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)