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DOI: 10.33226/0137-5490.2021.8.7
JEL: K32

The authority competent to approve the geological operations plan — critical comment on the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of November 14, 2020

According to the Supreme Administrative Court, the Minister of Climate and Environment is the competent authority to examine the application for approval of the geological operations plan for drillings to explore deep ground. This assessment is fully justified by provisions of Art. 161 sec. 3 point 9 of the Geological and Mining Law. The circumstances of the discussed case may, however, justify the assessment that the planned geological operations were aimed for using the Earth's heat or for identifying geological conditions for the construction of a heat pump. The estimated depth of the borhole was to be 100 m. If this was the case, the geological operations plan was only subject to notification to the starost and did not require approval by any administrative authority. The analysis of the requirements shaping the conditions for the performance of geological works leads to the conclusion that they do not comply with Directive 2011/92 /EU of 13.12.2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.

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Keywords: : geological operations plan; drilling for using the Earth's heat of for indentifying geological conditions for the construction of heat pumps; deep drillings; competences of geological authorities; directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment

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