42° 52’30” N; 76° 08’40” E Object name: Tailings Storage Facility No. 1 of the Ak-Tyuz Mining Administration Ownership (owner) of the object: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic Location of the object: slope of the left bank of the Kichi-Kemin River valley Region: Chui City (settlement): settlement of Ak-Tyuz Geographic coordinates of the object or settlement: Elevation (m): 2140 Period of operation and conservation: 1942 - 1955, conserved in 1956 Current technical condition

42° 42’12” N; 75° 35’10” E Name of the facility: Tailings Storage of the Orlovsky Chemical and Metallurgical Plant Ownership (owner) of the facility: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic Location of the facility: valley of the Berkut River Region: Chui Geographic coordinates of the facility or settlement: Elevation (m): 1446 Period of operation and conservation: 1969-1994 Current technical condition of the facility: unsatisfactory, surface not reclaimed, integrity of the

42° 39’00” N; 75° 37’01” E Ownership (owner) of the facility: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic Location of the facility: floodplain of the Berkut River Region: Chui City (settlement): settlement of Kashka Geographical coordinates of the facility or settlement: Elevation (m): 1100 Period of operation and conservation: 1954-1966, conserved in 1967

42° 40’45” N; 75° 34’40” E Name of the facility: Tailings Storage of the Orlovsky Chemical and Metallurgical Plant Ownership (owner) of the facility: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic Location of the facility: Kashka River valley, southern outskirts of the settlement Region: Chui City (settlement): Kashka Geographic coordinates of the facility or settlement: Elevation (m): 1750 Period of operation and conservation: 1969-1994

42° 44’00” N; 75° 37’10” E Tailings storage facility of the Orlovsky Chemical and Metallurgical Plant Ownership of the facility: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic Location of the facility: valley of the Taldy-Bulak River Period of operation and conservation: 1969-1994 Current technical condition of the facility: unsatisfactory, surface not reclaimed, anti-filtration screen damaged. Characteristics of the facility: tailings storage of the ravine-beam type. Volume of waste

75°36’43.002″E 42°44’18.462″N It is no secret that in Kyrgyzstan, the problem of waste disposal and processing has been poorly addressed for many decades. Many landfills form spontaneously and begin to operate on their own. Recently, activists discovered yet another large dump near the city of Orlovka in the Kemin district. According to experts, a spontaneous landfill is a serious source of environmental pollution. In the depths of the garbage pile, decomposition processes occur, involving

75°16’01.367″E 42°49’43.151″N In many places on the lands of the Chui Forestry, spontaneous dumps of household waste have been observed, with frequent cases of arson and self-ignition.

75°15’12.720″E 42°50’46.920″N In the territory of the Chui Forestry Enterprise in the Chui District (Nizhnyaya Lugovaya Street, Tokmak, territory of the Chui Forestry Enterprise), there are mass clearings of forest plantations on leased plots, and economic activities are being conducted in areas where the forest has been destroyed. Industrial-scale excavations for fish farming are being carried out, and the groundwater flow is being altered, leading to further marshland formation, while the

74°52’48.708″E 42°54’48.708″N Massive deforestation of plantations is taking place in the territory of the Chui Forestry in the Chui District (the "Yablonya" area, etc.) on leased plots, and economic activities are being conducted in areas where the forest has been destroyed. Industrial-scale excavation of pits for fish farming is being carried out, and the groundwater flow is being redirected, leading to further swampification of the territories, while the drainage of water from

75°15’58.265″E 42°49’49.097″N In the village of Milyanfan in the Issyk-Ata district, local residents have created an illegal dump. According to specialists, an illegal dump is a serious source of environmental pollution. Deep within the garbage pile, decomposition processes occur, involving anaerobic bacteria. As a result of this process, toxic biological gas is released, one of the components of which is methane. There is deep contamination of the soil, foul air is carried by the wind over