculture and the Ministry of welfare or the supervision authority or management of the existing institutions and social organizations of farmers in one forward represent, as well as endorse the Council's by-laws.
Chapter IV distribution of polluting activities and conditions of article 19. Activity breakdown of pollutants and polluting permits operation of Polluting activities (1) divided into category A, B and C, taking into consideration the quantity and pollution effects or the risks it poses to human health and the environment.
(2) in chapter II of this law requirements also apply to the activities which do not correspond to A, B or C category, but may cause pollution.
(3) to initiate or proceed with A or B category action, the operator receives — permission of regional environmental management issued a written decision concerning the plant, equipment, or part thereof (hereinafter equipment) or more facilities that are located in one place and have one operator, — to make the operation of polluting provided the equipment functions according to the relevant decision and regulatory requirements.
20. article. Category a (1) of the Polluting activities carried out through this law, the equipment set out in the annex, is A category of activity. Making A category of activities, the operator uses the best available techniques.
(2) A category permission is required for the stationary technological equipment that has one or more of the annexes referred to in this law, the polluting activities. For such equipment, considering the amount of pollution, or the risk that it poses to human health and the environment, according to certain parameters, and also taking into account the polluting actions taken on other equipment related to the technical equipment, which may also have an effect on emissions and pollution of the environment, subject to the conditions for category A permits.
(3) the annex to this law, these indicators refer to production capacities or equipment production. The operator who made more of this law, the polluting activities referred to in the annex, summed it up power if all transactions refer to this Act of the industrial activities referred to in the annex and are carried out in one place, or using the equipment.
(4) A category A permit is not required for equipment that is used in a new product or production process study, development or testing.
(5) the Cabinet of Ministers issued regulations for category A activities log, the authorisation and the best available techniques, as well as: 1) time schedule, after which the category A permits issued equipment which they need;
2) maximum transition period, which should be provided with the best available techniques-associated conditions of the authorisation;
3) application form and authorization form indicating the safety of human health, air, water and soil conservation, as well as the waste management measures. If the polluting activities related to water, the authorisation shall indicate the water use limits;
4) procedures and would be issued licences;
5) order in which the public can familiarize themselves with the application and to submit their proposals, as well as to get acquainted with the conditions of authorisation, monitoring and test results;
6) procedures shall be informed of other countries, and such monitoring of pollution in cases of possible transboundary impact of pollution.
21. article. Best available techniques and the choice of category A activities (1) techniques that are most effective and the most efficient possible use in practice to prevent or, where that is not possible, reducing emissions to the established threshold and threshold, as well as to reduce its impact on the environment as a whole, the best available techniques.
(2) the term "techniques" include technology used and the way in which the installation is designed, built, maintained, operated or dismantled.
(3) techniques are available, if they are economically and technologically reasonable and, regardless of whether they were previously used in Latvia, it is possible to introduce a certain industrial sector, taking into account the relevant costs.
(4) techniques are best if they include the technologies and methods using to ensure the highest level of environmental protection.
(5) selecting the best available techniques and in the light of its implementation and use, as well as the potential costs to the law "on environmental protection" in certain environmental principles and the specific nature of the activities of the pollutant, the operator: 1) uses a technology that provides a minimum of waste;
2) uses the technology that supports this law article 5 requirements;
3) use substances which are less hazardous to human life, health and the environment;
4) contribute to the production process created and used the substance reuse and recycling;
5) is used in processes, facilities and methods of operation, which in industrial production is already tested and recognized as successful;
6) follow the development of the technology and how to expand knowledge and understanding of the new technologies;
7) take into account the nature of the emissions, effects and volume;
8) take into account the expected equipment suspension or closing time;
9) take into account the time required for best available techniques for implementation;
10) followed in the production of the raw materials used in the process, water, consumption and technology energy efficiency;
11) prevent or minimise the risk of emissions and its effects on human health or the environment; 12) prevent crashes, but if an accident has taken place, reduce its consequences;
13) uses the information on best available techniques published by Commission of the European Union or by international organisations.
