| March 11
| Environmental | · Resolution No. 178/20 of the National Forestry Institute (INFONA): provides for the suspension of all administrative and procedural deadlines during the health emergency, from March 11 to 26. |
| March 16
| · Resolution No. 121/2020 from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (“MADES”): 1. Extends the expiration dates of the environmental management plan compliance audit reports from March 16, 2020 (passes to March 27, 2020) to March 26, 2020 (passes to April 14, 2020). 2. Suspend the activities of the Directorate of Legal Advice (office of contravention summaries), from March 16 to 26. 3. Suspend the physical reception of documents and enable electronic reception by email [email protected], from March 16 to March 26, 2020. 4. Provide for the suspension of the procedural deadlines for summary proceedings, which will resume on March 27. | |
| March 21
| · Notice from the MADES: in light of the spread of COVID-19, MADES urges citizens to dispose solid waste correctly, taking appropriate precautions set out in existing regulations. Some recommended measures are listed below: ü Properly separate unvalued waste, especially in houses with suspicious or positive patients. ü All waste generated by patients and their caregivers should be disposed of independently, avoiding mixing with valuable waste (bottles, plastics, cartons, etc.). ü Waste generated by patients must be deposited in tightly closed bags to facilitate the collection and final disposal. ü With regard to valuable or recyclable waste, disinfection must be carried out before disposal in bags for removal. This prevents them from becoming channels of transmission of the COVID-19 virus or other conditions. Similarly, MADES urges public institutions to comply with Decree No. 1411 altering the guide for the management of urban solid waste in institutions. | |
| March 31
| · Press releases National Forest Institute ü The different dependencies of the General Directorate of Forests will carry out their activities behind closed doors. Attention will be channeled using technology, to the directions detailed here. ü The extension of the forest registry renewal period, without fines until April 30, 2020. ü The extension of all administrative deadlines and administrative procedures until April 12, 2020. ü The reception area will be by digital general secretariat, to the email [email protected] ü It guarantees customer service on Tuesday, March 31, Thursday 02 and Monday 6 of April, from 09:00 to 14:00, for the following services: (i) procedures related to forest records; (ii) request to issue guides; and (iii) central box for payments. | |
| April 20
| · Resolution No. 132 dated April 20, 2020 of MADES, resolved: i. Extend the due dates of the audit reports on compliance with the environmental management plan from March 16, 2020 (passes to April 27, 2020) until April 26, 2020 (passes to June 9, 2020). ii. Suspend the reception of documents and enable electronic reception by email [email protected], from March 16 to April 26, 2020. iii. Enable the electronic consultation of the administrative summaries for the alleged offenders, lawyers and/or environmental consultants, from April 20 to April 26, 2020, through the email notifications [email protected], of MADES. The subject of the email must be indicated with the following information: a. name of the alleged infringer, b. SIAM file number or intervention record number, c. data from the lawyer and / or environmental consultant. iv. Implement electronic notifications for administrative summaries on environmental audits found on the SIAM platform, through the email notifications [email protected], from April 20 until the total removal of the social distancing established by the Executive. The notifications will have the same validity as in paper format and will be made on business days from 09:00 to 14:00. For the other cases of administrative summaries, they must provide a contact email to continue with the summary process, communicating to the email established in this statement: [email protected] If there is no manifestation of the alleged offender, lawyers and / or environmental consultants, the procedural terms of the summary procedure are suspended, as instructed by the investigating judges of the Office of Contravention Summaries, dependent on the Legal Office of MADES, which will resume on April 27, 2020. | |
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| Forest activities and services, with regard to the commercialization of biomass (chip, firewood, coal), inspection and control in ports, as well as the procedures for requests for guides will continue to be enabled, scheduling a prior appointment, in order to avoid agglomerations in health protection, contacting the following lines; - Verification in ports (0971) 286061 - Requests for guides (0961) 905086 - Directorate of Industry and Commerce (0981) 959107 |
