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MPF asks to work for the Port of Acu environmental degradation

01/02/2013

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Paulo Virgilio
Brazil Agency Reporter



Rio de Janeiro - The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in Campos, in the north of the state, is asking for the end of the works of installation of industrial and port complex Açu, in São João da Barra, because they are causing environmental degradation the region. According to the civil action, a preliminary injunction, filed by MPF, there are indications that the works for the construction of the port, the 5th District of São João da Barra, caused salinisation in areas of soil, fresh water in canals and lagoons and treated water for human consumption.

They are also defendants in the lawsuit filed by the prosecutor Eduardo Santos de Oliveira the State Environmental Institute (INEA) and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources (IBAMA). According to the lawsuit, which calls for the end of the works under penalty of a daily fine of R $ 100 thousand, the environmental damage caused by salinity are evident in relation to fauna and flora, as well as a decrease in soil fertility, increased erosion and the beginning of a process of desertification area.

The civil investigation, opened in November last year by the MPF and giving rise to the action, was based on surveys conducted by the State University of North Fluminense (Uenf). Studies indicate a salinity seven times higher than allowed for human consumption in the water supplied to the population of the district by the State Company for Water and Sewage (Cedae).

In the lawsuit, the MPF asks that the companies in the group are Eike Batista sentenced within 60 days of making a recovery project soil and water resources affected. The INEA, in turn, must do an environmental audit in the area and IBAMA an environmental analysis, with a report of the measures to be taken to repair the damage.

The state Department of Environment said the secretary Carlos Minc, and president of INEA, Marilene Ramos, give a press conference tomorrow (1st), at 10 am, to announce measures against the salinization of waters in the Port of Acu.
Also presented are the fines and environmental constraints to be imposed on the enterprise.

Editing: Fabio Massalli



Source: Agency Brazil

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