Furthermore, the company also manifested that the Multipartite Monitoring Team (MMT) be activated so that any problem concerning the plant’s operation can be immediately acted upon.
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According to Loreto Rivac, chief of the Provincial Environmental Management Unit (PEMU), the ethanol plant was also sanctioned a P50,000 per violation subject to the evaluation of the regional director.
Rivac said the results of the water sampling sent to the regional office for examination showed parameters that are beyond the standards of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that could have caused the fish kill.
Atty. Mary Jane Balagtas, legal council of the company who committed to undertake measures as far as the foul odor is concerned, geared towards eliminating and mitigating the impact of the same. Another commitment is for the improvement of the perimeter of the containment lagoon by its boundaries within 90 days after the signing of the agreement.
Rivac, however, said the results will still be subjected to interpretation by technical personnel of the DENR.
Dumaguete City (CNN Philippines) — The Universal Robina Corporation (URC) has manifested to pay the administrative fines for their Fuel Ethanol Plant in Bais City in violation with operating without the Air Pollution Source Equipment (APSE) which was set forth in the conditions in the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) requirements.
