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Tianjin Municipal People's Government On The Amendment Of The Decision Of The Regulations On The Management Of Geothermal Resources In Tianjin

Original Language Title: 天津市人民政府关于修改《天津市地热资源管理规定》的决定

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(Adopted by the 30th ordinary meeting of the People's Government of the city of Zenin on 21 June 2004 No. 62 of 30 June 2004 No. 62 of the Decree No. 62 of 30 June 2004 No. 62, Publication of implementation effective 1 July 2004)

The Government of the city has decided to amend the Honour Resource Management Ordinance (No. 109 of the 1997 People's Government Order) as follows:
In this provision, the Urban Geothers Management Service has been harmonized as follows: “The Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency”; and a uniform amendment to the “Healther Mineral Resources Compensation”.
Amendments to article 4, paragraph 1, and subparagraph (iii) are as follows: “The Urban Planning and Land Resources Bureau is responsible for the management of geothermal resources in the city, with its primary responsibility:”
“(iii) Managing the geothermal exploitation of projects and the development and re-incruitization of wells, the approved geothermal annual mining indicators, which are responsible for the approval of wells and for the nuclear-promoting mining licence process.”
Article 7 is divided into two articles and is amended to read: “Article 7 procedures for the approval of various geothermal wells:
(i) To apply for geothermal wells, the following information should be submitted:
Applications for drilling wells;
The feasibility report prepared by the professional design cell;
Proportion of 1: 2000 well-being maps;
Other relevant documents.
(ii) The Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority, in accordance with the geospatial planning, feasibility certificate report, makes a decision on whether to approve the wells of the geothermal wells and to issue a letter of approval to the applicant; does not approve a letter of non-approval and reasons.
Article 8. The procedure for conducting geothermal mining permits is:
(i) To apply for geothermal mining licences, the following materials should be submitted:
To complete the report on the wells;
The bathymetry is completed;
(a) A report on the water test of the geothermal well;
The geothermal bathymetry analysis list;
Geothermal bathymetry information;
The report on the management of the geothermal wells;
The process map and descriptions of the geothermal pumps;
Resource development and rehabilitation programmes;
Other relevant materials.
(ii) The Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority verify the applicant's material and the geothermal wells and their subsidiary facilities on site, in line with the letter of approval of the territorial wells, and the nuclear geothermal mining licence.”
Article 9 was amended to read as follows:
Article 10 was amended to read: “The geothermal resources are owned by the State and geothermal resources are subject to reimbursement for geothermal mineral resources paid to the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency. Its standards are developed by the Municipal Prices Authority, the Urban Finance Authority, the Urban Planning and the Land Resources Authority.”
Article 15 has been amended to read: “There is required for the release of geothermal wells to be processed by the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency. Users should be closed as required. The geothermal wells need to be repaired and the construction units will be required to conduct the proceedings with the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority, which shall be subject to the approval procedure in accordance with Article 7 of the present Article when the changes are maintained.
Upon Article 17, an additional article was added: “No geothermal mining licence was obtained or a geothermal exploitation activity that was not authorized by the Ministry of Urban Planning and the Land Resources Authority was responsible for the cessation of the offence, confiscation of proceeds of the conflict and fine of up to 10,000 yen. In order not to stop the violation, the Municipal Planning and the Homeland Resources Authority is forced to seal wells and dismantle productive facilities.”
Paragraphs (iii), (iv), (vi), (vi) and (vi) of article 18 were amended to read as follows: (iii) there were no indicators or omissions to arbitrarily expand mining and to modify the approval of use;
(iv) No compensation for geothermal mineral resources;”
“(vi) Construction of a letter of approval by the well;”
“(viii) No geothermal mining licence has been obtained to convert other drills into geothermal mining.
Article 21 was amended to read: “The parties are not guilty of administrative penalties and may apply for review or prosecution. In order to apply for reconsideration, non-execution and non-implementation of sanctions decisions, the executive organs that make a penal decision apply for the enforcement of the People's Court.”
The content of article 23, article 24, “to the water sector or its mandated urban construction sector”, or its mandated urban construction sector”, shall be deleted.
The relevant articles are structured and modified accordingly.
This decision has been implemented effective 1 July 2004.
The Hinterland Resource Management Provisions of the Dayzin City are re-published in accordance with the relevant amendments to this decision.

