Wpisy pasujące do tagu qualification procedure

Mining plant operations plan is the basic document serving as the grounds for the operations of mining plant. The amendment of the Geological and Mining Law (further: GML) of July 2014 lifted the requirement for heads of commune (mayors or city presidents) to issue opinions on operation plans as part of the procedure conducted to approve such plans by a mining supervision authority. It does not mean, however, that asking for the opinions of local government authorities has been completely done away with. The opinion is still required, but currently it must be submitted at the stage before filing the application for the approval of an operations plan and it should be enclosed by entrepreneurs as an appendix to the application.

Directive no. 2000/60/EC – the so-called Water Framework Directive (WFD) – is a legal act establishing the framework for the water policy of the European Union, according to which Member States have been obliged to prevent the deterioration of the condition of waters and to ensure the good condition of waters. WFD was implemented into the Polish legal system through the provisions of the Water Law (the Act of 18 July 2001). According to the Water Law, the management of water resources takes place on the basis of river basin management plans (RBMP), which contain information about the environmental objectives set for specific waters.

Changes in the Act of 9 June 2011 – Geological and Mining Law which were introduced with the amendment of 11 July 2014 involve the necessity to change the existing or to adopt new implementing acts.

Entrepreneur, are you familiar with the term "The Equator Principles”? For those planning a big investment in the mining industry, it is good to familiarize themselves with this concept now.

The government bill on the amendment of acts governing the conditions for access to certain professions (third tranche of deregulation) stipulates a series of changes and facilitating measures for obtaining, among others, geological qualifications.

The hype around the shale gas boom and the forecasts published in the previous years, according to which Poland has great chances of becoming a “hydrocarbon Eldorado” resulted in a situation when the amendment of the Geological and Mining Law (GML) of 11 July 2014 was associated in the media mainly with the so-called “shales”.

The conference entitled “Geological and Mining Law” was held on 13 and 14 January 2015 in the Warsaw Bristol hotel. The event gathered over 90 representatives of companies operating in mining industry.