The author investigates the grounds for using land for the geological study of the subsoil without granting land plots and establishing easements. He analyzes the need to identify the owner of the land plot when issuing the permission to use it without granting. The causes of conflict of interests of persons, who apply for granting the land plots necessary for conducting the works related to subsoil use, and persons who already use these plots on legal grounds, are revealed. It is emphasized that, in cases of withdrawal of land plots in connection with subsoil use, it is necessary to confirm a public nature of the need for such withdrawal. The author defines the needs for revising conditions of the license for subsoil use, separating and aggregating the allocated plots, shifting land plots from one category of lands to another. The author wants to know if it is possible to find a comprehensive solution to a problem of rational use and protection of natural objects of the uniform territory of environmental management. He concludes that the legal order of granting and subsequent use of lands, land plots, forest plots, water objects allocated for conducting the works related to subsoil use should include the appropriate measures of their interdependent (integrated) rational use and protection.