Tuesday May 3, 2011 14:33 hrs.
denounce parliamentary approval thermoelectric irregular Maule
The Macarena Scheuch
AES Gener The project will produce the same CO2 than a thousand cars with the engine running 24 hours, the Chamber of Deputies approved a lapidary report against him and his opponents accuse the government orders Michelle Bachelet to authorize construction. Critics say a new constitution will Puchuncaví: "I do not care much, they are dead zones, culled," accused.
Report challenges to public services thermoelectric approval
Los Robles Parliamentarians of the Christian Democrats gave the mayor del Maule, Rodrigo Galilee, a report unanimously endorsed by the Chamber of Deputies, in January 2010, which ensures that the approval of the study environmental impact of thermal Los Robles by the then Regional Environment Commission (COREMA) became unreliable history.
AES Gener plant, which would be located in the coastal area of \u200b\u200bFaro Carranza, among Chanco and Constitution, involves an investment of about U.S. $ 1,300 million and coal would be supplied continuously from Australia, through a port.
Deputy Roberto León explained that asked the mayor-president of the Environmental Assessment Service, which communicates with the environment minister, Maria Ignacia Benítez, to get the job on the draft, who missed the Corema after the earthquake. The authority said Leon, pledged to make the data available to the public prosecutor to assess whether there was fraud.
parliamentary text determines serious irregularities in the assessment of the impacts the project will have on the environment, the livelihoods of fishermen and farmers, as approved by the Corema.
According to Congressman Leon, the company itself acknowledges that the collection of carbon material sent to air CO2 equivalent to that produced thousand cars with the engine running 24 hours and that the experts did not object to this situation, among other irregularities .
The document also proposes that acid rain and leaching of heavy metals and organic compounds to generate groundwater problems are not addressed in depth and does not consider any mitigation measures for fruit growers.
Nor does it specify the effects of excess organic material, produced by the cooling system would have on life on the seabed and question the process has been evaluated by institutions funded by the company.
Carlos Zuñiga, representative of the movement Citizen Action Constitution for the Defense of the Costa del Maule, said the report confirms the existence of pressure in the evaluation process: "The first two addenda of various public services were negative construction of the thermoelectric. Then in the third addendum to appear almost all positive. So that turns the light bulb: it could have been political influence to public services approved the construction of the thermal coal, "he said.
Zuniga also said that "practically the report says there was political intervention orders of the Government to approve the CSP and that officials in this case the SEREMIS, had to issue positive reports, pressed by the central government that time, chaired by President Michelle Bachelet. "
Meanwhile, Rodrigo de la O, also a member of the movement, noted that this issue was pending since citizens managed the creation of a commission of inquiry in Congress and that the report gave the reason.
The representative expressed hope that the project's approval is revoked, since, in his view, it is a matter of common sense: "We understand that there is a cellulose Constitution 30 years ago and now want to put a power plant of 750 megawatts. As Puchuncaví and Quintero are black dots and not withstand analysis, as they no longer care much. Then take another top industry in an area that is so saturated and sick, as the Constitution. These are areas that are dead, are culled, "he said.
Rodrigo de la O noted that this was an area hit by the earthquake and tsunami and that, therefore, is an aspect to be considered in addition to emphasizing the commitment made by President Sebastián Piñera for renewable energy and against the most polluting sources of energy.
this, especially considering that in the area and there is a windmill, so it is a favorable place for the use of wind energy.
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