Key points of compliance in completion and operation of mine projects

Key points of compliance in completion and operation of mine projects

After the completion of a mine project, it is necessary to perform special acceptance, completion acceptance and other procedures, and obtain a safety production license before it can be put into production. Focus should be paid to the following compliance obligations:

1. Complete environmental acceptance

After the completion of a mine project, the construction unit shall, in accordance with the standards and procedures prescribed by laws and regulations, check and accept the supporting environmental protection facilities and prepare an acceptance report. In the process of acceptance of environmental protection facilities, construction units shall truthfully examine, monitor and record the construction and commissioning of environmental protection facilities of construction projects. Except in cases where confidentiality is required according to state regulations, the construction unit shall disclose the acceptance report to the public according to law.

2. Complete the acceptance of soil and water conservation facilities

The construction unit shall, before the completion and acceptance of a mine project, organize a third-party institution to prepare an acceptance report on soil and water conservation facilities. Where the conclusion of the acceptance report of water and soil conservation facilities is that the conditions for acceptance are met, the production and construction units shall organize the completion acceptance inspection of water and soil conservation facilities and form a written acceptance inspection and appraisal of water and soil conservation facilities. Production and construction units shall, after passing the acceptance inspection of water and soil conservation facilities, promptly publicize the materials for acceptance inspection of water and soil conservation facilities on their official websites or other websites known to the public, and submit the materials for acceptance inspection of water and soil conservation facilities to the competent administrative department.

3. Complete acceptance of water intake project and obtain water intake license

Where a mine project water intake project or facility is completed and has been in trial operation for 30 days, the construction unit shall submit relevant materials to the water intake examination and approval authority and apply for a water intake license. The examination and approval authority for water intake shall, within 20 days after receiving the materials, conduct on-site verification of the water intake project or facility and issue opinions on acceptance. For those that pass the acceptance inspection, a water drawing license shall be issued.

4. Complete the acceptance of safety facilities

The construction unit completes all the construction contents in accordance with the approved safety facility design, and if it meets the conditions for completion acceptance, it shall organize the completion acceptance of the safety facilities of the construction project. If the construction unit implements multi-level management, its superior unit with independent legal personality (or company headquarters) can also be responsible for organizing inspection and acceptance. The safety supervision department shall supervise and verify the completion and acceptance activities and acceptance results of mine projects.

5. Complete the acceptance of occupational disease prevention facilities

Before the inspection and acceptance of the occupational-disease-prevention facilities, the construction unit shall work out the inspection and acceptance plan and submit a written report to the work safety supervision and administration department. The principal person in charge of the construction unit or its designated person in charge shall organize occupational health professionals to review the evaluation report on the control effect of occupational disease hazards, check and accept the occupational-disease-prevention facilities, and form review opinions and acceptance opinions. The construction unit shall make a written report on the acceptance process of the occupational-disease-prevention facilities for future reference. The construction project with serious occupational-disease-prevention hazards shall submit a written report to the work safety supervision and administration department.

6. The coal mine project shall carry out joint trial operation

After the completion of a coal mine project, joint trial operation shall be carried out before the completion and acceptance. The project construction unit shall prepare a joint trial operation plan and report it to the provincial coal industry administrative department for the record. After the completion of the joint test run, the construction unit shall prepare a joint test run report.

7. Coal mine projects shall implement capacity replacement requirements

The State Council and the National Development and Reform Commission have stipulated that since 2016, the new coal production capacity reduction and replacement policy has been implemented, and the new coal mine projects have to implement the reduction and replacement, and the coal mine projects need to provide the capacity replacement plan before the application for approval, and the project approval authority will review and approve the capacity replacement plan according to the requirements. In order to promote the acceleration of the construction of advanced capacity coal mines, the state will review and confirm the capacity replacement plan of coal mine projects in 2022, and adjust it from the project approval to the completion acceptance.