Regulations on the protection of geological environment in mines

The relevant responsible persons shall cooperate with the supervision and inspection of the departments in charge of natural resources at or above the county level, and provide necessary information to truthfully reflect the situation.

Article 23 The departments in charge of natural resources at or above the county level shall establish a monitoring system for the geological environment of mines within their respective administrative areas, improve the monitoring network, conduct dynamic monitoring of the geological environment of mines, and guide and supervise the mining rights holders to carry out monitoring of the geological environment of mines.

The owner of the mining right shall regularly report the geological environment of the mine to the competent department of natural resources at the county level where the mine is located, and truthfully submit monitoring data.

The competent department of natural resources at the county level shall regularly report the summarized geological environment monitoring data of mines to the competent department of natural resources at the next level.

Article 24 The competent department of natural resources at or above the county level, when performing the supervision and inspection duties for the protection of the geological environment in mines, shall have the right to carry out on-site inspection of the implementation of the treatment and restoration measures established in the mine geological environment and land reclamation plan and the monitoring of the geological environment in mines, and shall have the right to stop acts violating these provisions and investigate and handle them according to law.

Article 25 Where an emergency occurs in the geological environment of a mine due to mining activities, such as mining mineral resources, the person responsible shall take emergency measures and immediately report to the local people's government.

Chapter V Legal liability

Article 26 Those who, in violation of these provisions, should prepare plans for the protection of the geological environment of mines and land reclamation but fail to do so, or expand the scale of mining, change the scope of mining areas or mining methods, or fail to re-prepare plans for the protection of the geological environment of mines and land reclamation and are approved by the original examination and approval authority, shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit, and be included in the abnormal list of mining rights owners or the list of serious violations; Those who fail to make corrections within the time limit shall be fined a maximum of 30,000 yuan, and their applications for new mining licenses or for renewal, alteration or cancellation of mining licenses shall not be accepted.

Article 27 Those who, in violation of these provisions, fail to control in accordance with the approved mine geological environment protection and land reclamation plans, or fail to complete the control and restoration before the mine is approved for closure or closure, shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit and be included in the abnormal list of mining owners or the list of serious violations; Those who refuse to make corrections within the time limit or fail to make corrections shall be fined a maximum of 30,000 yuan, and their applications for new mining rights licenses or for renewal, alteration or cancellation of mining rights licenses shall not be accepted.

Article 28 Those who, in violation of these provisions, fail to draw funds for mining geological environment rehabilitation and restoration in accordance with the provisions shall be ordered by the competent department of natural resources at or above the county level to draw funds within a time limit; Those who fail to make a withdrawal within the time limit shall be fined not more than 30,000 yuan. The competent department of natural resources that issues the mining license shall not adopt the annual report of its mining activities and shall not accept the application for renewal of its mining rights.

Article 29 In violation of the provisions of Article 21 of these Provisions, the owner of the prospecting right fails to take measures for rehabilitation, shall be ordered by the competent department of natural resources at or above the county level to make corrections within a time limit; Those who refuse to make corrections within the time limit shall be fined not more than 30,000 yuan, and their applications for new exploration and mining rights shall not be accepted within five years.

Article 30 Whoever, in violation of these Provisions, disturbs or obstructs the work of mining geological environment protection and restoration, encroachments, damages or destroys mining geological environment monitoring facilities or mining geological environment protection and restoration facilities, shall be ordered by the competent department of natural resources at or above the county level to stop the illegal act, restore to the original state within a time limit or take remedial measures, and be fined not more than 30,000 yuan; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.