Extracted mineral matter means a solid component of any rock or sediment which is removed from the natural state (sand, gravel, limestone, etc).
Overburden covering mineral resources means sediments covering mineral resources which need to be removed upon open-cast mining.
The holder of an extraction permit has the right to consume and transfer the overburden of mineral resources removed upon open-cast mining and the mineral resources or any rock or sediments not registered as mineral resources removed from the natural state in the mine service plot.
It is not necessary to apply for a permit for the extracted mineral matter generated upon management of land improvement systems, cleaning of roadside ditches, building of utility networks and technical infrastructure in the volume determined in the corresponding design or, in the case of lack of a design, performance of the corresponding work in the reasonable volume and for the extracted mineral matter generated upon road construction if the extracted mineral matter is used for the same object.
- An application must be submitted for the transfer of extracted mineral matter or use outside of the immovable in the environmental decisions information system KOTKAS two weeks before the planned extraction activities (§97, §99 of the Earth's Crust Act).
- The issued permit is valid up to one year. Permit of extracted mineral matter is not extended. If generation and transport of the extracted mineral matter lasts more than 1 year, several permits must be applied for the same object.
- It is no longer necessary to submit the written consent of the registered owner of the transport site of the extracted mineral matter to the application. However, we would like to point out that when moving graptolitic argillite from one immovable to another, instructions for handling graptolitic argillite and the principles and requirements set therein must be followed.
- Payment of transfer of the mineral resources belonging to the state (extracted mineral matter located on the state-owned land or extracted mineral matter located in bedrock in the private land) is made according to the extraction charges.
- The above-mentioned application for transfer of overburden from a quarry is not needed as from the beginning of 2020.
- Transfer of overburden must be declared when submitting a declaration of mineral resource extraction charge and a report on the volume of extraction of mineral resources to the Environmental Board in the information system KOTKAS.
- The instructions for the declaration of transfer of overburden can be viewed on the Youtube channel of the Environmental Board (in Estonian).
Last updated: 02.12.2022
