Under the monitoring, surveillance, supervision, inspection and execution of warrants and administrative or judicial decisions relating to pollution incidents, the National Republican Guard (GNR), through the Nature and Environment Protection Service (SEPNA), have recorded so far this year the following:
complaints | contraventions | crimes | |
Pollution of water area | 249 | 394 | 8 |
Atmospheric pollution | 100 | 171 | 1 |
soil pollution | 29 | 76 | two |
SEPNA, in collaboration with the administrative bodies that oversee the various environmental components subject to pollution (air, water and soil), ensure compliance with laws and regulations relating to illicit checked the environment, water resources and land, investigated and prosecuted the following:
For the years 2014 and 2015, the GNR showed the following data:
2014 | 2015 | |||||
complaints | contraventions | crimes | complaints | contraventions | crimes | |
Pollution of water area | 270 | 668 | 7 | 344 | 722 | 15 |
Atmospheric pollution | 210 | 346 | 0 | 222 | 385 | 0 |
soil pollution | 23 | 88 | 1 | 27 | 104 | two |
The GNR is available 24 hours / day, and throughout the country coverage (mainland and autonomous regions), the “SOS Environment and Territory” line through the blue number 808 200 520 or via emailsepna@gnr.pt , where citizens have the opportunity to report situations that might violate the environmental legislation and / or animal.