Joint Resolution SEDEST/IAP No. 023/2019 establishing environmental licensing procedures in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), in the vicinity of artificial water reservoirs, resulting from damming of natural watercourses.

This Joint Resolution, consisting of 24 articles and one Annex, establishes environmental licensing procedures in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), in the vicinity of artificial water reservoirs, resulting from damming of natural watercourses for allowing access by people and nautical vessels to perform sports, leisure, tourism and economic activities with low environmental impact. The procedures contained in this Resolution do not apply to structures intended for professional fishing. The procedures contained in this Resolution located in urban areas, whose municipality has a Master Plan, shall prevail, observing the minimum APP limit provided for in Law No. 12.651 of 24 May 2012. The Environmental Plan for Conservation and Use of the Surroundings of Artificial Reservoirs (PACUERA) is mandatory and its presentation must be in accordance with the provisions of Art. 4 of this Resolution.