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Law No. 8.497 providing for the Environmental Licensing Procedure within the State of Sergipe.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Sergipe
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Forestry, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Procedural matters Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Pollution control Protection forest Transport/storage Authorization/permit Ecosystem preservation EIA Monitoring Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Forestry protection measures Timber extraction/logging Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Wild fauna Wild flora Wildlife products
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 66 articles divided into four Chapters and seven Annexes, regulates the administrative procedures for environmental licensing, criteria for classifying activities potentially causing environmental degradation, as well as for remunerating operational costs and analyzing administrative acts (such as: licences, authorizations, waiver certificate) by ADEMA, within the territory of the State of Sergipe, in the form of Annexes I, II, III, IV and V. The services provided by ADEMA and related to environmental licensing, supervision and monitoring activities, together with technical support for the maintenance of federal systems, are regulated in the form of Annexes VI and VII. The construction, installation, expansion, modification and operation of establishments, enterprises, works and activities that use environmental resources, considered as effective or potentially polluting, as well as those capable of causing environmental degradation, are subject to environmental licensing, as provided in Annex I. A List of Activities to be Licensed, classified according to the Degradation Polluting Potential (PPD), are established in specific regulations. The State Environmental Licensing shall be regulated by the State Environmental Council (CEMA) and by ADEMA.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
al.se.leg.br