At the 21 -year -old National Congress, the draft law that deals with the environmental license in Brazil in the Senate must be submitted this week. The text is on the agenda of the environment (CMA) and agricultural party (CRA), where it is subject to joint analysis on Tuesday (20).
In addition, the proposal is on the agenda of the House of Representatives, as it should be analyzed on Wednesday (21) after approval of the commissions. It was agreed to advance the project in the House of Representatives after negotiations in CMA, Senator Confucio Mora (MDB-RO), CRA and Senator Theresa Christina (PP-MS).
The text has been under analysis in the Senate since 2021, after the crossing of the House of Representatives. If he approved the members of the Senate in commissions and joining, as it has been changed, he will have to return to the analysis of deputies.
The project seeks to facilitate and bark the country’s licensing operations for institutions and activities that affect or include the use of natural resources.
Through the project, the environmental license for owners of small, medium, low or medium enterprises will be issued in the LAC and commitment license (LAC). Currently, LAC is applied only to state balls.
This model is a kind of self -exhaustion of environmental rules, providing young entrepreneurs to undergo multiple licensing steps and simplify the current process.
The proposal also provides for an exemption from licensing for military projects and for four types of agricultural activities:
- Cultivation of the types of agricultural, temporary, semi -permanent and perennial;
- Wide and semi -intensity livestock;
- Small livestock and
- Agricultural research without biological risk.
In addition, the text analyzed in the Senate changes the formulation that the Chamber approved and resumes the inclusion of large and high mining activities risks in the swelling of the legislation.
“It is not logical to create a general environmental licensing law not public, because it excludes an important economic sector,” said Senator Konatoshius Mora in the CMA report.
“Such a decision can lead to the emergence of many laws specified for each sector, which is exactly what aims to avoid by editing a public base on this topic,” the course wrote.
Criticism of entities
The changes made in the proposal are criticized by environmental entities, such as the Climate Observatory and the Environmental Social Institute. The so -called “PL of destruction” project was.
In a technical note, the climate observatory argues that “by giving priority to exempting licenses and self -slide, the proposal has the ability to exacerbate environmental deterioration, which represents a serious threat to basic human rights.”
According to the Environmental Social Institute (ISA), the text represents a “direct threat to the safety of more than 3000 protected areas, including the original lands (TIS), the Cuillombola lands (TQS) and the preservative units (UCS).
On the other hand, the text is defended by entities from other sectors. the Environment and sustainability forum From the electrical sector (FMASE) stated in a statement that the proposal is a “basic tool for enabling energy transmission in Brazil.
The entity said: “The text does not relax the license, nor does it harm environmental processes, but it distinguishes institutions according to the degree of influence, supervising simple projects and disciplining the participation of public agencies.”