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10-21-2008, 03:00 PM
Yesterday the Environment Ministry closed down three sand and gravel extraction companies and posted military personnel on their premises. Agregados Consolidados, Agregados AG and Mon-Braca failed to comply with Law 16-07, which states that companies cannot work within 150 meters of the rivers or extract sand and gravel. The Environmental Ministry said there would be no more extensions on the law, which was passed in 2007, and which has been already postponed three times. Hoy writes that the three companies had been given until last Saturday to remove their equipment from the rivers and all failed to do so. Ministry officials said however that sanctions would not be imposed, because the goal is to protect the environment, not hurt the industry.
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