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Factual Record Regarding Submission SEM-19-002
July 4, 2023 76 pages Enforcement
On 16 April 2019, the organization Acción Colectiva Socioambiental, A.C. (hereafter the “Submitter”) filed a submission with the Secretariat, in accordance with the provisions of NAAEC Article 14(1). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to the City Park Project, in the City of León, Guanajuato, Mexico. At the time this submission was filed, the City Park Project was under construction.
The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce provisions of General Act on Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente—LGEEPA); the LGEEPA Regulations on Environmental Impact Assessment (Reglamento de la LGEEPA en Materia de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental—REIA); the General Wildlife Act (Ley General de Vida Silvestre—LGVS); the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales—RI-Semarnat); the Environmental Protection and Preservation Act of the State of Guanajuato (Ley para la Protección y Preservación del Ambiente del estado de Guanajuato—LPPAEG); the LPPAEG Regulations on Environmental Impact Assessment (Reglamento de la LPPAEG en Materia de Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental—REIA-Guanajuato); the Environmental Management Bylaw of the City of León, Guanajuato (Reglamento para la Gestión Ambiental del Municipio de León, Guanajuato—RGA-León or the “Municipal Bylaw”); and Official Mexican Standard NOM-059-Semarnat-2010, Environmental protection—Native flora and fauna species of Mexico-Risk categories and specifications for species inclusion, exclusion
or amendments—List of species at risk (NOM-059).
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