3. For strategic environmental assessment and ongoing environmental monitoring purposes, this Regulation requires the holder of a certificate of authorization to periodically file information on authorized work with the Minister.
The requirement to file information is intended, in particular, to allow the gathering of scientific and technical knowledge of a geological, hydro-geological, geo-chemical and geo-physical nature about the work and its possible consequences for human health or the environment. It is also intended to allow the assessment of the work and to promote the development of environmentally-secure techniques, methods and practices.