%0 Article %A Alves, Felipe Laurêncio de Freitas %D 2020 %T Fiscalização ambiental no federalismo brasileiro de cooperação: a aplicação da Lei Complementar n° 140/2011 %U https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8113001 %X This research aims to understand and describe which cooperation structure was introduced by the Complementary Law No. 140/2011 in the federative system of Brazil, in addition to analyzing the alleged contradictions presented by the section 17 of that law. It is an exploratory research, with a survey of works and content analysis, using the case study method, where it was chosen as a pilot case the Public Civil Action No. 0021045-62.2014.4.01.3700 (TRF- 1), which deals with the possible lack of inspection in undertakings that caused damage to the Zutiua River, in the Amazon part of Maranhão. It concludes that environmental protection must be done in a cooperative manner among the entities of the Federation, according to the principle of the primary sanctioning licensor, whereby it is up to the licensor to sanction primarily, without hindrance to the inspection of the activity by all federated entities.