Most citizens of our country are well aware of the creak of our legislature. And the point here is not that the authorities adopt few laws. On the contrary, there are plenty of laws in our country, but their implementation leaves much to be desired. And especially suffers from this state of affairs environmental legislation, which in Russia exists exclusively on paper. This is largely due to the fact that in our country Rosprirodnadzor is in charge of these issues, which, in turn, is subordinate to the Ministry of Natural Resources Protection.
This scheme reflects the whole essence of the domestic bureaucratic machine - a heavy and clumsy structure that cannot quickly and adequately respond to emerging needs. In addition, this state body, already weak and incapable of independent and quick action, is bound hand and foot by state restrictions.
The main deterrent is verification. More precisely, the lack thereof. This organization, which should be responsible for the prevention of environmental disasters, cannot even carry out unscheduled inspections, as their number and terms are strictly regulated by law. However, there is still such an opportunity - after the relevant decree of the prosecutor’s office, where else should I go.
At the same time, the frequency of inspection of commercial firms should not exceed once every three years! For such a huge time, the company can repeatedly violate environmental laws and can easily evade responsibility without making any efforts for this. The ministry itself bitterly reports that not only one thousand breaks in oil pipelines in the country are recorded annually, and all officials get off with a maximum of an administrative penalty.
So, as you can see, the concept of environmental law as such in our country is completely absent. How can one deal with such a phenomenon at the state level? Experts and members of environmental organizations believe that, first of all, it is necessary to make Rosprirodnadzor directly subordinate to the Presidential Administration and the Government. This will allow not only to truly comply with environmental legislation, but also to save employees of the department from the networks of the bureaucratic red tape in which they find themselves.
Greenpeace members believe that the examination should be carried out not only by those objects of environmental law that are prescribed in legislative acts, but also by all industrial facilities without exception. Now often environmental disasters are caused by the fault of those enterprises that simply are not included in the corresponding register. Accordingly, it is simply impossible to verify them without the necessary authorization from the Prosecutor's Office.
Thus, the environmental legislation of Russia should be completely revised in the very near future, otherwise the damage to the environment may be irreversible.