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Santo Domingo. - The Chamber of Deputies Commission Environment on Wednesday asked president Leonel Fernandez and Environment minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal to revoke environmental permit 157-09, which authorizes the construction of a cement plant in the Haitises National Park’s damping zone.

Mario Fernandez, president of the Commission said its legislators request the termination of the contract between the State Sugar Council and the plant’s builders, after a meeting with the Ministry Environment technicians, in which they heard the opinions and analyzed graphics on the cement plant project, which is on an area of around 159 million square meters.

Fernandez cautioned that if the project is carried out in that zone, the consequences would be irreparable, because it would pollute the aquifers which supply greater Santo Domingo and the country’s East region. “If we eliminate that water source, we will be affecting future generations.”

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Written by: FredCDobbs This user is banned, 4 Jun 2009 10:12 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
now every body is an expert .....If cement plants are this bad we better close the ones we have....stands to reason ....or is this like the global warming hooey that we all get shoved down our throats from the likes of Loser Ozone Al and Mikey " the Mouth " Moore
Written by: xwill7, 4 Jun 2009 10:48 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
cement plants create jobs we need to have some plants on the island. They just need to build them in the areas dedicated as industrial zones
Written by: Platancibaeno84, 8 Jun 2009 11:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Are you F+!@g me, the President should know all this issues by now; in addition, the president should be the one creating laws that protect our environment. This is the main reason why Quisqueya has been on the list of countries destined to become extinct in the next fifty years. Imagine, environmentalists appealing to the President to sign a law to protect our own existence, Wow wee! Good Luck to you Mr. Enviromentalist, just be aware you have more chance of winning the lottery or get strike by lighting than making such thing happend, may the force be with you. I have been in this country long enough that I have witnessed rivers disapeared, mountains leveled to the ground, and eccological sites turned into mayor tourist atractions where the locals inhabitants are prohibited to enter. All this, with the help of the local authorities, the very same individuals who are suppose to protect us and our habitat. I feel violated and bitrayed by a bunch of thiefs and uncrupulous individuals, w
Written by: Dominicus, 9 Jun 2009 8:56 PM
From: United States
xwill....we need jobs to have vegetation in the island??? Per the company's own documents, this cement plant is highly automated, will create 200 jobs in the area. That's about as many jobs as exist in 2 city blocks. The impact of the cement factory will pollute many million square kilometers of land.

Platancibaeno....wow, so you complain the DR president creates no laws to protect the environment. It's the congress that creates laws! The president EXECUTES laws, or he can issue decrees....you also critizice those that are trying to do something about this, by saying this is hopeless to you. You feel violated and betrayed by the destruction you've witnessed in your country, but are willing to do nothing because you consider the situation to be hopeless....there is a word for that kind of attitude: pendejo.
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