Coalición Floresta · Forest & Environmental Law Library
Español (source)IV.- DE LA VIOLACIÓN AL PRINCIPIO DE EVALUACIÓN DE IMPACTO ACUMULATIVO Y PARTICIPACIÓN CIUDADANA. … Considera esta Sala que en el presente caso SETENA ha generado un vicio en el procedimiento de evaluación de impacto ambiental al aprobar las vigencias ambientales de los expedientes D1-10282-2012-SETENA y D1-10283-2012-SETENA, pues ha obviado la obligación de evaluar la totalidad de la actividad, de forma conjunta, y a partir de un estudio de impacto ambiental acumulativo, que permita determinar el impacto real de la actividad global proyectada, así como la eventual fragmentación de la misma para evadir controles más rigurosos. … En el presente caso no se garantizó una participación ciudadana amplia y efectiva, pues —en criterio de esta Sala—, a pesar que la recurrente y un grupo de vecinos presentaron oposición, no se realizó una audiencia pública…
English (translation)IV.- VIOLATION OF THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PRINCIPLE AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. … This Chamber considers that in the present case SETENA has generated a flaw in the environmental impact assessment procedure by approving the environmental viability of files D1-10282-2012-SETENA and D1-10283-2012-SETENA, since it has ignored the obligation to evaluate the entirety of the activity, jointly, and based on a cumulative environmental impact study, that allows determining the real impact of the projected global activity, as well as the eventual fragmentation of the same to evade more rigorous controls. … In the present case, broad and effective citizen participation was not guaranteed, since —in the Chamber's opinion—, although the petitioner and a group of neighbors presented opposition, a public hearing was not held…
Granted
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