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Decree No. 41.258 approving the Regulation for awarding water resource usage rights.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water rights Concession Institution
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree approves the Regulation for awarding water resource usage rights. This Regulation (27 articles) constitutes the award by the Water and Electrical Energy Department (DAEE) of the following sectors: Implementation of any project that may require the use of surface or subterranean water resources; Execution of works or services that may change the conditions, quantity and quality of those same resources; Execution of works involving the extraction of undergroundwater; Derivation of water from its course or deposit, surface or subterranean; discharge of effluent into bodies of water. Requests for such award shall be made in writing, and shall include the information set forth in a norm issued by the Water and Electrical Energy Department (DAEE), and the award shall be approved pursuant to an administrative Decree by the Superintendent of the Autarchy.

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