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02-07-2007, 05:40 PM
The Ministry of the Environment prosecutor has warned Teneria Bermudez executives that the factory will remain "provisionally closed" until they fulfill the legal requirements and use chemicals that fulfill the parameters for non-pollution by effluents. Prosecutor Jacinto Mejia met with the tannery's president, Aquiles Bermudez and his lawyers, and, afterwards, he told reporters that since he was acting under the articles of Law 64-00 on the Environment and Natural Resources, he would not order the re-opening of the facility. In an article in Diario Libre, Mejia said that the tannery used to send its toxic effluents to a treatment plant operated by the Santiago Water Works (Corasan), but after complaints from this institution, they began dumping the effluent directly into the Yaque River. Yesterday's Diario Libre confirmed the fact that the effluents are dumped directly into the river, causing high levels of pollution, including a smell that is offensive to passers-by. Company president Aquiles Bermudez said that he was surprised at the prosecutor's action and claimed that such action could well have a negative effect on both local and foreign investments.
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