Resolution NoResolution No. 237 of 19 December 1997 The National Environmental Council (CONAMA), by virtue of theauthority and jurisdiction vested therein pursuant to Law No. 6.938 of 31August 1981, as regulated by Decree No. 99.274 of 6 June 1990, and in considerationof the provisions contained in its Internal Regulation, and In consideration of the need for review of the procedures andcriteria used in environmental licensing, in order to facilitate use of thelicensing system as an instrument for environmental management, instituted byNational Environmental Policy; In consideration of the need for environmental managementinstruments to be incorporated into the environmental licensing system, with aview to sustainable development and continuous improvement; In consideration of the directives established in CONAMA ResolutionNo. 011/94, which stipulate the need for review of the environmental licensingsystem; In consideration of the need for regulation of aspects ofenvironmental li...