22. article. Category b (1) polluting activities, or a substantial change to the continuing need for category B permit category B activities.
(2) the cabinet shall determine the category B activities, taking into account the quantity of pollution effects or the risks it poses to human health or the environment, approved activities in category B application form and the form of authorization, as well as the procedures for the authorization and would be released. If the polluting activity is associated with water, (B) the authorisation shall specify the categories of water use limits.
(3) Cabinet of Ministers determines the order in which the public can look at category B conditions of authorization, as well as the monitoring and examination results.
23. article. Category c transactions (1) Polluting activities that do not require a permit, but before that commencement or major changes in the application of environmental protection institutions, is a category C activities.
(2) the cabinet shall determine the category C activities, taking into account the quantity of pollution effects or the risks it poses to human health or the environment, as well as the contents of the application and submission procedures.
24. article. Notice for category C activities (1) the Operator no later than 30 days before the start of operations in category C notify the regional environmental authority.
(2) the Operator no later than 30 days before the material change in the operation of the category C notify the regional environmental authority.
(3) the cabinet shall lay down a time-limit within which the operator for regional environmental authority notifies them of category C activities undertaken before the entry into force of this law.
Chapter v for category A and category B licences and review of article 25. Prerequisites for issuing a permit for the operation of a pollutant or a substantial change in the operation of polluting Permits or significant change, provided: 1) operator has submitted an application pursuant to this law and other legislative or regulatory requirements;
2) operator is appreciated these activities impact on the environment and received an opinion on the environmental impact assessment final report — where the polluting activities in accordance with the laws and regulations require an environmental impact assessment;
3) has been developed and approved by the industrial accident prevention program or the safety report as well as the avārijgatavīb of the object and the civil protection measures in cases where, in accordance with the laws and regulations necessary.
26. article. Consultations with other government institutions and local authorities Before the issue of a regional environmental administration sent to the relevant authorities and territorial environmental health centre the information necessary for the provision of the proposal application and permit conditions, and examine the proposals submitted.
27. article. Public participation (1) an application for category A permits, but the Cabinet cases — also on category B licence is available to the public, to enable it to submit its comments with authorisation.

(2) the public shall have access to the category A and category B licence conditions, as well as information on the monitoring and control of the results.
(3) if the application or the permit includes the protection of business secrets or information that, in accordance with the laws and regulations are considered to be limited by the availability of information, regional environmental governance, based on the application, the operator shall take a decision on the application or individual permissions section, limited availability. This provision does not apply to information about pollutant emissions, as well as the risk of accidents.
28. article. Application and issuance of permits (1) an application for authorization shall prepare the operator, if necessary, call the experts.
(2) the application shall be provided the following information: 1) the installation and its activities;
2) the raw and auxiliary materials, other substances and the energy that the equipment used or produced;
3) source of emissions in the installation;
4) environmental conditions in the operation of the equipment;
5) nature and quantity of the following substances, which are likely to be emitted from the machine in water, air or soil, as well as significant emissions impact on the environment; 6) technology and other techniques for use in order to prevent or, where that is not possible, reducing emissions from the installation;
7) the best available techniques, what category A activities requesting operator used or intend to use, to prevent or limit pollution from occurring;
8) the measures that will be taken to prevent or reduce the production of waste and recycled waste generated by the installation;
9) other measures that will be taken to ensure that this law laid down in chapters II and III of the requirements;
10) procedures for polluting activities to carry out the monitoring.
(3) the application shall indicate the polluting activities possible alternatives and justify why the chosen option. If those alternatives already considered in assessing the impact on the environment, the application shall be accompanied by an environmental impact assessment of the final report and the opinion on it.
(4) the regional environmental Board, when issuing permits for polluting activities, which, in accordance with the laws and regulations require an environmental impact assessment, assess and take account of the environmental impact assessment report and the environmental impact assessment State Bureau's opinion on the environmental impact assessment of the final report.
