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Administrative Measures On Geothermal Resources In Chongqing

Original Language Title: 重庆市地热资源管理办法

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Rejugation of geothermal resource management approaches in the city

(Summit No. 108 of 22 August 2011 of the Government of the People's Republic of Hong Kong considered the adoption of the Order No. 256 of 29 August 2011 for the Government of the People's Republic of the Greater Jurisdiction No. 256 of 1 November 2011)

Article 1 promotes the sustainable use of geothermal resources in order to strengthen the management of geothermal resources in my city, in accordance with the provisions of laws, regulations, such as the People's Republic of China Mineral Resources Act, the Rejuvenation of Mineral Resources Management Regulations.

Article 2

Article 3. The geothermal resources described in this approach refer to the type of geothermal within Earth, which is economically exploited by human beings, geothermal fluctuation and its useful cluster, including heat, vapour, geo pressure, geothermal and rocks.

Article IV governs the unified management of geothermal resources throughout the city.

The authorities of the Land Resources Administration in the District (Autonomous Region) are responsible for the day-to-day monitoring of geothermal resources within the current administrative area.

Departments such as water, sanitation, environmental, business, quality, tourism are governed by the law by their respective responsibilities for the mapping, development and protection of geothermal resources.

Article 5 Geological environmental monitoring institutions are responsible for establishing a network of geothermal resource dynamic monitoring and daily monitoring.

The Urban Land Resources Administration has organized a geothermal Resource Identification Commission, which consists of industry experts, responsible for geothermal resource identification.

Surveys and development of geothermal resources should be guided by the principles of integrated planning, integrated use, development and protection.

Article 7. The National Land Resources Administration is responsible for organizing geothermal resource planning throughout the city and reporting to the Government of the city after approval.

The territorial resource administrative authorities of the District (Autonomous Region) may organize geothermal resource planning in the current administrative region, in conjunction with local realities, and report on implementation by the authorities of the city's land resources.

The geothermal resource planning should be consistent with the overall planning of mineral resources and be aligned with the overall planning of rural and urban areas, land-use master planning.

Article 8. The right to prospecting, mining and its associated operational right to land use shall be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State by solicitation, auction or wall name.

Article 9. Exploring geothermal resources shall be required by law to register, receive a survey licence and obtain the right to prospect.

In applying for a survey licence, the applicant shall submit the following information to the authorities of the city's land resources:

(i) Request for registration;

(ii) Pasts;

(iii) Accreditation of the survey unit;

(iv) Examination of implementation programmes (consensible reports);

(v) A survey contract or a certificate of investigation;

(vi) Funding for the survey project;

(vii) Other information provided under laws, regulations and regulations.

Article 11. The geothermal resource survey unit shall be certified by the law and conduct geothermal resource surveys in accordance with the scope of the industry.

Article 12. The geothermal survey unit should conduct a survey based on approved survey implementation programmes and related technical norms without disrupting the geological environment.

The geothermal resource survey unit needs to adjust the survey construction programme and should submit an application to the authorities of the city's land resources to conduct a survey.

Article 13 A continuing application was made to the authorities of the city's land resources.

Article 14. The Prospects shall submit, by law, to the authorities of the city's land resources, a report on the completion of the survey project or a survey of the termination report, a statement of financial inputs and related documentation, and, subject to the clearance of their actual investigative inputs, a review of the registration process.

Article 15. Statistics on geothermal resource mapping of results files and reserves are being harmonized.

Article 16 Exploitation of geothermal resources should be registered in accordance with the law, to receive mining licences and to obtain mining rights.

The extraction of heat-thermal resources should be obtained.

Article 17, when applying for a licence, shall submit the following information to the administrative authorities of the city's land resources:

(i) Applications for the registration of mining rights;

(ii) Survey evaluation reports (including water quality identification reports);

(iii) Delimitation of mined areas reports;

(iv) Approval of environmental impact evaluation documents;

(v) Geothermal resource development programmes;

(vi) Resistance programme for geological environmental governance in mines;

(vii) Other information provided under laws, regulations and regulations.

The geothermal resource extraction units should have personnel, technology, equipment and funds adapted to their operational requirements.

Article 19 Exploitation of geothermal resources should be paid by law to mining rights royalties, mining rights payments, mineral resource compensation and resource taxes.

