Registration and identification of production facilities operated in the coal industry as hazardous production facilities raise a large number of questions. The legislative acts applied by the economic entities do not allow to unambiguously classify the coal industry facilities as hazardous production facilities. Such a situation leaves open the possibility of unreasonable registration of coal industry facilities in the register of hazardous production facilities. This can lead to arbitrariness and violation of the principles of primacy of law, as well as state guarantees established by Articles 45 and 46 (parts 1 and 2) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, including judicial remedy, freedoms and legitimate interests of citizens. An adequate understanding, interpretation and implementation of the provisions of the Federal Law «On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities» is not least dependent on the accuracy of terms and concepts. In this regard, it is required to specify and detail the requirements of the current legislative and regulatory acts in the field of industrial safety in relation to hazardous production facilities of the coal industry. The requirements for coal industry facilities as hazardous production facilities are considered in the article. In this case, the cause-and-effect relationships of the provisions of the Federal Law «On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities» with other legislative acts of the Russian Federation were kept in mind.

Registration and identification of production facilities operated in the coal industry as hazardous production facilities raise a large number of questions. The legislative acts applied by the economic entities do not allow to unambiguously classify the coal industry facilities as hazardous production facilities. Such a situation leaves open the possibility of unreasonable registration of coal industry facilities in the register of hazardous production facilities. This can lead to arbitrariness and violation of the principles of primacy of law, as well as state guarantees established by Articles 45 and 46 (parts 1 and 2) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, including judicial remedy, freedoms and legitimate interests of citizens. An adequate understanding, interpretation and implementation of the provisions of the Federal Law «On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities» is not least dependent on the accuracy of terms and concepts. In this regard, it is required to specify and detail the requirements of the current legislative and regulatory acts in the field of industrial safety in relation to hazardous production facilities of the coal industry. The requirements for coal industry facilities as hazardous production facilities are considered in the article. In this case, the cause-and-effect relationships of the provisions of the Federal Law «On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities» with other legislative acts of the Russian Federation were kept in mind.