SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct. 13 (EUROPE PRESS) –
Today, Thursday, October 13, the Governing Council has accepted the delegation of the City Council of Tuineje (island of Fuerteventura) in the Autonomous Commission for Environmental Assessment of the competence for the environmental assessment of projects that must be processed and authorized by said Consistory.
Law 4/2017, on Land and Protected Natural Areas of the Canary Islands (LSENPC), establishes that the approval, substantial modification and adaptation of territorial, environmental and urban planning instruments will be subject to the environmental evaluation procedure of plans and programs , in the terms contemplated in the basic state legislation.
Decree Law 15/2020, on urgent measures to promote the primary, energy, tourism and territorial sectors of the Canary Islands, reworded the LSENPC, enabling the possibility of direct delegation of jurisdiction for the environmental assessment of instruments or projects in the regional environmental body, introducing a more agile and effective mechanism than the agreement: a direct intersubjective delegation, which only requires a delegation agreement from the local entity and an acceptance agreement from the Government of the Canary Islands.
In this case, the City Council delegates the competence for the environmental impact assessment of projects that must be authorized or approved by that local administration.
The accepted delegation falls on the Collegiate Body for Environmental Assessment and Single Report of the Canary Islands and, more specifically, on one of its commissions: the Autonomous Commission for Environmental Assessment. It is a collegiate body of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Environmental Planning. Therefore, it is this Commission that is going to carry out the delegated functions.
