The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has approved the Methodology for determining the amount of damage caused to land, soils due to emergencies and / or armed aggression and hostilities during martial law – Order of April 4, 2022 No. 167 .
The methodology determines the procedure for calculating the amount of damage to land, soils by states, executive authorities, local governments, businesses and individuals due to soil contamination, land littering caused by emergencies and / or armed aggression and hostilities during martial law as a result of their actions or inaction in all lands of Ukraine, regardless of their categories and forms of ownership.
The methodology provides the following definitions of terms:
soil contamination – accumulation in the soil of substances that adversely affect their fertility and other useful properties;
land littering – the presence of foreign objects, materials, waste and / or other substances on the land without proper permits.
All materials used for the calculation are formed in a separate case, which is stored in the authorized body that carries out state supervision (control) over compliance with the requirements of environmental legislation.
The authorized body exercising state supervision (control) over the observance of the requirements of the legislation on environmental protection has the right to provide copies of calculations together with the case to state authorities, local self-government bodies and law enforcement bodies.