Ash case will go to court

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Republic is asking the AES Corporation to clean up the fly ash that was dumped in Samana and Manzanillo, and prefers an out-of-court settlement. But if a deal is not reached ahead of time the government is preparing to take its case to the US federal court. Hoy reports that last week a Federal Judge in Virginia decided that the DR could sue AES for bringing 80,000 tons of ash into the country, in violation of environmental laws and endangering the health of people in the area. The country however will not be allowed to sue for effects on the tourist sector or on health sector. On 21 December, Federal Judge Gerard Bruce Lee will set a date for the initial hearing. The Dominican government has said that the preferred date would be18 January 2007.

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