(5) the permit shall be issued by the regional environmental governance at the equipment site. If needed, the regional environmental authority of the experts invited, except those who participated in the preparation of the application.
29. article. Permit continuation of existing polluting and polluting activities of new start up (1) (A) of the Existing categories and category B activities are the polluting operation that requires a category A or a category B licence and have received other specific legislation permits for the emission of pollutants and which are made or are initiated not later than one year after the Cabinet's deadline.
(2) the cabinet shall set a time period after which must not start a new category A or category B without the appropriate permit.
(3) Cabinet of Ministers set a time-limit within which the operator must submit an application for authorization in relation to an existing category A or category B activities.
(4) A category A or B for Major categories of activity change permission receivable in the order laid down in category A or category B licence.
(5) any category A or category B activities may not be continued after the Cabinet's deadline, the absence of category A or category B licence.
30. article. Information on the activities of (1) changes before the changes to the operator within the time limit set by the Cabinet notify the regional environmental Board, which assessed whether this change be considered substantial changes and that it is necessary to amend the conditions of the permit, and shall inform the operator. Change the action that led to the operation of the equipment above mentioned in the annex to this law, is a fundamental change.
(2) if the operator has implemented operational changes due to changing pollutant activities category, regional environmental Administration considered for other categories the authorisation or decides that the polluting activities further permission is required.
31. article. The permit conditions (1) the authorisation shall include conditions, compliance with which is necessary to ensure protection of human health and the quality of the environment-air, surface water, groundwater, soil and protection of subsoils, and determine: 1) the emission limits for pollutants that are likely to be emitted from the installation, subject to the nature of the substance concerned and the potential to transfer pollution from one environment to another (water, air, soil), as well as other types of emission limits;
2) requirements to be met by the operator to ensure the protection of human health and the environment, as well as waste management, use of natural resources and energy, as well as the use of chemicals and chemical products;
3) measures relating to plant unusual operating conditions, with the start-up of the equipment, possible leakage, incorrect operation, sudden stopping and termination;
4) other measures to be taken to ensure that this law, the requirements set out in chapter II.
(2) A category A permit conditions based on best available techniques, without stating the specific nature of technology used, but taking into account the technical characteristics of the installation concerned, its geographical location and environmental conditions.
(3) if the environmental quality regulations stipulate stricter conditions than it follows from the requirement to use best available techniques, category A includes other conditions permit, in order to achieve certain environmental quality regulations.
(4) category B permit conditions based on the operation of the relevant pollutant characteristics, its geographical location and environmental conditions. Legislation in the cases specified in the permit for category B includes specific technical characteristics of the equipment.
(5) the authorisation includes conditions that reduce the shifting of pollution over longer distances, as well as the cross-border transfer.
(6) if the polluting activity is carried out or to be contaminated or potentially contaminated site, regional environmental management conditions of authorisation include requiring the operator to make a contaminated or potentially contaminated site investigation or remediation of contaminated sites. Decision on reorganisation of the research or the inclusion of conditions of authorisation are taken under Chapter VII of this law.
32. article. Review and renewal of authorization (1) permit is issued for five years. If the polluting activities impact on human health or the environment are not sufficiently established, permit is issued for a shorter period of time.
(2) the regional environmental authority of the Cabinet of Ministers established the reference conditions of the authorisation and, if necessary, restore them or completion.
(3) the issue of a permit or permit conditions report in the following situations: 1) the information on the negative effects of pollution on human health or the environment, is exceeded environmental quality standards or limit values to changes in the law that determines the quality of the environment;
2) with new best available techniques make it possible to significantly reduce emissions, making A category;
3) in accordance with the opinion of the public authorities to ensure the security of the process, it is necessary to use other technology;
4) determined by other legislation.
(4) the Operator shall submit an application for a new licence in the relevant regional environmental administration not later than three months before the expiry of the previous licence or one month referred to in the third subparagraph of the opening.
