Public Control over the Implementation of the Best Available Technologies as an Important Element of the Country’s Modern Environmental Policy

Association of Developers of Environmental Technologies and Environmental Initiatives, General Director, 115054, 3rd Monetchikovsky per., 11/1, 501, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The urgent need for the formation of an open and transparent system of public control and environmental and technological assessment of the implementation and application of the best available technologies (BAT) at the largest industrial enterprises of Russia (primarily at enterprises of the Ist Hazard Category) is justified. As an effective measure for forming such a system, the possibility of introducing the national standard “Best Available Technologies. Methodological recommendations for conducting a public expert environmental and technological assessment of the introduction of BAT in enterprises” is described. For consideration and discussion of readers submitted a draft of this document, developed by the author of this article. The basic concept of the proposed document is to establish clear requirements for the procedure and procedure for conducting public audits of BAT implementation. According to the author’s idea, the recommended standard will be a comprehensive document aimed at solving a whole range of urgent problems in the field of research. It is expected that its implementation will contribute to enhancing the transparency of financial flows allocated for the implementation of the National Ecological Project, as well as its separate federal project, “Implementation of the Best Available Technologies”. A general increase in the quality, efficiency and transparency of the implemented environmental policy in the country is also expected.