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Decree No. 71 of the State Technical Supervision Service validating the Regulation on subsoil protection.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Mineral resources
Keyword
Hazardous waste Recycling/reuse Waste disposal Exploration Mining Minerals Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

This Decree shall be binding on organizations irrespective of their organizational, legal form or form of ownership and on individual entrepreneurs carrying out extraction and processing of minerals or subsoil management not related to the extraction of minerals. Elaboration and implementation of projects for mining, mineral extraction, and management not related to the extraction of minerals shall be carried out in accordance with mining licences or product-sharing agreements. Project documentation shall include technical substantiation on subsoil and environmental protection, mining and extraction of minerals, recycling and burial of hazardous waste (if available), re-cultivation of disturbed plots of land and exploration. Soil re-cultivation arrangements may be elaborated separately.

Full text
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