Chapter VI Contaminated and potentially contaminated site identification and registration article 33. Contaminated and potentially contaminated site identification and initial assessment (1) contaminated and potentially contaminated sites in the administrative territory of the identified and evaluated initially municipality in cooperation with the regional environmental governance.
(2) the Ministry of Defense identified and evaluated initially in the possession of its existing contaminated sites and inform them of the relevant local and regional environmental governance.
(3) the Contaminated and potentially contaminated sites assessment methods and procedures, as well as the funding arrangements, data collection and the conditions of use are governed by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(4) the Contaminated and potentially contaminated site identification and initial evaluation, the results are freely available to the public.
34. article. Contaminated and potentially contaminated sites and the registration of land-use restrictions (1) contaminated and potentially contaminated site records the regional environmental administration Cabinet. Contaminated areas of the military regional environmental governance are recorded after the opinion of the Ministry of defence.

(2) the contaminated site registration and administration of regional environmental opinion of municipality determines the limits of the territory development planning, as well as restrictions on living in the area and any other use of this site, if this is necessary to protect human health or the environment. The territorial environmental health center determines people's health needs.
(3) the limits are based on the degree of hazard of contaminants, potential effects on people living in the surrounding areas, the quality of the environment and the need to make future remediation measures.
(4) the Defense Department recommendations on restrictions on the military contaminated sites, which are not its possession, and shall set the limits of the territory is its possession.
(5) the institution that adopted the restrictions, cancel them if these restrictions are no longer necessary for the protection of human health or the environment.
(6) the institution that adopted the restrictions referred to in this article, shall inform about them or lifting of other institutions and natural and legal persons to whom these restrictions apply.
35. article. Information about contaminated or potentially contaminated sites (1) The owner or user of land, which includes a contaminated site, the operator, and to other natural or legal persons, if their disposal is news of contaminated or potentially contaminated sites, which have not been identified and registered in this law and other regulations in accordance with the procedure laid down in this report must be provided to the regional environmental authority or municipality.
(2) If contaminated or potentially contaminated site can pose a threat to human health or the environment, the regional environmental authority shall inform the authorities, other institutions, as well as natural and legal persons, in each case subject to the specific circumstances.
(3) If contaminated or potentially contaminated site is located or, if unchecked, may contain explosive items, materials or for military purposes to be used for toxic or otherwise dangerous substances, municipal or regional environmental administration shall inform the Ministry of protection of an opinion.
(4) the land owner and the user is obliged to inform the potential successor to the rights and obligations of contaminated or potentially contaminated sites or use the relevant property in the area and its surroundings.
(5) the Latvian Environment Agency collects news about contaminated and potentially polluted places in the country.
Chapter VII Contaminated and potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites remediation of article 36. Research target and prerequisites (1) research aims to identify, or exceeded environmental quality standards or pollution or threat and could endanger human health or the environment. (2) the regional environmental authority Before initiating research, they should be given information about the areas that are contaminated or potentially contaminated.
37. article. Contaminated sites remediation measures and prerequisites (1) contaminated sites remediation is carried out if: 1) is exceeded environmental quality standards limit values;
2) pollution may endanger human health or the environment. (2) includes the Remediation measures to be taken to prevent pollution: 1) spread or penetration of underground waters;
2) restore or improve environmental quality contaminated site.
38. article. Persons charged with research and remediation measures expenditure (1) expenditure relating to the research and rehabilitation measures, covers: 1) operator, which carried out the polluting activity which occurred due to contaminated or potentially contaminated sites;
2) operator that performs or intends to perform a polluting activities in contaminated or potentially contaminated sites;
3) landowners who had a decisive influence in the company, which made the polluting activity by virtue of which that owner in land ownership in contaminated or potentially contaminated sites;
4) land or an object's owner or a user who voluntarily undertakes fully or partially cover the costs.
(2) the owner of the Land, if they do not apply the first paragraph of this article, the conditions covered by reorganisation measures, if the measures are made with his consent and land value increases after their implementation, as well as the first paragraph of this article may not fully cover bailout costs. The land owner's expenses must not exceed the increase in land value resulting from the bailout.
