Data-center law in Goiás

Lei nº 20.694, de 26 de dezembro de 2019

Effective 2019-12-27 · Applies to both

Lei nº 20.694, de 26 de dezembro de 2019, which sets general rules for environmental licensing in the State of Goiás, entered into force on 2019-12-27, the date of its publication in the state official gazette. The construction, installation, expansion and operation of undertakings and activities that use environmental resources or are effectively or potentially polluting or capable of causing environmental degradation depend on prior environmental licensing.

The licensing is carried out in a process integrated with the water-use grant, the authorization to remove vegetation, the authorization to collect, capture and manage fauna, and the consent of the managing body of a conservation unit. Licensing may result in seven types of licence: prior, installation, operation, single environmental, by adhesion and commitment, corrective, and expansion or alteration.

Municipalities license activities and undertakings that cause or may cause environmental impact of local scope, as typified by the state environmental council, or that are located in conservation units the municipality instituted, except environmental protection areas. The licensing body may require periodic environmental audits and, for an activity of high risk as defined in the environmental impact study, a civil-liability insurance policy for environmental damage.

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Lei nº 13.123, de 16 de julho de 1997, arts. 11 and 13

Effective 1997-07-22 · Applies to both

Lei nº 13.123, de 16 de julho de 1997, which sets the guidelines of the state water-resources policy of Goiás, entered into force on 1997-07-22, the date of its publication. Except where the Union has exclusive competence, public waters under the domain of the State of Goiás may be diverted only after registration and the grant of a concession, authorization or permission issued by the state environment secretariat.

It is an infraction to divert or use water resources for any purpose without the respective grant of the right of use. It is also an infraction to drill deep wells to extract groundwater, or to operate them, without the due authorization.

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