Municipal Legal Acts as Sources of Environmental Law
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General Provisions
Municipal legal acts play a key role in the system of environmental law, ensuring the implementation of federal and regional legislation at the level of local authorities.
They regulate relations concerning environmental protection, rational use of natural resources, waste management, protection of atmospheric air and water objects, as well as conservation of biodiversity and natural complexes.
Municipal legal acts include decisions, orders, and directives by local self-government bodies aimed at preventing the negative impact of economic activities on nature and creating conditions for sustainable development of territories.
These acts supplement federal and regional norms, specify principles of environmental law, and ensure their practical application in specific municipal conditions.
They become a tool for implementing environmental programs, monitoring compliance with standards, and encouraging environmentally safe behavior by citizens and legal entities.
Thanks to municipal legal acts, the legal basis for local environmental management and protection of the environment is formed, making them an important element of Russia's environmental law system.
Legal regulation of environmental relations at the local level
Federal Law No. 131-FZ dated October 6, 2003 "On General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation"1 grants local self-government bodies broad powers in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources.
Chapter 3 of the aforementioned Law defines matters of local significance for the settlement, city district, and municipal area. Such issues include: participation in the prevention and mitigation of the consequences of emergency situations within the settlement boundaries; organization of waste collection and removal; approval of general plans for the settlement, land use and development rules, preparation of documentation for territorial planning based on the general plans of the settlement, issuance of construction permits, permits for commissioning objects into operation during construction, reconstruction, capital repairs of capital construction objects located within the territory of the settlement, approval of local standards for urban planning of settlements, reserving lands and expropriation, including through purchase, of land plots within the boundaries of the settlement for municipal needs, implementation of land control over the use of lands in the settlement; organization and conduct of activities related to civil defense, protection of the population and territory of the settlement from natural and man-made emergency situations; creation, development and provision of security the organization and maintenance of health resorts and recreational areas of local significance within the settlement; exercising, within the limits established by the water legislation of the Russian Federation, the rights of the owner of water bodies, informing the population about restrictions on their use; carrying out municipal forest monitoring and supervision; organizing activities for environmental protection within the boundaries of the relevant municipal formation falls under matters of local importance.
The specified powers are implemented by local self-government bodies, including through the adoption of municipal normative acts.
Federal Law No. 131-FZ of October 6, 2003 "On the General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation" // RSZ RF. 2003. No. 40. Art. ↩