39. article. Personal ownership of the research and rehabilitation-related expenditure (1) If the investigation or remediation costs cover more of this law, the first paragraph of article 38 of the person referred to in paragraph 1, they are divided in proportion to the harm caused to the environment by each person. The distribution of expenditure, taking into account the quantity and type of emissions, as well as the time when the polluting activity. If it is not possible to split the costs, this law, the first paragraph of article 38 of the person referred to in paragraph 1 of the answer jointly and severally.
(2) the distribution of Expenditure assessed the regional environmental governance.
40. article. On the research and restoration of the institution responsible for (1) regional environmental administration monitor and control of contaminated or potentially contaminated sites research and rehabilitation, with the exception of the Ministry of defence in possession of contaminated and potentially contaminated sites.
(2) the Department of Defense or its authorised institution monitors and controls the possession of existing contaminated or potentially contaminated site investigations and remediation.
(3) regional environmental management, the Department of Defense or its authorised institution (hereinafter referred to as the responsible authority) shall cooperate with the local authorities, the State land Department, the Ministry of Welfare and other research and institutions involved in the restoration.
Article 41. Decision on the initiation of research (1) if the authorities had information about contaminated or potentially contaminated sites that pose or may pose a threat to human health or the environment, but does not contain sufficient information for the assessment of the threat, it shall take a decision on the need for research.
(2) If a decision on the need for research, the responsible authority in accordance with article 38 of this law defines the persons covered by the exploration expenses.
(3) If it is not possible to identify the persons covered by the survey, or to obtain the necessary funds for research, the responsible authority shall determine the amount of funds required and inform environmental protection and regional development Ministry or the Defence Ministry about its possession of existing sites.
(4) the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry or the Ministry of defence consider research to attract the national budget or other means.
(5) in determining the research and rehabilitation methods, account must be taken of the risk of pollution, in addition, the selected method must be economically justified to its realization does not cost more expensive than necessary objective.
(6) if the research the necessary means are provided, the competent body shall decide on the initiation of the study.
Article 42. Research of process control (1) the responsible authority shall draw up a research task. Research qualified natural or legal persons under contract to a person covered by the study, or the responsible institutions and on the basis of the research task.
(2) a research task, possible methods of research, detection parameters, precautionary measures to be followed in carrying out the research, time schedule, and monitoring procedures for information research.
(3) the responsible authority instructs investigator to develop a research program with the objective of the research, the methods and precautions to be followed in carrying out the research. Research program approved by the responsible authority.
43. article. Decision on reorganisation of initiation (1) if the competent authority has information on contaminated sites that pose or may pose a threat to human health or the environment, it shall take a decision on the bailout.
(2) If a decision on the need for rehabilitation, the responsible authority in accordance with article 38 of this law defines the persons covered by the bailout costs and the level of responsibility.
(3) If it is not possible to identify the individuals who bear the costs of remediation, or to obtain the necessary funds for the rehabilitation, the responsible authority shall determine the amount of funds required and inform environmental protection and regional development Ministry or the Defence Ministry about its possession of existing sites.
(4) the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry or the Ministry of defence consider the possibility to perform restoration to attract the national budget or other means.
(5) If a bailout is needed to ensure that the responsible authority shall take a decision on the bailout.
44. article. The reorganisation process management (1) the responsible authority shall draw up a recovery task (for each specific case). Rehabilitation of qualified natural or legal persons under contract to a person to bear the costs of remediation, or responsible authorities and on the basis of the recovery task.

(2) a reorganisation exercise indicates the desired results, the possible recovery methods, schedules, monitoring and the order in which the information about the bailout.
(3) the responsible authority instructs the operator to develop a restoration for the bailout program, stating the purpose of the rehabilitation, methods and precautions to be followed in carrying out the bailout. Rehabilitation program approved by the responsible authority.
