Requirement for submitting to Environmental Impact Assessment System: legal nature, applicable administrative procedure, requirements, and effects

Abstract

This paper analyzes the requirement for submission to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA) as a corrective tool used by the Superintendence of the Environment (SMA) for projects or activities that were not subjected to environmental assessment prior to their execution. It examines the regulatory basis for the requirement for submission to the SEIA, its legal nature, the applicable procedure and stages, the requirements for decreeing mandatory submission to the SEIA, the effects of this SMA order, and the violation of failing to comply with the requirement for submission to environmental assessment.