CVG has neglected environmental control systems for divestment
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Operational crisis of basic industries and the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana is not confined solely to the production of iron, steel and aluminum. Basic obligations of the development entity, such as surveillance and monitoring of air quality and water from the rivers of Guyana, has been neglected for lack of resources, says a report of the Vice President of Industrial Development, General Management of Technological Adaptation the CVG, which had access Mail Caroni, whose preliminary data are published in this issue. They admit that the divestiture to continue the implementation of new projects and for the maintenance of environmental infrastructure (system control of pollution, sedimentation ponds, waste management, among others) has led the resurgence of environmental problems had been corrected.

Natalie Garcia
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The red mud ponds is one of the problems must be corrected Bauxilum A presentation of the Vice President of Industrial Development, General Management of Technological Adaptation CVG can read that "the network of water quality of the Orinoco and Caroni rivers is stalled since August 2008 due to lack of resources. "

The document has been leaked to the editorial, said that "to ensure the operation and maintenance of both networks during the period 2011-2012, requires an estimated Bs.F. 470,000.00. "

In this regard, studies of the waters of these two major rivers, where they are often discharged pollutants, as well as ineffective sewage pipe sewage system and lack of adequate treatment facilities to the current population density, have waited for budget allocation.

Although there is no money, the CVG in the presentation notes that "the request is made of technical proposals with companies duly registered and licensed by the Ministry of Popular Power for the Environment, to execute the operation and maintenance of both networks."

Shocking reality
Not only are behind this monitoring, the network of air quality control in Guyana has "20 stations, consisting of the air quality stations operated by Sidor and CVG, 16 of these teams are for total suspended particulate (TSP) and 4 for particles smaller than ten microns (PM-10). "

At present, "the network that operates in Sidor start to have weaknesses due to the difficulty of finding spare parts in the country. That operated by the corporation is partially operational. Of the ten teams for sampling of total suspended particulate (TSP), only eight are in service and is sampled once a month. Of the four teams for sampling of particles smaller than ten microns, none are in service due to lack of logistics. "

As for the results of the few studies done so far none has been released publicly, at least in recent years. Researchers from various universities of the organization complain about the secrecy, which prevents to know how polluted the air and waters of the city, which are the main components of this pollution and its sources.

With these data could solve environmental problems, minimize the impact on bodies of water and air as well as seeking solutions to adapt the production processes of basic industries for the good health of workers and residents.

Environmental backwardness
Remember the Vice President of Industrial Development "companies supervised by the CVG, signed with the Ministry of Environment in 1998, environmental adjustment schedules pleased with the projects to be implemented to solve the environmental conditions that were unfavorable in these companies" .

The report continues stating that "it should be noted that the divestiture to continue the implementation of new projects and for the maintenance of environmental infrastructure (system control of pollution, sedimentation ponds, waste management, among others) has created the reappearance environmental problems had been corrected with the implementation of those schedules. "

To remedy this situation "investment requirements estimated for the period 2009-2013, in the environmental area of ​​business has been estimated at Bs 1,359,600,228.05.

Medium-term proposition
The corporation plans to the "Design and Construction of an Integrated Plant Management of Industrial Waste Generated Stored and CVG, your custodial firm and other firms in the area."

This will provide benefits for the environment, population and businesses, including highlight: minimize environmental and human health risks, reduce waste generation and industrial wastes, environmental restoration of affected areas within business and development of new activities, the competitiveness of products domestically and internationally, compliance with environmental legislation, provision of services for the integrated management of industrial waste and contribution to sustainable development in the region.

The estimated budget for implementing the plan amounts to 7 million Bs, with run time of three years. The plant management of this waste transfer station to include waste storage, leachate treatment plant, equipment maintenance area, loading and unloading area, waste treatment, incineration, recycling, pollution control systems, including other and disposal, security cells. "

Full knowledge

The Industrial Development vVicepresidencia, General Manager of Technological Adaptation CVG revealed in the report that is broken in this edition, supervised firms are aware of their environmental liabilities of pollutants and poor disposal they receive.

In a second installment of the Caroni Mail offer a per-company situation, the CVG report which identifies areas where chemicals are huge amounts of asbestos to be removed and the order that you want to glue the gaps mining in the south of the state.