Chapter VIII Monitoring, surveillance and control article 45. The operator carried out monitoring (1) the Operator shall be obliged periodically to control emissions, carry out monitoring and provide information to the Cabinet.
(2) operators that perform category A and category B activities, in accordance with the law and the procedures laid down in the authorisation, shall make regular measurements and inform about the regional environmental governance.
(3) the Operator are monitored in accordance with the permit, specifying the parameters to be determined, the place of sampling, frequency and methods of data collection and storage.
(4) the Operator shall immediately inform the authorities concerned: 1) if the polluting activities or as a result of threats can arise to human life, health or the environment;
2) emergency or threat.
(5) Monitoring data are available, the authorising authorities concerned control, the municipality and the public.
(6) category A and category B operator shall draw up an annual activity report on monitoring results and sends it and the authorising authorities concerned. The annual report is available for the control authorities and the public.
Article 46. Pollutant release register (1) the Operator shall collect the monitoring data in the register of pollutants.
(2) the establishment of a register of pollutants and the public accessibility of the information provided by the Latvian Environment Agency Cabinet.
47. article. (1) supervision This statutory requirements within their competence, monitor the environment and the Ministry of regional development and the environmental impact assessment State Bureau.
(2) the Ministry of defence in the statutory requirements for the possession of existing military contaminated and potentially contaminated areas.
48. article. The environmental impact assessment State Bureau of the environmental impact assessment State Bureau: 1) complaints about the regional environmental administration decision in connection with the issuing of permits and permit conditions;
2) in coordination with the environmental protection and regional development ministries, inform other countries about the permit application, where possible cross-border pollution transfer;
3) shall establish and maintain a database on best available techniques in the field concerned and inform them of the regional environmental management, as well as provide advice on this matter to entrepreneurs and organise training;
4) shall establish and maintain a register of licences issued, free of charge, is available to any natural or legal person.
49. article. Law enforcement control in this statutory requirements environmental State control inspectors who check: 1) or the operator has received the necessary permissions, but if a category C activities — has provided notice of this action;
2) pollutants is complying with this law, the requirements laid down in chapter II;
3) conditions of authorisation;
4) environmental quality laws and Cabinet regulations;
5) contaminated or potentially contaminated sites Research task, contaminated sites remediation tasks and program execution.
Chapter IX procedures for Redress in article 50. (1) appeals against decisions of regional environmental management decisions on the issue of a permit or permit conditions for some of the polluting activity which may endanger human life or adversely affect the health, safety, property or the environment, the operator or other interested natural and legal persons, including public bodies, within 30 days from the date of adoption of the decision can be appealed to the environmental impact assessment State Bureau. That person can also submit to this Office a complaint about the lack of public awareness of the issue of the permit process.
(2) where, in accordance with the conditions of the permit is possible to initiate or continue the polluting activity which may endanger human life or significantly affect human health, property or the environment, the decision on the conditions of the permit issued may appeal at any time, as long as the conditions of the authorization is in effect.
(3) if the decision is appealed to the environmental impact assessment State Bureau in the first paragraph of this article, the time limit expires, the authorization may be suspended until the examination of the complaint.
(4) the existing system for which you want to extend the deadline or need a different type of permit, in the case of an appeal will not be suspended, unless the company stops the activity regulations.
(5) any natural or legal person whose health, safety, or property may affect regional environmental management decision taken on contaminated or potentially contaminated sites research or the need for a restoration or research, or cover the cost of the reorganisation, a month from the date of adoption of the decision can be appealed to the environmental impact assessment State Bureau.
51. article. Handling of complaints (1) the environmental impact assessment State Bureau, was a complaint, decide: 1) or requires additional information from the regional environmental governance for polluting activities;
2) or need to stop operations until the permit issue.
(2) if the decision requires further information, the regional environmental authority instructs the operator to prepare the necessary materials. In this case, the question arises again no later than three months from the date of submission of the complaint.
(3) the regional environmental authority may extend the term of the authorisation, if it is over, but the new issue of the delayed appeal.
