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11/07/2012
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Report of the Federal Police was made at the time of the spill and dropped the investigation. Company will use it in their defense
Report of the Federal Police (PF) indicates that it is impossible to measure the environmental damage caused by the accident of Chevron's Campos Basin, in Rio de Janeiro, in November 2011.
Another report, signed by technicians from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Navy two weeks after the start of the leak, the same accident was classified as "serious environmental damage."
A fine of R$ 50 million imposed by IBAMA against Chevron is based in this analysis. The technical understanding is that there is no possibility of the volume of oil (at least 2,400 barrels) have passed unnoticed by ecosystem. In his defense, the American oil will cling to the new report.
In a statement released on Tuesday (10), Chevron argues that "continuous monitoring in the area of the incident shows that there was no impact to marine life or human health" and that "no oil reached the coast of Brazil." The company has appealed against the decision of IBAMA and the process follows its course at the administrative level.
The PF reported by noting that his expert report "is part of the collection of evidence included in the police inquiry established to investigate the leak." However, a source of PF reported that the report was dismissed during the investigation, because it was not completed on time. "Maybe it value as academic study, but it can work as a gift for the defense."
The state prosecutor Eduardo Santos, the complainant against Chevron on charges of environmental crimes, said ignoring the report of the PF. "I get a surprise in the middle of three processes that a report will conclude that there was no damage. What methodology was used? The same PF led the investigation and concluded that there was damage. I am convinced of the environmental damage."
Criminal actions are pending in federal court. The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) said it is finalizing a report with requirements that will be made to Chevron.
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