This Law establishes the Biogas State Policy that gathers a set of principles, objectives, instruments, guidelines, actions, and incentives adopted by the State, in cooperation with the Union, municipalities or private individuals, aiming at producing, exploiting, managing and marketing biogas. Natural and legal persons, whether public or private, directly or indirectly responsible for products and by-products capable of generating biomass and biodigestion within the State Territory are subject to comply with this Law. The objectives of the Biogas State Policy are: protection of human and animal health and the environment to minimize impacts of the production and commercial exploitation of animal protein by the state agroindustry; adoption, development and improvement of clean technologies to minimize environmental impacts; reduction of biomass volume and biodigestion of animal, urban and industrial waste; promotion of the use of biomass and biodigestion through its use on an industrial and commercial scale, as a form of employment and income generation; articulation between the different spheres of the Public Power and those with the business sector, with a view to technical and financial cooperation for exploration, commercialization and transport of biogas; continuous technical training in the area of biomass, biodigestion, biogas and biomethane; and stimulate environmental labelling, consumption and sustainable production of biomass, biogas and biomethane.
Brazil · 2018-07-12