Análise do EIA/RIMA do Terminal de Combustíveis da Paraíba (TECOP) para fins de licenciamento ambiental

The environmental impact study precedes the environmental licensing, being compulsory for effectively or potentially polluting activities or those capable of degrading the environment. This study aimed to analyze the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its respective Environmental Impact Report (RIMA) of Paraíba Fuel Terminal Ltd. (TECOP) and assess the performance of Superintendency of Environmental Management (SUDEMA) – a state government agency – regarding the monitoring of environmental impacts from TECOP activity. This paper consists of a descriptive and documentary research, which has as objects of study TECOP’s EIA/RIMA and Environmental Licensing Process, obtained from the SUDEMA. The EIA/RIMA proved extremely shallow with respect to the characterization of environmental impacts: these were not properly characterized as determined by CONAMA Resolution 01/1986, Article 6, section II. The attributes for the correct characterization of the impacts were not taken into consideration even for major adverse impacts expected to occur in the project’s operational phase. The study also showed a lack of clarity as to propose any mitigation and monitoring measures to the identified impacts, because not all adverse impacts contained the indication of the forms of mitigation and how they would be monitored.