Annex: The geothermal resource management provisions of the city of Zenin (Amendment (2004))
(Adopted by the Government of the city of 12 July 1995 on 15 December 1997 by amending the publication on 30 June 2004 in accordance with the decision of the Government of the city to amend the Regulations on the management of geothermal resources in the city of Zenin)
Article 1, in order to enhance the management of geothermal resources in the city, develops and protects the geothermal resources of this city, in accordance with the mineral resource Act of the People's Republic of China, the Rules for the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Act of the People's Republic of China and the relevant laws, regulations and regulations, in conjunction with the realities of the city.
Article 2 states that geothermal resources are referred to as heat-efficients that can be developed economically reasonably in the storage of rocks and fluctuaries in the light of the surfaces of the city, including vapour, heat, geothermal, geothermal, geothermal, and five types of pulse. Of these, hydrothermal heat refers to hydrothermal above 40°C (40°C).
Article 3 requires that units and individuals who use geothermal resources within the city's administration be in compliance with this provision.
Article IV. The Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority is responsible for the integrated management of geothermal resources in the city, with its primary responsibility:
(i) Survey, sound development, scientific use and protection of geothermal resources;
(ii) To follow up on national and municipal laws, regulations and related provisions relating to the management of geothermal development, planning will be developed with the relevant authorities for the development of geothermal development planning;
(iii) Managing the geothermal exploitation of projects and the development and re-incruitization of wells, the approved geothermal annual mining indicators, which are responsible for the approval of wells and the nuclear-provoting mining licence process;
(iv) The charge of collecting geothermal mineral resources compensation and participating in the management of geothermal funds;
(v) The management of pilot and scientific research projects in geothermal development;
(vi) Other responsibilities conferred by the Government of the city.
Article 5
The development of geothermal resources is planned by the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Bureau, which will be developed with the municipal authorities for heat administrations, and will be implemented after approval by the Government of the city.
Article 7. The procedures for the approval of the various geothermal wells are:
(i) To apply for geothermal wells, the following information should be submitted:
Applications for drilling wells;
The feasibility report prepared by the professional design cell;
Proportion of 1: 2000 well-being maps;
Other relevant documents.
(ii) The Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority, in accordance with the geospatial planning, feasibility certificate report, makes a decision on whether to approve the wells of the geothermal wells and to issue a letter of approval to the applicant; does not approve a letter of non-approval and reasons.
Article 8. The procedure for conducting geothermal mining permits is:
(i) To apply for geothermal mining licences, the following materials should be submitted:
To complete the report on the wells;
The bathymetry is completed;
(a) A report on the water test of the geothermal well;
The geothermal bathymetry analysis list;
Geothermal bathymetry information;
The report on the management of the geothermal wells;
The process map and descriptions of the geothermal pumps;
Resource development and rehabilitation programmes;
Other relevant materials.
(ii) The Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority has verified the request materials and the geothermal wells and their subsidiary facilities on-site, in accordance with the letter of approval of the territorial wells, and the nuclear geothermal mining licence.
Article 9 provides for exploration purposes and other intended geothermal wells, and for the purposes of exploration, a geothermal mining licence is required.
The geothermal wells for monitoring purposes, such as earthquakes, may not be subject to a geothermal mining licence, subject to registration by the Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority.
Article 10. Units responsible for the study of geospatial feasibility, geothermal wells construction units, geothermal engineering units, shall be required to process back-to-back procedures with the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency.
Article 11. Geothermal resources are owned by the State and geothermal resources are subject to payment of geothermal mineral resources compensation to the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency. Its standards are developed by the Municipal Prices Authority, the Urban Finance Authority, the Urban Planning and the Land Resources Authority.
Article 12. Reimbursement for geothermal mineral resources is leveraged by the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency and, in accordance with the principle of geothermal geothermal geothermal geothermal, mainly for the management, protection, scientific integrity, renaunch testing, dynamic monitoring, integrated use, maintenance of the equipment required, expenditure related to the development of geothermal projects and incentives for individuals to make a significant contribution to the protection of resources, integrated use, science management, energy consumption.
Article 13 units or individuals exploiting geothermal resources shall enter into commitments for collection agreements with the Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority, which shall pay for compensation for geothermal mineral resources by month. More than one day after the date of payment, an amount of 1 per cent of the payable was collected.
