National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The purpose of environmental expertise is to ensure that planned or proposed economic activities comply with environmental requirements, assess their potential risks to the environment, prevent and mitigate their negative impact and evaluate the sufficiency and justification of proposed environmental protection measures and the rational use of natural resources.

The fundamental principles of environmental expertise include legality, objectivity, justification, free access to information and its reliability, public participation, openness and transparency.

Objects of Environmental Expertise:

—Materials related to the selection and allocation of land plots for all types of construction.

— Pre-design and design documentation.

—Regulatory, technical and methodological documents governing economic and other activities involving the use of natural resources, including projects for technical regulations, standards, rules and guidelines.

—Documents on the development of new technologies, technical equipment, materials, products and biological and chemical substances for neutralization, processing and disposal of waste.

—Existing enterprises and other facilities that have a negative impact on the environment and human health.

—Facilities with a special legal regime.

State Environmental Expertise Process:

—Verification of submitted materials for compliance with environmental protection legislation and the rational use of natural resources.

—Analysis of the accuracy and completeness of information regarding the environmental and social consequences of planned or ongoing activities.

—Assessment of the justification for the evaluation of the impact of biological and chemical substances and technologies on the environment.

—Review of the accuracy of environmental risk assessments associated with the consequences of the planned activity.

—Evaluation of the adequacy and validity of measures to ensure compliance with environmental safety requirements.

—Verification of the justification for proposed environmental standards and regulations.

It is important to note that if submitted documents contradict environmental legislation, contain false or misleading information, or if there are well-founded objections raised during public hearings, environmental expertise will be denied.

Important!

Banks and other credit institutions are prohibited from financing projects that lack a positive conclusion from the state environmental expertise. The project initiator (applicant) must ensure compliance with environmental legislation, as outlined in the environmental expertise conclusion and either resubmit the project for state environmental expertise or abandon the proposed activity.

Fact!

The conclusion of state environmental expertise is valid for 3 years from the date of issuance for environmental impact assessment materials and for 5 years from the date of issuance for draft regulatory legal acts in the field of environmental protection.

The validity of the environmental expertise conclusion is terminated upon the applicant's request, suspension of activity, failure to comply with the requirements specified in the conclusion, or in other cases established by law.