Circular No. 07/2013/TT-BTNMT Amending and Supplementing Economic and Technical Norms for Geological Works issued together with Circular No. 11/2010/TT-BTNMT dated July 5, 2010 of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

CIRCULAR

Amending and supplementing Economic and Technical Norms for Geological Works issued together with Circular No. 11/2010/TT-BTNMT dated July 5, 2010 of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

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Pursuant to the Law on Minerals No. 60/2010/QH12 dated November 17, 2010;

Pursuant to Decree No. 15/2012/NĐ-CP dated March 9, 2012 of the Government The Government promulgates detailed regulations implementing certain provisions of the Law on Minerals;

Pursuant to Decree No. 21/2013/NĐ-CP dated March 4, 2013, promulgated by the Government, stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment;

At the proposal of the Director General of the Vietnam Geological and Mineral Resources General Department and the Head of the Legal Department;

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment issues this Circular amending and supplementing Economic and Technical Norms for Geological Works issued together with Circular No. 11/2010/TT-BTNMT dated July 5, 2010 of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

Article 1. Amending and supplementing Economic and Technical Norms for Geological Works issued together with Circular No. 11/2010/TT-BTNMT dated July 5, 2010 of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment:

1. Clause 2 Part I of the Norms shall be amended and supplemented as follows:

"2. The norms apply to the following blocks of work:

- Geological work;

- Drilling work;

- Excavation work;

- Sample processing and analysis-experiment work;

- Hydrogeological and engineering geological work;

- Geophysical work;

- Surveying work;

- Information and information technology work;

- Geological museum work;

- GPS measurement work;

- Seismic measurement work;

- Deep electrical resistivity imaging work stimulated by direct current;

- Ground penetrating radar measurement work;

- Deep electric field measurement work;

- Deep geophysical well logging work with depth greater than 500 meters;

- Drilling machine work to a depth of 1200 meters;

- Multi-purpose sample collection work."

2. Supplementing the Norms after Part X. Museum the following parts:

- Part XI. GPS Measurement;

- Part XII. Seismic Measurement;

- Part XIII. Deep Electrical Resistivity Imaging Work Stimulated by Direct Current;

- Part XIV. Ground Penetrating Radar Measurement;

- Part XV. Deep Electric Field Measurement;

- Part XVI. Deep Geophysical Well Logging Work with Depth Greater Than 500 Meters;

- Part XVII. Drilling Machine Work to a Depth of 1200 Meters;

- Part XVII. Multi-Purpose Sample Collection Work.

The specific contents of Parts from XI to XVII are stipulated in Economic and Technical Norms for Geological Works (Supplement) issued together with this Circular.

Article 2

Replacing the Soil and Rock Classification Table for Drilling Work (Table 1) stipulated in Part III. Drilling and the Soil and Rock Classification Table for Excavation Work (Table 1) stipulated in Part IV. Excavation of Economic and Technical Norms for Geological Works issued together with Circular No. 11/2010/TT-BTNMT dated July 5, 2010 of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment with the Soil and Rock Classification Table for Drilling and Excavation Work at the Appendix issued together with this Circular.

Article 3. Effectiveness

This Circular takes effect from June 24, 2013.

Article 4. Implementation

The Minister, Heads of Ministries equivalent to Ministries, agencies under the Government, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities, Directors General of the Vietnam Geological and Mineral Resources General Department, Heads of units under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and organizations and individuals concerned are responsible for implementing this Circular./.