Raising Knowledge among Students and Teachers on Tailings Safety
and its Legislative Review in Ukraine�

ROUND TABLE

The Round table entitled "Implementation ways of Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from the extractive industries" held in Kyiv in �President hotel� on February 7, 2017 was organized by LLC �Ecoplatform� with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

The Round Table aimed to unite the efforts of the national competent authorities, TMF operators, national and international experts to elaborate the strategy of competent authorities on TMF legislative issues and the practical ways of implementation of Directive 2006/21/EC provisions to Ukrainian legislation.

The representatives of three responsible ministers, five state services and others competent bodies, Ukrainian parliament, and DTEK company as the industrial partner of the project took part in the meeting. The participants of the Round table discussed the document �Analysis of Ukrainian legislation compliance with the requirements of Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from the extractive industries and the Roadmap of its implementation in the context of improving TMFs safety� developed by the project team.

During two discussion panels, the responsible representatives outlined their vision on the implementation of Directive 2006/21/EC in Ukraine. The second discussion panel focused on the methodological support for tailings management in terms of Directive 2006/21/EC provisions. The project team presented the methodology of improving TMFs safety taking into account the comments received from competent authorities. The feedback and comments from two trainings held at NMU in October and November 2016 had also been taken into account when making changes in the Ukrainian version of TMF Methodology adapted for inspection bodies.

The interactive map "Locations of large-tonnage storages of industrial wastes in Ukraine" was presented by the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine during the press briefing "Tailings Management Facilities Safety in Ukraine; European standards for industrial waste management".

The Round Table resolution summarized the proposals to the responsible competent authorities, namely the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine, State Service of Ukraine on Labour, State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

It was recommended to review the proposals outlined in the document �The analysis of Ukrainian legislation compliance with the requirements of Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from the extractive industries and Roadmap of its implementation in the context of improving TMFs safety�; revise the implementation terms and introduce relevant amendments to the Implementation Plan for Directive 2006/21/EC (approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 346-p of 8 April 2015); consider the possibility to approve the �Methodology for Comprehensive Evaluation of Tailings Management Facilities Safety� and its further use as a regulatory or guidance document for waste disposal sites operation and related state supervision.

The news on the Round table and press briefing was published on the websites of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Information agency "ZIK", ""Glavkom" and others.

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