Establishment of the Regional Mining, Energy and Geology Office and closing of the Regional Clausthal-Zellerfeld Office and the Lower Saxony Soil Research Office.

The present Resolution establishes as of 1 January 2005 the Regional Mining, Energy and Geology Office. The tasks of the Office are, inter alia, the : a) implementation of administrative proceedings; b) advisory function, in particular, in the sphere of raw material management, energy management, agriculture, water resources, waste disposal, contaminated sites and soil protection; c) supply of basic geological information. Moreover, the Resolution disposes also the closing of the Regional Clausthal-Zellerfeld Office and the Lower Saxony Soil Research Office.