According to the Article 2 of the Law 27446 of the National System of Environmental Impact Assessment and Regulation approved by Supreme Decree No. 019-2009-MINAM; “…Projects of public, private or mixed capital investment proposed by natural or legal persons, public or private law, domestic or foreign; comprising works, constructions and extractive, productive, commercial and service activities, among others; which are likely to cause significant environmental impacts of a negative nature…” must submit and achieve approval of a sd-EIA to the competent environmental authority.