1)
nationality-based units (republics, autonomous oblasts, autonomous okrugs
2) krays and oblasts -jurisdiction over "planning of
environmental protection and
resource use, and financing and material-technical support for ecological programs"
also
Oblasts and krays not authorized "to set differentiated rates of payment (user-fees) for use of natural resources and for emissions of
pollutants," but can "make decisions on use of
the environment and its resources,"
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS granted in principle the same rights as oblasts and krays (i.e, jurisdictional conflicts
likely)