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Resolution SMAC No. 549 establishing new procedures for Environmental Licensing and Registration of Electrical substation.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Rio de Janeiro
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental planning Environmental standards Energy conservation/energy production Registration Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution, consisting of 6 articles and 2 Annexes, establishes new procedures for Environmental Licensing and Registration of Electrical substations. It lays down model form for Simplified Registration of Electrical substation (Annex II). The presentation of the Registry or the Simplified Registration duly completed and signed shall be binding on the environmental licensing processes that involve electrical substations according to the criteria set out in article 3. It defines as Electrical substations for the purposes of environmental licensing all facilities performing tranformation procedures voltage and/or power distribution in the Electric Power System (EPS). The designing of new electrical substations, as well as existing ones, should be adequate to the parameters set out in this Resolution as a requirement for the Environmental Licensing.

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