Contribuições para o processo de licenciamento ambiental do município de Aquiraz-CE

Abstract

Given the progressive concern about the impact of human activities on the environment and the establishment of conservation-oriented policies, the environmental licensing was instituted as one of the main devices of the National Environmental Policy, Law nº 6.938/1981. Through this process, the State exercise control over effective or potentially polluting activities and ventures that may cause environmental degradation, seeking to promote the sustainable development in Brazil. In this context, this work focuses on the environmental licensing process conducted by the municipality of Aquiraz – CE, being divided in two parts: The first part describes how this procedure is executed in the municipality, consisting of an inventory of legislation and municipal norms relating the procedure, structuring the board of activities subjected to licensing in the municipality, description of dispatched documents related to the process and the step-by-step to the emission of the environmental licenses. In the second part, improvements to the licensing process were proposed, as a result of the analysis of utilized procedures. Overall, the proposals were elaborated given the necessity of change and suitability in the process of environmental licensing in Aquiraz, since it was concluded it does not occur in a transparent and accessible way enough for the interested parties and the general population.