Law No. 5.887 providing for the State Environmental Policy.

This Law, consisting of 158 articles divided into six Titles and 14 Chapters, establishes the Environmental Policy within the State of Pará. It provides for its objectives, formulation and application mechanisms, and constitutes the State Administration System for Environmental Quality, Protection, Control and Development and the Appropriate Use of Natural Resources (SEAQUA), pursuant to article 225 of the Federal Constitution and article 193 of the State Constitution. The objectives of the State Administration System for SEAQUA aim to organize, coordinate and integrate activities corresponding to the direct, indirect and basic administration agencies and entities established by the public authorities, ensuring the participation of the society in the execution of State Environmental Policy with a view to protecting, controlling and developing the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources. In addition, it creates the State Environmental System (SISECTAM), specifying its composition, duties and responsibilities entitled to implement the State Environmental Policy, as well as to control its execution.