APPEAL NO. 074

December 23, 2004

A.B. Samakova
Minister of Environmental Protection
Republic of Kazakhstan

The Ecological Society “Green Salvation” requests that you provide copies of the following documents:

  1. The conclusion of the state environmental expertise for the project to reduce the Sanitary Protection Zone (SPZ) of the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field.
  2. The Environmental Impact Assessment for planned activities, i.e. the reduction of the SPZ of the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field.
  3. The project to reduce the SPZ of the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field.
  4. The results of the survey on the impact of the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field on the health of the population and the state of the environment, as conducted in 2002 by the Ministry of Public Health in coordination with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, and the resulting adopted measures (mentioned in a letter dated May 29, 2002 from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (No.02-05-09/1639).
  5. The complete reports on emissions of polluted substances into the atmosphere from employees at the Karachaganak Oil and Gas Condensate Field from 2000 to 2004.

Please send copies of the aforementioned documents to the following address:
480091, Almaty, ul. Shagabutdinova, Bldg. 58, Apt. 28.

In the event that you refuse to provide this information, we reserve the right to turn to the courts to appeal your actions.

Chairman of the Ecological Organization “Green Salvation”
S.G. Kuratov

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