The municipality of Macaé in view of the Environmental Surveillance and Licensing Decentralization Process in the State of Rio de Janeiro

• Main Author: Marcelo Macedo Valinhas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Essentia Editora 2010-05-01
• Series: Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego
• Subjects: Licenciamento ambiental. Avaliação de interações entre impactos ambientais. Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Ferramentas de gestão ambiental.
• Online Access: http://www.essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/268

<em>This work analyses the dynamics of the environmental licensing process in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using data from Rio de Janeiro’s State Environmental Agency. The case studied previously given installation and operation licenses, classifying activities into eleven categories: (i) onshore petroleum industry related activities; (ii) service stations; (iii) mineral extraction; (iv) offshore lots; (v) waste treatment systems; (vi) air transportation; (vii) temporary transportation and storage of dangerous waste; (viii) energy generation; (x) gas bottling; e (xi) sanitary landfills. Some proposals on management strategies that allow impact interaction assessment are made.</em>