Postępowanie w sprawie oceny oddziaływania na środowisko przedsięwzięć górniczych w Saksonii

Artykuł opisuje podstawy prawne i postępowanie dotyczące oceny oddziaływania na środowisko przedsięwzięć górniczych w Saksonii z punktu widzenia Saksońskiego Wyższego Urzędu Górniczego.

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The Sächsisches Oberbergamt (State Mining Authority of Saxony), as the specialist and enforcement authority of the Free State of Saxony, is the executing body of the state mining authority in this industry in the state. As such, it is responsible for the foundation, management and termination of mining exploration, extraction and processing plants. The role of the State Mining Authority of Saxony does not only focus on the approval of operating plans and its accordance to the Federal Mining Act, but also includes the execution of mining planning approval procedures pursuant to Section 52 subparagraph 2a of the Federal Mining Act, where a mining scheme requires an environmental impact assessment. The article illustrates first the legal bases of the environmental impact assessment, follows with the explanation of how the obligation to perform an environmental impact assessment is determined and provides the description of the process of the approval procedure including the environmental impact assessment itself. At the end it explains the responsibility regarding implementation of environmental impact assessment and admission of operation plans.