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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile
The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.
The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.
SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.
"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."
"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.
This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.
As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.
It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.
Administrative infraction of EIA avoidance.
Authors
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Gustavo Arellano Reyes
Investigador Independiente
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8749-3949
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Teresita Chubretovic Arnaiz
Investigadora Independiente
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-5531
Abstract
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) avoidance is an infraction that has been primarily regulated in the Organic Law of the Superintendency of the Environment (LOSMA) and, more recently, in Law No. 21,595 on economic crimes. This study focuses on EIA avoidance as an administrative infraction (Article 35, letter b of the LOSMA) and on the procedures that the Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) uses to address it. The SMA employs two discretionary procedures to address this infraction: a regular punitive procedure and a special procedure known as “requirement for submitting to EIA”. Both procedures serve different purposes: the first aims to impose a sanction (with a punitive and deterrent objective), while the second aims to ensure compliance with regulation by subjecting avoidant activities to EIA without imposing a penalty (with a corrective objective). This discretionary power has been recognized by jurisprudence based on the administrative principles of opportunity, efficiency, and effectiveness. The objective of this study is to analyze the value of the requirement for submitting to EIA procedure. This, from the perspective of achieving its corrective purpose and to assess whether it can serve the broader interests of the SMA's supervisory work. It questions whether it is acceptable to solely demand the submission of a project in avoidance to EIA, mitigating the punitive function and its deterrent effect regarding this kind of infraction.
Keywords:
EIA avoidance, administrative infraction, corrective procedure, requirement for submitting to EIAReferences
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