Order of the State Committee for Environmental Protection validating the Provisional Regulation of charging fees for the pollution of areas of water that are considered federal property (except for groundwater areas) committed during the dislocation of ground soil, extraction of non-metallic minerals from underwater sand-pits and the burial of soil in the underwater dumps.

The Provisional Regulation regards all enterprises, institutions, organizations irrespectively of the form of property and departmental affiliation and foreign juridical persons (water users) that use water basins of the federal property (except for groundwater areas) in connection with the dislocation of ground soil, extraction of non-metallic minerals from underwater sand-pits and the burial of soil in the underwater dumps. The Regulation establishes environmental charges for the following types of water pollution: 1) water pollution by suspended substances; 2) water pollution by chemicals; 3) chemical pollution of ground deposition.