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In Russia, Best Available Techniques (BAT) are considered to be Environmental Industrial Policy instruments, used both by environmental and industrial authorities. The Ministry for Natural Resources and Environment (Minprirody) and the Federal Supervisory Natural Resources Management Service (Rosprirodnadzor) are responsible for the development of environmental legislation and its enforcement. The Ministry for Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) works out industry-related acts, sectoral and regional programmes, and u...

New Russian environmental legislation categorises oil and gas refineries as installations obliged to implement Best Available Techniques (BAT) and obtain Integrated Environmental (IEP). This new legislation is similar to the Industrial Emissions Directive setting conditions to European installations. Russian Information and Technical Reference Books on Best Available Techniques (ITRB) have been developed since 2015, and ITRB for Gas Refineries have been worked out by technologists, environmentalists and industrial...