On the issue of the draft law of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation No. 63 "On the approval of standards for maximum permissible impact on the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal...

Written on 14 May 2019.

Dear colleagues,

On the Federal portal of draft laws regulations, there is a draft law "On the changes in Annex 1 and Annex 2 to the law of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation of 5 March 2010 No. 63 "On the approval of standards for maximum permissible impact on the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal and the list of hazardous substances, including substances classified as priority hazardous, highly hazardous, hazardous and moderately hazardous to a unique lake ecological system Baikal". Limnological Institute SB RAS and leading limnologists cannot endorse the view of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation that suggests a manyfold increase in the permissible volume and concentration of substances emitted with waste waters into Lake Baikal. Enclosed you will find the letters sent to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.

Letter from V.N. Parmon, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Chairman of the SB RAS Scientific Council for Lake Baikal problems, Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Letter from Director of LIN SB RAS, Dr. A.P. Fedotov

Letter from Prof. O.A. Timoshkin

Letter from Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Letter from International Society of Limnology, Montreal, Canada

Japanese Limnology Society Letter in Support of Lake Baikal

Letter from Professor A.Yu. Karataev, Director of Great Lakes Center

From Ms. M. Rossler, UNESCO World Heritage Center

Letter Jim Elser-Director, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Bierman Professor of Ecology University of Montana

Letter from M.R. Twiss, President International Association of Great Lakes Research

Letter Andrew S. Cohen - Distinguished Professor of Geosciences and Joint Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona

Letter from Environment Defense fund, Editor-in-Chief P. Klebnikov