Law No. 27,247. This law approves the Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Kuwait to cooperate on the Environment and Sustainable Development matters.

Decree No. 342/2016. This Decree modifies Decree No. 357/2002 with respect to the Objectives of the Secretariat of Programming for Prevention of Drug Addiction and the War on Drug Trafficking.

Resolution No. 1,141/2015 enacted by the Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development. This Resolution approves the procedures entitled “Administrative Procedure for the documentary and informative management of the Federal Glacier Inventory” and the “Unique Technical Validation Procedure of the Federal Glacier Inventory”.

Resolution No. 1,142/2015 enacted by the Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development. This Resolution authorizes the Argentine Institute of Snow Research, Glaciology and Environmental Sciences the publication of various sub-basins.

Resolution No. 134/2016 enacted by the Ministry of Health. This Resolution approves the national guidelines for waste management in health care facilities.

Resolution No. 538/2015 enacted by the Undersecretariat of Port Activities. This Resolution approves the Waste Traceability Management Plan of wastes coming from ships, which has the objective of making the verification of the discharge and monitoring of wastes in the ports of the Province of Buenos Aires.

Resolution No. 3/2016 enacted by the Water Authority. Extends the period established in Article 2 of Resolution No. 198/2015 AA for 365 days, so that small and medium-sized enterprises with a maximum daily intake of less than 15 m3 of water can make an appointment for registration in the Bank of Data of Users of Water Resources.

Law No. 132. Abrogates Law XVII No. 127 which has as an objective to ensure the compliance with the preventive, precautionary, sustainability and intergenerational equity environmental principles, established in Argentine Law No. 25,675.

Resolution No. 428/2016 enacted by the Secretariat of Hydric Resources and Coordination. This Resolution approves “Rules for the extraction, use and management of underground waters”.

Resolution No. 91/2016 enacted by the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development. This Resolution abrogates Resolution No. 912/SAYDS/2014 which sets general rates for each category of the Provincial Register of Special Wastes Generators, Carriers and Operators and updates such rates.

Resolution No. 92/2016 enacted by the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development. This Resolution abrogates Resolution No. 912/SAYDS/2014 which sets rates for each category of the Environment Consultants Register of the Province of Río Negro and updates such rates.

Resolution No. 93/2016 enacted by the Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development. This Resolution abrogates Resolution No. 912/SAYDS/2014 which sets general rates for each category and updates compensation rates established in Article No. 36 sections a), b) and d) of Law M N° 3,266.

Resolution No. 207/2016 enacted by the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development. This Resolution abrogates Resolution No. 17/2015 which ordered the last update of the environmental fees to be paid by those who developed hydrocarbon activities in order to finance the costs to carry control and supervision activities by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Moreover, this Resolution establishes the obligation to submit the information required in the Annexes as a sworn statement.

Ley N° 27.247. Aprueba el memorándum de entendimiento con el Estado de Kuwait para la cooperación en materia de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable.

Decreto N° 342/2016. Modifica el Decreto N° 357/2002 respecto de los Objetivos de la Secretaría de Programación para la Prevención de la Drogadicción y la Lucha contra el Narcotráfico.

Resolución N° 1.141/2015 dictada por la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable. Aprueba los procedimientos denominados “Procedimiento Administrativo para la gestión documental e informativa del Inventario Nacional de Glaciares” y “Procedimiento único de validación técnica del Inventario Nacional de Glaciares”.

Resolución N° 1.142/2015 dictada por la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable. Autoriza al Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales a la publicación de diversas subcuencas.

Resolución Nº 134/2016 del Ministerio de Salud. Aprueba las directrices nacionales para la gestión de residuos en establecimientos de atención de la salud.

Resolución N° 538/2015 dictada por la Subsecretaría de Actividades Portuarias. Aprueba el Plan de Gestión de Trazabilidad de los Residuos provenientes de los Buques que tiene como objetivo realizar la comprobación de la descarga y seguimiento de los residuos en los Puertos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Resolución N° 3/2016 dictada por la Autoridad del Agua. Prorroga el plazo establecido en el artículo 2º de la Resolución Nº 198/2015 por 365 días a fin de que las pequeñas y medianas empresas que tengan como máximo un consumo diario menor a los 15 m3 de agua soliciten turno para su inscripción en el Banco Único de Datos de Usuarios de los Recursos Hídricos.