This Law, consisting of 3 Titles, divided into 229 articles, establishes the Basic Environmental Code within the Municipality of Barra do Piraí in the State of Rio de Janeiro. This Code regulates authorised public action to be performed within the Municipality of Barra do Pirai in defense of the Environment; it establishes environmental management standards for preservation, conservation, protection, enhancement, restoration, protection of environmental resources; it establishes the necessary legal relations between the municipal government, the citizens, the public and private institutions seeking to control potentially harmful activities in environmental sector; it supports the construction of an ecologically balanced environment and the common and rational use of natural resources, including research and environmental impact assessment, municipal environmental policy, which is essential to a healthy quality of life as a universal right. This Municipal Environmental Code aims at meeting the following principles: promoting sustainable development, harmonizing economic and social development with environmental protection, quality of life and the rational use of environmental and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations; control and zoning of polluting or potentially polluting activities; planning and supervision of the use of environmental resources; environmental education aiming to increase awareness of social responsibilities and the full exercise of citizenship; society participation environmental management; development of integrated actions, through ensuring access to information; systematic promotion of legal measures by the competent bodies, accountability of the administration to cause pollution and environmental degradation; integrated interactions between urban, state and federal agencies; autonomy of municipal power to perform compatible duties with local interest.
Brazil · 2009-05-13