Ensuring environmental safety in joint use of natural resources: formation of a legal position
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R. S. Kirin, orcid.org/0000-0003-0089-4086, State Organization V. Mamutov Institute of Economic and Legal Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yu. A. Krasnova, orcid.org/0000-0001-7898-9603, State Organization V. Mamutov Institute of Economic and Legal Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
O. Y. Makarenko*, orcid.org/0000-0002-3020-0658, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
N. A. Makarenko, orcid.org/0000-0001-7772-0047, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
V. L. Khomenko, orcid.org/0000-0002-3607-5106, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine. e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu. 2025, (6): 136 - 147
https://doi.org/10.33271/nvngu/2025-6/136
Abstract:
Purpose. To develop a new legal position on the regulation of environmental safety in the process of mining on land plots occupied by water bodies, the need for which is due to the complex negative impact on both the environmental objects surrounding the mining site and the mutual influence of natural resources involved in mining operations.
Methodology. The study used the dialectical method to establish the need to change the legal position on the use of water fund lands (WFL) for the mineral mining (MM). The hermeneutic method was used to reveal the peculiarities of legal regulation of relations of environmental impact of the processes of joint use of subsoil, land and water bodies. The formal legal method was used to provide a general characterization of the legal relations arising from the use of WFL for MM. The systemic-structural method was used to formulate proposals for improving the legislation of Ukraine in the field of environmental safety in the use of WFL for MM. The method of analysis and synthesis was used in the process of reviewing the judicial practice on the use of subsoil on WFL.
Findings. The authors propose the priority of land legislation over water legislation in regulating intersectoral legal relations regarding the use of WFL for MM, differentiation of environmental safety relations by the level of specificity, legal grounds for differentiating the object composition of integrated natural resource legal relations, and amendments to current legislation. The authors identify the problematic issues of the subject composition involved in the regulation, control and use of the WFL for MM. The limitations of the integrated legal framework for environmental safety are argued. The national legislation and judicial practice of its application are analyzed.
Originality. The authors’ legal position for resolving controversial issues related to the WFL in the process of using WFL for MM is formed, based, unlike the existing one, on the priority of the requirements of land legislation.
Practical values. The practical value of the results obtained is that they can be used in the following areas: research and educational activities of scientists and higher education students, lawmaking and law enforcement activities of the parliament and executive authorities, as well as judicial practice in amending legislative and by-laws, investigating and considering cases related to violations of environmental safety requirements when using WFL for MM.
Keywords: environmental safety, legal support, water fund lands, mineral extraction
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