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Key Articles of the Law
Article 16 – qualitative and quantitative accounting and inventory of resources and secondary raw materials

Article 17 – sources of funding
a) Federal budget and other territorial governmental budgets
b) resources of enterprises, organizations and institutions (voluntary, licensing, permit fees, fines)
c) Federal through okrug ecological funds
d) environmental insurance (strakhovaniye) fines (enterprise for accident mitigation costs
e) credit banks
f) voluntary contributions

Article 18 – permitting procedure for all major users worked out by enterprise officials and government officials (graft)