Ministerial Decree No. 106 of 1997 regarding validation of the Regulation on state monitoring of subsoil.

The document consists of 5 sections. The present Regulation determines the target and the purpose of state monitoring of subsoil, its contents, structure and the modalities of carrying out thereof on the national territory. State monitoring of subsoil represents the system of observations over the state of subsoil for the purpose of ensuring rational use of state stock of subsoil and timely exposure of its changes, valuation, prevention and liquidation of consequences of negative processes. The main tasks of state monitoring of subsoil are: 1. observance of the state of subsoil for obtaining data regarding the state of rocks, including pollution by chemical and radioactive components thereof; 2. state of groundwater; 3. mineral deposits; 4. state of burial grounds of hazardous substances, radioactive waste and discharge of effluent waste water; 5. access to information regarding the state of subsoil and subsoil management. Objects of state monitoring of subsoil include mining areas, deposits of oil and natural gas, bodies of groundwater and mineral deposits.