Decision to start construction
Under the Order of USSR Mineral Fertilizer Ministry No. 5670 dated November 3, 1982, construction of chemical plant was commenced. In accordance with the Registration Certificate No. 221 dated February 11, 1992, issued by the Administration of Mendeleyevsk district and Mendeleyevsk, the plant was reorganized into the state-owned enterprise Novomendeleyevsk Chemical Plant.
The plant project is developed based on the Resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council of Ministers dated October 19, 1981 No. 1019 and the Order of USSR Fertilizer Ministry dated November 19, 1981, No. 570 “On increase in production and supply of mineral fertilizers to agriculture from 1981 to 1985.” General designer of Novomendeleyevsk Chemical Plant is the State Research and Design Institute for Nitrogen Industry (GIAP), Moscow. Ernest Tarshis is appointed as Project Manager.