Isabela Cement = Smith Enron?

[NewsWhore]

The community of Luperon, west of Puerto Plata, is concerned that the announced installation of the proposed La Isabela cement plant adjacent to La Isabela, a pristine environmental area, will bring the communities to suffer the same fate as Costambar and adjacent areas. The plant is promoted by the director of Mining Octavio Lopez but opposed by the Luperon Tourism Cluster. Pablo Rodriguez, of the Tourism Cluster argues that tourism development will produce thousands of jobs while the cement factory at most is down for producing less than 100 jobs. The community fear air pollution, as has occurred in the case of the Smith-Enron/San Felipe power plant, will cause major damage and impede the successful tourism development of the area. Rodriguez is feels that if the Isabela Cement factory is installed, a repeat of the Smith-Enron plant will affect the Luperon-Isabela area, killing tourism development that is only starting now. There is a decree that establishes the area as a tourism zone, but the cement factory has a decree from President Leonel Fernandez authorizing its establishment once environmental conditions are fulfilled. The environmental requirements have not been made available to the public, says Rodriguez.

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