Reimbursement for geothermal mineral resources is paid, with specific criteria developed by the municipal price authorities in accordance with the relevant national provisions.

Article 20 is tested for geothermal resources consistent with national standards, and the authorities of the city's land resources are registered and presented to society.

Article 21 Applications for the registration of geothermal resources shall submit the following information:

(i) Applications for registration of geothermal resources;

(ii) The review of the survey evaluation report;

(iii) Identification by the Urban Geother Resources Identification Commission;

(iv) The protection of geothermal resources;

(v) Other information required under the provisions.

The administrative authorities of the city's resources have taken a review decision within seven working days of the date of receipt of the request. In accordance with conditions, registration certificates are issued; incompatible conditions, written decisions that are not registered should be made and justified.

Article 22 Changes in mining rights or changes in the rationalization of geothermal resources have been detected, and changes in registration should be applied to the authorities of the city'sland resources.

Article 23 Exploitation of geothermal resources, mining rights should conduct dynamic testing of indicators such as flows, temperatures, pressure, and, within the time frame, inform the authorities of the city's resources and the city's geological environmental monitoring bodies.

The city's geological environmental monitoring body can conduct a screening of geothermal resources.

Article 24 Tests to be submitted by the mining owner include:

(i) Monitoring reports;

(ii) dynamic monitoring records;

(iii) The development of implementation of the use and protection measures by geothermal resources.

Article 25

The mining owner should post a copy of the registration certificate and the results.

No production or publicity shall be carried out in the name of geothermal, temperate or medical hot mines without detection or detection of unqualified geothermal resources.

Article 26 quantification of geothermal resources. The authorities of the city's resources administration should, in granting mining licences, authorize the mining limits, in accordance with the relevant administrative authorities, on the basis of geothermal resource planning, resource storage and demand.

Minors should exploit geothermal resources within the authorized limits and prohibit excessive mining.

In accordance with geothermal resource planning and mining rights, the authorities of the City Land Resources Administration delineate and publish geothermal resource protected areas.

The geothermal resource protection area shall not be free of new drilling rholes and other construction activities that may undermine heat storage or supply the environment.

Article 28 exploits geothermal resources, and mining authorities should maintain well-being and normal operating conditions of their subsidiary facilities, prevent geothermal congestation or disclosing, and prevent the destruction of heat reserves and surrounding ecological environments.

Explore heat resources, the mining authority should install energy-efficient facilities as prescribed. No water-efficient facilities or water-efficient facilities are not in accordance with the provisions and may be exploited.

Horizon water emissions should be consistent with environmental protection provisions and standards.

Article 29 develops the use of geothermal resources to increase the use of geothermal resources, in accordance with temperature differences and quality.

Article 31 requires maintenance, closure or release, and the mining authority should be provided in a timely manner to the administrative authorities of the city's land resources.

The closed or disbursed geothermal wells can be used as monitoring wells by the competent authorities for monitoring wells; they cannot be used as monitoring wells by the mining owner to block or take other measures properly.

In violation of this approach, no geothermal resource survey, mining licence or extension of the licence, unauthorized drilling, exploitation of geothermal resources, and penalties should be imposed in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations.

Article 32 contains one of the following cases for the mining owner, which is subject to the administrative authorities of the city's land resources to order the period of time being converted; a fine of up to €150,000 for more than 300,000.

(i) No geothermal resource dynamic test material as required;

(ii) No installation of water-efficient facilities or energy-efficient facilities is not required;

(iii) A copy of the registration certificate and the results of the test, without the registration of geothermal resources as required;

(iv) The production or promotion of untested or unqualified geothermal resources in the name of geothermal, temperate or medical hot mining.

Article 33 of the samples of geothermal resources are unqualified, with the responsibility of the authorities of the city'sland resources for the suspension of mining activities and the rehabilitation of the miners; the late intrusion or re-engineering are still unqualified and the registration of their registration by the municipal authorities.

Article 34 of the relevant administrative authorities and relevant units and their staff members do not carry out their supervisory functions under the law, causing grave consequences, which are taken by the competent organ competent to assume direct responsibility and other direct responsibilities under the law; and the transfer of suspected crimes to the judiciary.

Article 55 of this approach is implemented effective 1 November 2011.