DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND CONFLICTUAL RELATIONS INVOLVING THE MARITUBA LANDFILL (BELÉM, PARÁ)

Abstract

This research aims to present a legal, doctrinal, and case law analysis of civil, environmental, and socio-environmental liability practiced by the companies Guamá Tratamento de Resíduos Ltda and Revita Engenharia AS, responsible for managing the Class II Sanitary Landfill located in the Metropolitan Region of Belém do Pará, in light of the damage caused to the environment, from the perspective of STJ decisions and MPPA case law. Jurisprudential, exploratory, and bibliographical research was used, based on qualitative and quantitative data. The most effective instruments researched with greater relevance regarding environmental damage were the civil inquiry and the public civil action, and the MPPA is a legitimate party to propose both. It is concluded that case law with extrajudicial decisions and judicial rulings containing civil obligations to act, refrain from acting, and monetary compensation are the main motivations for convictions by the executive powers. The results of this study highlighted relevant points about the characteristics of the sanitary landfill, where perceptions and conditions prevailed, in which companies were convicted of environmental crimes, and where social contradictions and territorial reorganizations caused by such interventions were observed in urban centers of the RMB