Ordinance No. 171 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety validating the Methodology for calculation of the amount of damage caused by pollution and littering of land resources due to violation of environmental legislation.

The Methodology establishes the procedure for calculating the amount of compensation for damage by business entities and natural persons in the course of their activities due to chemical pollution of land, contamination with industrial, household and other waste, and applies to all land categories of Ukraine regardless of ownership. The Methodology is used to determine the amount of damage from pollution (littering) of land of any category, which occurred due to unauthorized (unforeseen by projects, permits) discharges (emissions) of substances, compounds and materials, due to violations of environmental security related to storage, transportation and carrying out loading and unloading works, use of pesticides and agrochemicals, toxic substances, industrial and household waste and unauthorized disposal of industrial, household and other waste. The Methodology does not apply to calculation of the amount of damage caused to land resources due to their radioactive and bacterial contamination. Land shall be considered contaminated if it presents negative quantitative or qualitative changes that have occurred as a result of economic activity or the impact of other factors. The changes may be due not only to the appearance in the aeration zone of new hazardous substances, which did not exist before, but also an increase in the content of substances exceeding their maximum allowable concentration, which are characteristic of unpolluted soil or in comparison with agrochemical certificate data (for land agricultural purposes). Land shall be considered littered if there are alien objects and materials on the open ground, garbage disposed without proper permits, which has led or may lead to environmental pollution. The Methodology contains calculation formulae for evaluation of damages.