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GGD-92-9R 1 (1992-06-04)

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     Nj)     United States
(3    O      General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C. 20548

             General Government Division

             B-248746

             June 4, 1992                                      11111111

                                                                  146812
             The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
             Chairman, Subcommittee on European Affairs
             Committee on Foreign Relations
             United States Senate


             Dear Mr. Chairman:

             As you requested, we are providing information on (1) air
             pollution caused by fossil fuel production and processing
             within the Russian Federation, (2) the factors limiting the
             Russian Federation's efforts to reduce this pollution, and
             (3) the assistance currently given to the Russian Federation
             by U.S. government agencies and obstacles to promoting U.S.
             trade with and investment in the Russian Federation.

             BACKGROUND

             Environmental degradation is evident throughout the former
             Soviet Union. In 1988, during the Gorbachev regime, the
             USSR State Committee for Environmental Protection (Russian
             acronym: Goskompriroda) was created. This agency was
             supposed to replace a hodgepodge of state committees and
             ministries that shared responsibility for environmental
             policy; however, it lacked sufficient political authority
             and financial resources to effect major reforms. Since the
             breakup of the Soviet Union, Goskompriroda has been
             dissolved, and each republic has become responsible for its
             own environmental policy.

             AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY THE ENERGY SECTOR

             Activities involving the production and processing of fossil
             fuel have been significant contributors to air pollution
             within the USSR. As observed by Goskompriroda in 1989, the
             bureaucratic treatment of natural resource planning
             contributed to the depletion, wastage, and contamination of




             GAO/GGD-92-9R Air Pollution in the Russian Federation

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