(4) If the environmental impact assessment State Bureau concludes that, in accordance with the issued permit are not guaranteed to human life, health or safety or the environment are not taken into account in this law and other legislative or regulatory requirements, it shall take a decision on the required amendment, cancellation of licences or other authorizations.
(5) the environmental impact assessment State Bureau's decision may be appealed to the Court of law.
1. Transitional provisions this law, 22, 23, and article 24, as well as the conditions of chapter V: 1) come into force for existing activities in category B, in accordance with the schedule set by the Cabinet of Ministers until 1 January 2007;
2) in the case of new activities in category B — January 1, 2003.
2. with respect to equipment, the incineration of waste, as the existing equipment, the operation of which all legislation specific permissions are received till 28 December 2002 and which launched operation not later than 28 December 2004.
3. The Cabinet of Ministers to 2002 1 January issued the following provisions: 1) for category B and category C polluting activities, the application and authorisation of category B;
2) for waste water, the emission limit values, on the issue of certain pollutants in the aquatic environment and on specific sensitive areas covered by increased requirements for urban waste water treatment;
3) for surface water and ground water quality;
4) on water and soil conservation of the agricultural activities of the pollution caused by nitrates and on particularly sensitive sites, subject to the requirements of protection from increased pollution by nitrates.
4. the Cabinet of Ministers before 1 January 2003 shall be issued to the following provisions: 1) on noise emission by equipment used outdoors;
2), arrangements for the inevitable, controlled and controllable air pollutant emissions from point sources of pollution;
3) about soil quality standards;
4) for traffic not transportable mechanism used in internal combustion engines produce emissions of pollutants;
5) on asbestos and asbestos products manufacturing pollution;
6) on the monitoring carried out by the operator order and the establishment of polluting substances and the availability of information to the public;
7) and WID waste incineration plants izvirzāmaj requirements.
5. The Cabinet of Ministers within two years from the date of designation of sensitive areas to issue rules on water pollution by nitrates reduction or elimination of particularly sensitive areas covered by increased requirements for the protection of water and soil from pollution by nitrates.
6. Authorities within two years from the entry into force of this law the day submitted to the respective regional environmental management news on its administrative territory of existing contaminated and potentially contaminated sites.
7. the existing category A transactions appearing in accordance with Cabinet of Ministers determine the schedule until the 2007 October 1.
The law shall enter into force on 1 July 2001.
The law adopted by the Parliament of 15 March 2001.
 
The President of the Parliament instead of the President j. stream 2001 in Riga on March 29.
 

The law will enter into force by 1 July 2001, but a separate article for entry into force — see. Transitional provisions.
 
 
Law "on pollution" polluting activity (installations), which require A permit for category (1) energy: 1) combustion equipment, heat capacity of more than 50 megawatts;
2) mineral oil and gas purification and refining plant;
3) coke ovens;
4) coal pārgāzēšan and liquefaction plants.
(2) in the production and processing of metals: 1) equipment metal ores, sulphide ores, also burning and melt;
2) equipment for cast iron or steel or re-melting the first, including the continued spilling with a capacity exceeding 2.5 tonnes per hour;
3) installations for the processing of ferrous metals: (a)) hot-rolled equipment, handling more than 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour, b) forging shop, using mechanisms (such as pneumatic or hydraulic hammer, press), the energy of which exceeds 50 kilodžoul to each mechanism where the thermal power exceeds 20 megawatts, c) equipment metal alloy aizsargslāņ the application, handling more than 2 tons of crude steel per hour;
4) ferrous metal foundries that production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day;
5): (a) equipment from ores,) where ore concentrates or secondary raw materials (e.g. scrap metal) to produce crude in the non-ferrous metals in metallurgical, chemical or electrolysis path b) non-ferrous metals, also used for recycling metals, smelting, including leģēšan, with a capacity of more than 4 tons of molten lead or cadmium or 20 tonnes per day of any molten metal a day;
6) equipment, which use electrolysis or chemical processes in metal and plastic surface treatment and electrolysis bath or chemical treatment tank capacity exceeding 30 cubic metres.
