The Synagencies (National Union of National Regulatory Agencies) issued a note charging regular investments in and hiring servers and in which it says that ANM cannot have the budget reinforced only after tragedies.
The (MG), provides R $ 1 billion for prevention and mitigation of risk in mining.
The amount will be paid in 20 installments. According to the union, in the first five years, R $ 600 million would be intended for the purchase of equipment, with the acquisition of technology for dam monitoring and improvements in the agency’s infrastructure. The rest will be applied over the next 15 years.
In the note, Synagencias says it evaluates the value intended for ANM as positive, but states that “essential investments in the agency cannot depend on disasters such as to be made possible.”
First vice president of Synagencias, Ricardo Peçanha, ANM’s server, states that the challenge is to guarantee the regular budget provided for by law and has not been fulfilled.
“The government does not pass on what is provided for in the legislation. The provision in law is that 7% of the collection of CFEM (financial compensation for mineral exploitation) is intended for ANM’s budget, but this does not happen,” he says. “If the 7% of the collection were passed on, the budget should be around $ 520 million per year, but currently is around $ 100 million.”
The project that indicates how ANM will use resources is under analysis by the (National Bank for Economic and Social Development), which needs to approve the allocation of money.
The union argues that the agency’s regular budget is prioritized so that ANM has predictability of resources and autonomy to act in a preventive manner and avoid new environmental disasters.
In addition, it says that the most determining factor for the agency to have real enforcement capacity is the investment in personnel, with the expansion of the staff through new public tenders and the appreciation of career professionals.
“Without reinforcement in the technical staff, even with modern equipment, the agency will continue with limitations to fulfill its role in the prevention of tragedies,” warns the union. Today, of the 1,984 vacancies provided for by law, only 645 are occupied.
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