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is a study allowing to characterize the environment which considers the development of a project to determine which is the best alternative technical, environmental and economic for the design and execution of the same.
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Is the technical study of interdisciplinary nature, incorporated into the environmental impact assessment procedure, is intended to predict, identify, assess and correct, the consequences or environmental effects that certain actions may cause on the quality of life of man and his environment.
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constitutes the main instrument for the management environmental, to the extent that meets the set of criteria, strategies, actions and programs; necessary to prevent, mitigate and compensate the impacts negative and potentiate the positive.
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is a parameter (quantitative or qualitative) that provides the measure of the magnitude of the behavior and/or the change in the characteristics or behavior of a variable environmental.
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Is the set of activities, monitoring, control, monitoring and verification of compliance with the regulations and requirements set forth in the agreement, about environmental measures, comprehensive security and occupational health applicable to the execution of a project, work or activity.
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Authorization that grants the competent environmental authority for the execution of a project, work or activity, which in accordance with the Act and regulations may cause severe impairment to renewable natural resources or the environment or significant or noticeable changes to the landscape; which subject to the beneficiary of this, to the compliance of the requirements, terms, conditions and obligations that the same set in relation to the prevention, mitigation, correction, compensation and management of them effects environmental of the project, work or activity authorized.
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It is a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluate them objectively in order to determine the extent that fixed by the Organization environmental management system audit criteria are met.
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All technical document that defines or determines the location and the preparation of plans and programmes, the realization of buildings or other facilities and works as well as other interventions in the natural environment or landscape, including those aimed at the exploitation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, and land use planning.
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is the probability that is present a phenomenon, surpassing a certain magnitude, in a place specific and within a period of time defined.
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They are preliminary and very valuable qualitative methods to assess the different alternatives of the same project.
