Environmental Permits: More Agile Procedures PromisedIn Guatemala, it has been announced that by the end of the year a digital platform will be implemented that will have the capacity to inform, in minutes, whether an environmental impact study is feasible or not.Monday, May 14, 2018
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources plans to expedite the reception and approval of environmental licenses, and for this it is preparing a digital platform that will respond to users about the feasibility or not of their applications. Source: Diario de Centro América Request more information: October 2017 Companies have time up until July 2018 to make the necessary modifications to comply with the new environmental rules to avoid fines or even closure of their business. August 2017 The government of Guatemala has announced the creation of a one-stop shop to manage environmental permits for social housing construction projects. February 2017 The Setena plans to amend regulations in order to reduce the timescale for ruling on studies for projects with high environmental impact, to 5 months. January 2015 An announcement has been made that rulings on environmental feasibility will be given within 24 hours, environmental permits categories 1 and 2 will take two months, and for projects the period is three to four months.
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