Responsibility for environmental violations of servicemen

An environmental offense is an unlawful act that violates environmental protection laws and harms both the natural environment and the health of the individual. The subject can be legally liable for environmental offenses, property, administrative, disciplinary, etc. The damage caused is usually represented in the form of real or only alleged losses in the natural system. Most often, they are expressed in the form of damage in the described zone, for example, in the destruction of forests, as well as in the form of losses, that is, those expenses that will be needed to restore the disturbed state.

Responsibility for environmental offenses aims to protect the interests of citizens and society. In addition, this mechanism is one of the types of state coercion. Accordingly, these actions can only be used by authorized representatives of the state.

Disciplinary responsibility for environmental offenses

Servicemen are involved in it for improper execution or failure to perform their direct duties, which are directly or indirectly related to environmental protection. Within this category, misdemeanors include: failure to implement measures and plans, violations of regulations that have led to a decrease in the quality of the natural environment, non-compliance with special requirements and provisions defined by the All-Voluntary Charter.

Liability for environmental offenses

Chiefs of services, commanders of military units, soldiers, sergeants are involved in it, if the military unit has caused a certain part of the expenses aimed at compensation for damage through their fault. This category is defined in more detail in the Regulations on the Material Liability of Servicemen.

Administrative liability for environmental offenses

Servicemen are involved in it on the grounds provided for in the Administrative Code. Most often it is expressed in the form of a fine imposed on the entire military unit. Such violations include:

• Non-compliance with environmental standards and regulations;
• Pollution of nature and thereby causing harm to the animal and plant life, human health, property;
• Violation of the advanced requirements during construction, commissioning, reconstruction;
• The non-compliance with the requirements that were issued by the authorities exercising control;
• Violation of the requirements for processing, utilization, neutralization, burial of various types of waste;
• Non-compliance with the requirements for the use of radioactive, chemical and other harmful substances;
• Untimely provision of information on the environmental situation (or its distortion).

For these violations, a fine is established in accordance with regulatory documents, its magnitude may vary depending on the specific situation. It should be borne in mind that his recovery does not absolve the culprit from the obligations associated with compensation for damage.

Criminal liability for environmental offenses

It is carried in accordance with the chapter "Environmental Crime", described in the Criminal Code. These include public actions that are dangerous and infringe on the environmental order.