Expert assessment of draft laws on chemical safety, industrial waste management and the protection of the air of a large city.
Dr Startsev assesses draft laws in three fields: chemical safety, industrial waste management and the protection of the air of a large city. He did this work in the State Duma and does it in the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg. His roles in both bodies are described on the page National Expert Work.
2000–2015
Voluntary assistant to Members of the relevant committee, taking part in preparing parliamentary hearings and committee meetings. From 2005, expert of the committee's Higher Environmental Council (section “Environmental Safety, including Radiation Safety”).
2006
Under the decision of the State Duma Committee on Environmental Protection of 8 February 2006, the UNIDO North-Western International Cleaner Production Centre worked with the committee on the legislative, international and information support for the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline across the Baltic Sea.
since 2021
Expert of the Standing Commission on Ecology and Environmental Management of the 7th convocation in chemical safety and climate change mitigation. In 2026 the Legislative Assembly thanked him “for active participation in the work of the standing commission and professional assistance in preparing and considering the items on the commission's agenda”.