The Department carries out its activities in accordance with the Regulations of the Department. The functions of the Department are: preparation of proposals and draft decisions of the local executive body of the region on the provision of land plots for subsurface use, state research organizations and their experimental farms, as well as state seed farms and breeding plants, construction (reconstruction) of trunk pipelines, oil and gas processing facilities, issuing permits for the use of land plots for survey work, land reservation and the establishment of public easements.