Ministerial Decree No. 132 of 1998 on the approval of the Regulations for State Control over the Geological Survey, Rational Utilisation and Protection of Subsoil.

This Regulation determines the procedure of exercising the state control over the geological survey, rational utilization and protection of subsoil (state geological control), state geological survey agencies, their functions, rights, duties, and work procedures. The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the State Mining Supervision Departments shall exercise State Geological Control jointly with the departments for Environmental Protection and other supervising authorities. The State Geological Control Agencies exercise control over the observance of the procedure for the issuing of the licenses for the use of subsoil as established by the legislation in force, the compliance with the requirements of the licenses for all kinds of activity, associated with the geological survey of subsoil, the observance of the established procedure for the acquisition and the formalization of the export deliveries of mineralogical, paleontological and other geological collection materials. This Decree introduces the institution of the State Inspection for the Geological Control. The document is composed of 17 articles.