Legal regulation of the functioning of monitoring systems of hydroelectric power plants in order to ensure environmental safety

Abstract

In this article, the author proceeds from the thesis that monitoring in order to ensure the environmental safety of hydroelectric power plants is necessary not only to control the sources of environmental impact, prompt assessment of the technical condition of hydroelectric power plants, but also to continuously assess the environmental risks arising during the operation of hydroelectric power plants, quality control components of the natural environment, ecological systems, which are, in one way or another, affected by the hydropower facility. The regulatory and technical documents on the basis of which the legal support for the functioning of monitoring systems for the environmental safety of hydropower facilities are carried out are analyzed. The conclusion is argued that it is important to assess the direct and indirect impact of hydroelectric power plants on the components of the natural environment, living conditions of the population and on the ecological system as a whole during operation; to monitor the environmental safety of hydroelectric power plants, an additional system of indicators of such impact is necessary.