Article 14 introduces a system for the exploitation of geothermal resources as planned for the rational development and protection of geothermal resources.
(i) In accordance with geothermal resources and the actual needs of the mining geothermal units or individuals, each year is approved by the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency and issued annual mining indicators.
(ii) The exploitation of geothermal units or individuals shall be delivered to the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority at the end of the first quarter of each year's annual mining statement and the current annual mining plan.
(iii) The exploitation of geothermal units or individuals shall be required to install measurement facilities in accordance with uniform requirements, and the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority has the authority to monitor the mining of geothermal units or individuals, and to pay more than the planned mining portion.
In order to take full advantage of and protect good geothermal resources, the geothermal exploitation programme is subject to the consent of the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Agency, the mining of geothermal units or individuals should assume the obligation to return and to be re-indated as planned. Reincruit programmes and measures are presented for approval by the Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority. Reimbursement for geothermal mineral resources to be paid by users who have been authorized to return to indicts may be reduced by year and back.
Article 16 provides for the processing of land-use heat wells to the City Planning and Land Resources Authority. Users should be closed as required. The geothermal well will need to be repaired and the construction units will be required to conduct the proceedings with the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority, which shall be subject to the approval procedure in accordance with Article 7 of this Article.
Article 17 Exploitation of geothermal units or individuals is required to strengthen the protection of geothermal resources and to prevent contamination of heat reserves; to increase the use of geothermal resources and to implement gradient development and integrated use; and geothermal water temperature is consistent with national environmental protection provisions and standards.
Article 18 provides recognition and incentives for units and individuals that make a prominent contribution to the development of use and management of geothermal resources.
Article 19 does not have access to geothermal mining licences or unauthorized mining activities, which are responsible for the cessation of the offence by the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority, forfeiture the proceeds of the conflict and for fines of more than 100,000 dollars. In order not to stop violations, the municipal planning and territorial resource authorities are forced to block wells and dismantle productive facilities.
Article 20 has one of the following cases in violation of this provision, which is being restructured by the municipal planning and territorial resource authorities, and has given warnings, revocation of the Landsel Mining Licence, and the imposition of sanctions on the sealed hot wells, depending on the circumstances. In the event of a breach of the law, a fine of up to 30,000 yen, without the proceeds of an offence, is fined up to 1 million dollars; and a fine of up to 1,000 dollars for non-operational activities.
(i) unauthorized construction or exploitation of geothermal, without approval or without processing of the application for accreditation;
(ii) Excluding failures in the installation of measurement facilities or measurement facilities at uniform requirements;
(iii) No indicators or omissions of arbitrary expansion of mining and changes in approval of use;
(iv) No compensation for geothermal mineral resources;
(v) No timely presentation of the exploitation plan and the statement of exploitation;
(vi) The construction of a letter of approval by the well;
(vii) Instruction of the heat storage layer without the approval of the programme;
(viii) No geothermal mining licence was obtained to convert other drills into geothermal mining.
Article 21, which violates this provision, is minor and can be reformulated with the intent to eliminate the effects, may be punished with light or exemption; its tools and goods may be subject to the management or refusal to pay a fine, and they may be released after they are rectified and delivered a fine.
Article 2 rejects, prevents law enforcement officials from carrying out their duties in accordance with the law, punishes the public security sector, which constitutes an offence and is criminalized by the judiciary.
Article 23 does not apply for review or prosecution. In order to apply for reconsideration, non-execution and non-implementation of sanctions decisions, the executive body that has decided to impose sanctions on the People's Court.
Article 24
Article 25, in the administrative area of this city, takes over 40°C (with 40°C) above, shall be subject to the approval by the Urban Planning and Homeland Resources Authority of the Territorial Mining Licence Licence and only the payment for geothermal mineral resources, without any further payment of any underground water resources, the use of hydrothermal water under 40°C, and the provision of the relevant provisions for the granting of water licences and the payment of the natural gas resources, without any further payment of geothermal mineral resources.
Article 26 The Urban Planning and Land Resources Authority is responsible for the delivery of the annual number of geothermal wells and underground hydrothermal mining.
Article 27 of the present provision is implemented effective 1 July 2004.