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18/03/2013
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Agency Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - The State Environmental Institute (INEA) and the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (Uenf) formalized partnership today (15) to monitor the salinity Channel Quitingute in São João da Barra, in northern Rio de Janeiro, which was causing damage the fauna and flora of the region.
University studies showed that degradation of water is associated with the work of installation of Complex Industrial Logistics Port of Acu, OSX made by the company, which integrates the EBX Group, owned by businessman Eike Batista. The agreement was signed during a meeting in the Rectory of Uenf, in the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes.
The partnership provides for the creation of a working group (WG) composed of university researchers and technicians of the institute, to diagnose the extent of the problem and monitor compliance with the requirements made by the company Inea.
In a statement, the university said it "beyond the environmental analysis (soil and water) should be made interviews with the producers." EBX has been reported to cause environmental impacts in the region, including decline in agricultural production, especially the pineapple that is cultivated by many residents.
According to INEA, the obligations imposed on OSX include the dredging of the channel, clearing crossings under traffic routes and survey of the properties and the biome that users were affected. The institute also determined that the company make the compensation of possible losses and to increase monitoring of water, both surface and groundwater in the entire area covered by the project.
EBX said in a statement that "the INEA reiterated its readiness to conclude the corresponding Environmental Commitment Term, when he made his appeal to the relevant tax assessment." According to the company, so far not identified any farmer harmed in São João da Barra.
The company also said that the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) found that the waters of the 5th district of São João da Barra are within normal limits, both for irrigation and for animal consumption. According to the EBX, Cedae have informed that there was no impact on water distributed for human consumption.
Earlier this month, a federal court in Campos granted an injunction requiring that the empresapreserve the sandbanks that are in permanent preservation area in the port complex, under penalty of a daily fine of R$ 100 thousand. The company was punished for R$ 1.3 million by the state Department of the Environment, due to salinisation of the channel, and decided to appeal the decision.
Editing: David Oliveira
Source: Agency Brazil
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