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The State Environment Inspectorate Charter

Original Language Title: Vides valsts inspekcijas nolikums

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The Republic of Latvia Cabinet of Ministers on 19 august 1997 the rules no. 305 in Riga (. 45.1 ¤) environmental regulations issued by the State inspection in accordance with the law "on environmental protection", article 44 i. General questions 1. environmental State Inspectorate of environmental protection and regional development the Ministry of civiliestād by the laws of the executing State, the control and supervision of the protection of the environment and use of natural resources in the area around the Latvian territory, continental shelf, as well as in the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Riga the Latvian economic area , territorial waters and internal waters.
2. environmental State Inspectorate shall carry out its tasks in cooperation with State and local authorities, public organizations and public inspectors of environmental protection, as well as the appropriate foreign supervisory authorities.
3. The State environment inspectorate supervises the regional environment administrations, the management of the marine environment, the national reserve and other specially protected natural areas of the environmental activities of the single national inspectors control in environmental protection and the rational use of natural resources.
4. environmental State Inspectorate is a legal person, and it is supplemented with the State of the Republic of Latvia the small coat-of-arms image and environmental State Inspectorate of the full name.
5. environmental State Inspectorate has the budget account in the Treasury. Environmental State Inspectorate is funded from the State budget.
II. Environmental State inspection tasks 6. environmental State Inspectorate has the following tasks: 6.1 control all types of natural resource extraction and utilisation rules, as well as wild (well protected) of animal and plant species protection and reproduction are respected (the relevant limit, the quota period, the number of measures introduced to regulate, the reintroduction, crossover, trading and collection building requirements);
6.2. control the specially protected natural areas and objects, as well as water, forest, environmental and natural resource protection, land protection zones and protection of subsoils, and terms of use;
6.3. control the release of contaminants (discharges) environment;
6.4. control of radioactive substances and chemical use, storage and transport rules, as well as all types of waste, by-products and organic residue collection, use, disposal, decontamination and storage rules;
6.5. to control the transportation of dangerous goods (road transport) security rules, as well as to harmonise dangerous goods transport routes;
6.6. control the nuclear safety of nuclear installations and nuclear material storage and transport rules, take source tracking, as well as the handling of non-ionising radiation source tracking, which can have a significant environmental impact; 6.7. take of inland waterway vessels and the registration of motor, if the main engine power does not exceed 55 kW (75 HP), as well as rowing boats and other floating bezdzinēj registration, if the payload is 300 kg or three people and more but not exceeding 80 gross tons;
6.8. to provide State and local government institutions and public information on the State of the environment and use of natural resources in the area of control.
III. Environmental State Inspectorate officers and employees 7. environmental State Inspectorate officials is: 7.1. environmental State Inspectorate Chief, who is at the same time environmental protection of the Republic of Latvia, the main State Inspector. Environmental State inspection Chief is by a civil servant (official candidate) and he appointed and released from the post of environmental protection and regional development Minister;
7.2. environmental State Inspectorate, Deputy Head of the State environmental inspection unit managers and their deputies, as well as senior inspectors, inspectors and later inspectors who are civil servants (officials of the candidates) that are appointed and removed from Office in accordance with the law "on State civil service".
8. environmental State Inspectorate officials in the confidentiality of information which has become known in the performance of their duties.
9. environmental State Inspectorate officials are responsible for the decision, issued orders and compliance activities regulations. The officials said the orders and decisions can be appealed to the law.
10. environmental State Inspectorate Chief: 10.1. plans, manages and organizes the State Environment Inspectorate's activities and is responsible for it;
10.2. determine the environmental State Inspectorate structure and environmental State Inspectorate unit functions as well as approve the Department regulations;
10.3 in accordance with wage fund approves the environmental State inspection staff list, as well as amendments to it;
10.4. appointed and released from Office by the State environment inspectorate officers (candidates of officials), as well as recruiting and dismissal of environmental State Inspectorate employees;
10.5. the issue of environmental State Inspectorate officers and employees of binding orders;
10.6. without express authorisation of the representative environmental State Inspectorate;
10.7. amending or repealing any environmental State Inspectorate officials order and decision, if it is at variance with the laws or regulations;
10.8. addressing questions related to the State Environment Inspectorate's financial activities and the improvement of technical equipment;
10.9. coordinated and methodological environment chaired the regional administrations, the management of the marine environment, the national reserve and other specially protected natural areas of environmental State Inspectorate as well as give them binding instructions to the environmental and natural resource issues;
10.10. suspend or repeal the relevant regional environmental protection Chief State Inspector decisions if they do not meet the requirements of the law.
IV. Environmental State Inspectorate officials right 11. environmental State Inspectorate officials shall have the following rights: 11.1. take decisions, give opinions and make orders and regulations, draw up protocols (laws) and examine the materials on the protection of the environment and use of natural resources in violation of the laws and to call for the perpetrators to administrative responsibility or make other specific legislation;
11.2. If the laws are not respected in the environmental and natural resource use, suspend, discontinue or prohibit the perpetrator of the legal or natural person, propose misappropriated or wrongfully used permissions (licenses) of the cancellation;
11.3. in the event of legal action against persons for damages caused to the environment;
11.4. your tasks, to request and receive, free of charge from legal and physical persons in the information environment and use of natural resources;
11.5. in accordance with the national environmental inspection plans or if there is reason to believe that environmental damage, legislation established to visit and to check the protection of the environment and use of natural resources in compliance with the laws in any object;
11.6. If there is reason to believe that a violation of the protection of the environment and use of natural resources and other environmental laws and regulations, State inspection officer may stop and inspect vehicles in place of the infringement, if that officer is the Cabinet of Ministers approved a common pattern uniforms;
7.3. the laws and regulations in order to purchase, store, carry and use firearms and special service features;
11.8. to wear the Cabinet approved a common pattern uniforms with appropriate identification.
Prime Minister g. shore environmental protection and regional development Minister-Defense Minister t. Jundz States