MARN environmental license costs and categories
- Water for industry
- Industrial water, wells and discharges
- Audited
The Environmental Assessment, Control and Follow-up Regulation (AG 137-2016, as amended) requires an environmental form or diagnostic according to the project's category, and the municipality asks for the approved instrument before licensing the drilling. According to the official catalog of procedures, a category C environmental license costs Q50 per year (Q50 to Q250 for 1-5 years; resolution in 3-10 days) and category CR instruments, predictive and corrective alike, cost Q50 (5 days). Categories A/B1/B2 cost more: the published range runs 'from Q50.00 up to Q35,000.00' (La Hora, 1 Dec 2022). The audit corrected earlier figures (Q100/Q150 attributed to Aprende Guatemala, which does not contain them). The text as amended by AG 317-2019 remains to be confirmed as regards timelines.
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Figures
- Category C environmental license
- Q50 per year (Q50-Q250 for 1-5 years); resolution 3-10 days
- Category CR environmental instruments, predictive and corrective
- Q50; 5 days
- Environmental license cost range (all categories)
- Q50 to Q35,000
Sources
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Related records
- Absence of a general water law and national extraction fee
- Right to drill a well and ownership of the water (Civil Code)
- Industrial self-supply and the 2,000 wells of Guatemala's valley
- Procedure to drill an industrial well in the metropolitan area
- Cost and regulation of the municipal well-drilling license
- Well-drilling restrictions in the Lake Atitlán basin (AMSCLAE)
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