The passports of hazardous wastes at the enterprises are necessary according to the article 14 of the federal law "On Production and Consumption Wastes" dated 24.06.98 № 89-фз. The hazardous wastes depending on a degree of their harmful influence on natural environment and health of the people are subdivided into classes of danger according to reference criteria of classes of danger. The individual businessmen and legal persons during activity of which hazardous wastes are formed, are obliged to confirm reference of their wastes to a concrete class of hazard.
The hazardous wastes must have a passport. The passport of hazardous wastes is drawn up on the basis of data on structure and properties of hazardous wastes and estimation of their hazard. The transportation and temporary storage of hazardous wastes is effected only at presence of the passport.
To attribute wastes to other class of danger, it is necessary to address RF ministry of natural resources with the evidence of their reference and to fulfill certain requirements. There is an order "On certification of criteria of reference to a class of hazard" authorized by the ministry of natural resources of Russia on June 15, 2001 № 511, where wastes differ according to a degree of possible hazardous effect on natural environment at direct or indirect influence of a hazardous waste according to the criteria.
On June 12, 2003 the Government of Russian Federation regulation № 344 "On the specifications of payment " was issued, in which the sizes of payment for emissions of polluting substances, for dumps and emissions into water objects, for wastes disposal have been specified. Depending on a class of danger the requirements to the utilization, storage, transportation are differing, as are the charged payments for use of natural resources.