Generación de insumos técnicos que aporten a la actualización de los instrumentos normativos relacionados con el manual de evaluación de estudios ambientales y los informes de cumplimiento ambiental (ICA)

Abstract

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development as the governing body for the management of the environment and renewable natural resources, through the Sectoral and Urban Environmental Affairs Directorate, according to article 19 of Decree 3570 of 2011, has the function, among others, of proposing and apply the methodologies and technical criteria for the evaluation of environmental studies, and the follow-up and monitoring of environmental licenses and other environmental authorizations that are required. In order to comply with the regulatory requirements and in order to carry out an effective and timely evaluation and follow-up of the projects, works or activities, the ministry's work team has been carrying out a series of updates to the support instruments of the environmental licensing process. ; Within this framework, the objective of this paper is to generate technical inputs that contribute to updating the Environmental Studies Evaluation Manual based on the formulation of a proposal for evaluation criteria, taking into account the technical characteristics of the variables and parameters of each environmental component, as well as the regulatory requirements and the implications of the different values that the variables and parameters can take on the environmental viability of projects subject to an environmental license. On the other hand, to identify, based on sampling and statistical analysis of the information provided by the different Regional Autonomous Corporations, the patterns in the periodicity of the request for delivery of the Environmental Compliance Reports -ICA in order to provide inputs for updating regulations and the establishment of a format for the processing and reporting of ICAs, a fundamental tool for environmental authorities to have timely and periodic information when exercising their monitoring and control functions.