(3) minerals: 1) equipment of cement clinker in rotary kilns, which production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day of production, or lime in rotary kilns, of which the production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day of production, or other types of furnaces for the production of lime production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day of production;
2) installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos products;
3) equipment glass, including glass fibre production, with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day;
4) installations for the smelting of non-metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals also for the production of fibres, with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day;
5) equipment fired clay products, including roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, pattern or porcelain production, which produces more than 75 tons of finished products per day or firing the oven volume is greater than 4 cubic metres and roasting in the oven you can put more than 300 kilograms production per oven cubic meters.
(4) the chemical industry *: 1) installations for the production of organic chemical assay: a) hydrocarbons (cyclic and not cyclic, saturated and unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon) production, b) Oxygen-containing hydrocarbons derivatives, alcohol, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins, production, c) sulphurous hydrocarbons derivatives, d) Nitrogenous hydrocarbons derivatives-amide, Nitro, nitrate or nitrite compounds containing groups, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates production or , e) phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons derivatives production, f) hydrocarbon derivatives containing halogen, g) organometallic compounds for the manufacture of plastics, h): synthetic polymer fiber and cellulose fibre-polymer production i) synthetic rubber or rubber production, j) dyes and pigments industry, k) for the production of surfactants;
2) equipment for the production of inorganic substances: a) gases such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrochloric acid, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, fosgēn, production, b), such as hromskāb acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sērpaskāb, production, c) bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, production d) salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate- , silver nitrate, production, e) non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, Silicon, silicon carbide;
3) companies, nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium-based fertilizers simple or combined;
4) plant protection products or biocides;
5) companies that produce pharmaceutical substances using chemical or biological processes;
6) companies for the production of explosives.
(5) the waste management: 1) facilities for hazardous waste, including waste oil disposal or recycling capacity exceeds 10 tonnes per day;
2) installations for the incineration of municipal waste with a capacity exceeding 3 tons per hour;
3) municipal waste facilities for biological or physico-chemical processing, which can accommodate more than 50 tonnes of waste per day;
4) landfill, which hosts more than 10 tons of waste per day or with a total capacity exceeding 25 000 tonnes, excluding landfills of inert waste;
5) installations for the disposal of hazardous waste, if they bury polihlorēto polihlorēto biphenyls, terphenyls or wastes containing these substances or devices.
(6) Other sectors: 1) equipment: a) pulp from timber or other mechanical pulp, b) paper or paperboard production, producing more than 20 tonnes of production per day;
2 fiber or fabric) equipment initial processing (washing, bleaching, mercerization or dyeing), which handles more than 10 tons of material a day;
3) equipment for the processing of leather, which produces more than 12 tonnes of finished products per day;
4) plant foods: a) slaughterhouse that produced more than 50 tonnes per day, (b) the carcass) food factories that processed and processed products of animal origin, excluding milk, which produces more than 75 tons of finished products per day, or plant, handling and processing vegetables and produces more than 300 tonnes of finished products per day (if 300 tonnes per day is the average of the quarterly) , c) milk factories, which accepts more than 200 tons of milk a day (if 200 tonnes per day is the annual average);
5 animal carcass) plant and animal offal or recycling for processing capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day;
6) farm for intensive pig and poultry farming, which can grow more than 40 000 a), (b) poultry) more than 2,000 pigs, weighing more than 30 kilograms more than 750 sows, c);
7) equipment, substances, materials or products for the surface treatment using organic solvents, also finishing work, printing, surface coating, degreasing, watertight form of processing, calibration, painting, cleaning or impregnating,, in which the organic solvent consumption exceeding 150 kilograms per hour or 200 tonnes/year;
8) equipment of coal or graphite electrode production, through the burning of high temperatures.
* The term "production", in relation to the activities referred to in this section means the volume of the industrial production process in this section 1., 2., 3., 5 and 6 above substances or groups of substances in chemical processing.