The concept and purpose of state environmental control

The article, based on current legislation, considers the concept and purpose of state environmental control. The object of the study is social relations that arise in the process of conducting control (supervisory) measures during the implementation of environmental control (supervision). The subject is the provisions of the theory of law related to the organization and conduct of control (supervisory) measures during the implementation of state environmental control (supervision). The methodological basis is a group of formal-logical methods: analysis, synthesis, abstraction and modeling, structural and system-functional methods. It is noted that the environmental function is one of the priority functions of the state, the relevance of studying the problems associated with its implementation is due to the difficult environmental situation in the country, recognized by the military aggression of the Russian Federation, in which the state of the natural environment is characterized by large-scale pollution of all components, thereby creating a real threat to national security. It is indicated that the control and supervision measure, as the basis of state environmental control (supervision), is a complex of interrelated control and supervision and other actions with the participation of three categories of entities (controlling, controlled and involved to assist in the implementation), carried out in the control and supervision proceedings in order to assess the compliance of the controlled entities with the mandatory requirements in the field of environmental protection and established by technical regulations. Approaches to understanding the control and supervision measure in the implementation of state environmental control (supervision) from the position of a number of its essential features are highlighted: as a form of exercise of rights and obligations by the subjects of procedural relations regarding the implementation of state environmental control (supervision) on the basis of the relevant norms of substantive law; as a method of assessing the compliance of the controlled entities with the mandatory requirements in the field of environmental protection and the requirements established by technical regulatory acts of the environmental control (supervision) bodies.