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21/05/2012
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Rio de Janeiro - Integrated Coordination of Agents to Combat Environmental Crime (CICCA) of the Federal Police (PF), the Army and state agencies linked to the environment a closed landfill that operated in the city of Tanguá, Downloaded Coastal region of the Rio. The operation is part of the Zero Dump the Secretary of State for Environment, whose goal is to end all open dumps in Rio de Janeiro 2014, transferring the waste disposal to landfill.
According to the coordinator of CICCA, Colonel Jose Mauricio Padrone, the Secretary of State for the Environment has stepped up this kind of action in different regions of the state in order to inhibit environmental crimes. By 2014 operations will be made monthly to achieve the target set by the state government to eliminate open dumps.
Padrone said that municipalities need to adopt emergency measures for the disposal of waste produced by residents of the region is directed to a landfill authorized to operate and not the landfills.
"The council must take steps to build your own landfill or making consortium with other municipalities to make a landfill and, therefore, give the correct destination for waste generated by residents. The purpose of the Secretary of State for the Environment is to end all landfills in the state, "he said.
All waste produced by residents of the dump was intended Tanguá forbidden by federal agents. With its closing, the city will have to send the waste to the landfill Itaboraí in the metropolitan region of Rio
The operation also found irregularities in the storage of explosives in mining Mining Company Tanguá (Emitang) which, according Padrone, were stored inside a mine, which is forbidden by Brazilian law.
"They have permission to use dynamite, but dynamite had to be stored safely. Explosives have to stay in the barn safely clean and fresh air. Here stored in the mine a greater quantity than they were allowed and the explosives were packed in an irregular manner, "he said. The company was also fined for using oil ascarel generators. The substance is highly toxic, non-degradable and their use is banned in the country.
During the action, a representative from the City of Tanguá was arrested and sent to the Bureau of Environment Protection of Civilian Police (DPMA) to give evidence. Have Rafael Costa Matta, director and a partner at Emitang, a chemist and operator of the mine were sent to the Bureau of Environment Protection of the Federal Police to provide information.
The company has a period of up to 15 days to respond to the notice of violation issued by the agents. It's up to the board of the State Environmental Institute (INEA), set the value of the fine will be imposed on the company Emitang. The fine ranges from R$ 5000 to R$ 1 million, according to the expansion and damage to the environment.
Source: The Day on Line
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