Regulations on the protection of geological environment in mines

The mine geological environment protection and land reclamation plan shall include the following contents:

(1) basic conditions of the mine;

(2) basic information of mining area;

(3) Assessment of mine geological environment impact and land damage;

(4) Feasibility analysis of mine geological environment management and land reclamation;

(5) mining geological environment management and land reclamation projects;

(6) Mine geological environment management and land reclamation work deployment;

(7) Fund estimation and schedule;

(8) Safeguard measures and benefit analysis.

Article 13 Where the applicant for mining rights fails to prepare the mine geological environment protection and land reclamation plan, or the plan for mine geological environment protection and land reclamation does not meet the requirements, the competent department of natural resources with the approval power shall inform the applicant to make corrections; If no rectification is made within the time limit, the application for mining rights shall not be accepted.

Article 14 Where the mining right owner enlarges the mining scale, changes the mining area or the mining method, he shall work out a new plan for mining geological environment protection and land reclamation and submit it to the original approval authority for approval.

Article 15 The owners of mining rights shall strictly implement the approved plans for geological environment protection and land reclamation in mines.

The design and construction of mining geological environment protection and restoration projects shall be carried out simultaneously with the mining activities of mineral resources.

Article 16 Where the mining of mineral resources causes damage to the geological environment of a mine, the owner of the mining right shall be responsible for restoring it, and the expenses for restoring it shall be included in the production costs.

Where the person responsible for mining geological environment control and restoration is lost, the competent department of natural resources of the city or county where the mine is located shall use the special government funds established with the approval of the city or county people's government to carry out control and restoration.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the departments in charge of natural resources of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall grant financial subsidies to the departments in charge of natural resources of cities and counties in accordance with the mine geological environment protection plan and the requirements of the mine geological environment management project management system.

Article 17 The owners of mining rights shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, draw up funds for the restoration of mining geological environment. The fund shall be independently used by the enterprise, and shall be used as a whole for the restoration of the mine geological environment and land reclamation according to the budget, project implementation plan and schedule determined by the mine geological environment protection and land reclamation plan.

Article 18 The owners of mining rights shall fulfill the obligations of mine geological environment protection and land reclamation in accordance with the requirements of the mine geological environment protection and land reclamation plan.

If the mining right holder fails to fulfill the obligations of mining geological environment protection and land reclamation, or fails to meet the requirements of the mining geological environment protection and land reclamation plan, the relevant department in charge of natural resources shall order the mining right holder to fulfill the obligations of mining geological environment protection and land reclamation within a time limit.

Article 19 Before a mine is closed, the mining owner shall fulfill the obligations of protecting the geological environment of the mine and of land reclamation. When applying for pit closure procedures, the mining right holder shall pass the acceptance inspection by the competent department of natural resources and submit the acceptance inspection documents.

Article 20 Where the right to mine is transferred, the obligations of mine geological environment protection and land reclamation shall be transferred at the same time. The transferee of mining rights shall, in accordance with these provisions, perform the obligations of mine geological environment protection and land reclamation.

Article 21 Where the owner of the prospecting right does not apply for the mining right after the completion of the prospecting activities for mineral resources by means of trough exploration or pit exploration, the owner shall take appropriate measures for treatment and restoration, backfill and close the boreholes, exploration Wells, troughs and roadways left over by the prospecting for mineral resources, and restore the dangerous rocks and slopes formed so as to eliminate hidden safety risks.

Chapter IV Supervision and administration

Article 22 The departments in charge of natural resources at or above the county level shall supervise and inspect the mining right holders' performance of their obligations for mining geological environment protection and land reclamation.