By Philip M. Fearnside On September 14, Brazil’s National Department of Transportation Infrastructure (DNIT) submitted to the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1) a consultancy report that DNIT had contracted from Engespro (the company that had previously done the project’s environmental impact assessment), stating that reconstruction of BR-319 is “environmentally viable.” The new submission is to reinforce the appeal submitted on September 6. The preliminary license for the reconstruction of the “middle section” (km 250.0 to km 655.7) of BR-319 granted in 2022 under the Jair Bolson…