Licenciamento ambiental de empresa incineradora: o caso da SERQUIP em Montes Claros-MG

Abstract

The present work has the general objective to examine in which situations the environmental license was granted to the company SERQUIP - Treatment of Waste Ltda, in Montes Claros, considering the conditions that were put in the environmental and social point of view. The specific objectives are based on the description of the SERQUIP trajectory in MG and the analysis of the installation stages of the company in Montes Claros and the reaction of the local society. The work theme permeates the arrival of SERQUIP in the city of Montes Claros, being a potentially environmental degrading industry that moved from a region of Belo Horizonte due to air pollution. The methodological procedures carried out were: a bibliographical research to survey the history of the company SERQUIP and the study of key categories for the discussion of environmental licensing, and documentary research was carried out, with the analysis of information obtained in local newspapers and state circulation, these documentary sources mirror the perception of the press in relation to the implantation of the company in the city. Scientific articles, monographs, dissertations and theses were analyzed, which problematize the process of environmental licensing. In order to obtain information and data about the company's environmental licensing in Montes Claros, a visit was made to the Regional Environment Department of Norte de Minas - SUPRAM NM, where an extensive material was made available on the whole process and it was possible to use information important and accurate to the research, analyzing technical and legal opinions, infraction notices, among other documents, to observe the social and environmental conditions in the licensing and the renewal of the license of operation, in the year 2015. The actors involved in the process licensing are the residents who experience it, from its elaboration to its completion. Also part of this process are the environmental managers of the municipality who perform the function of ascertaining the relationship of the human being with the environment, mainly analyzing the economic activities that generate impact on the environment and society. They are social actors the employees of the environmental agency visited, SUPRAM NM, that contributed to the research. A direct observation was made, through an on-site visit to the incinerator, to understand the process of installing SERQUIP in Montes Claros. At the opportunity there was informal conversation with the company representative to understand the process of running the company, the spatial distribution, the organization. It was possible to analyze that the company SERQUIP starts to settle in rural or Industrial District. The environmental constraints of both LO and REVLO do not address the environmental risks to communities living around the incinerator.