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The city will also strongly recommend to the Land Transportation Organization (LTO) the suspension or revocation of the drunk driver’s license. (RJB/JCP-PIA NCR) | The city will also strongly recommend to the Land Transportation Organization (LTO) the suspension or revocation of the drunk driver’s license. (RJB/JCP-PIA NCR) | ||
=Makati residents hit oil spill clean-up anew= | |||
:by Ferdinand Fabella | |||
:Thursday, September 15, 2011 | |||
:Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro.htm?f=2011/september/15/metro2.isx&d=2011/september/15 | |||
RESIDENTS of oil spill-hit Barangay [[Bangkal, Makati, Philippines|Bangkal]] in Makati City are up in arms over the planned installation of oil extraction equipment in their neighborhood that would supposedly hasten the recovery of oil contaminated groundwater. | |||
In a petition addressed to Bangkal barangay chairman Fermin Eusebio, the residents said the Multi-Phase Extraction system would only bring noise and air pollution in the village, aside from causing vehicular traffic because of the influx of vehicles and heavy equipment of the First Philippine Industrial Corp. | |||
FPIC, which owns the pipeline that had sprung a leak last year, is planning to put up the MPE in a leased property along Heneral Capinpin Street, right at the heart of the residential area. | |||
“We oppose and object to the close proximity to our homes of the chosen location for the FPIC’s Multi-Phase Extraction processor. Our lives have already been turned upside down as a result of the FPIC fuel leak; we do not need any more unnecessary disruptions,” the villagers said. | |||
The residents are also asking FPIC to provide them a “written, logical, and acceptable explanation” about the choice of location, including the expected air and noise pollution levels, the possible effects of extracted vapors that might be released to the atmosphere, and the volume of traffic along Heneral Capinpin Street. | |||
MPE, or dual-phase extraction, uses a high-vacuum system to remove both contaminated groundwater and soil vapor from the subsurface. FPIC said it would take delivery of the machine from the United States within the year. | |||
MPE has been endorsed by the Department of Science and Technology after it satisfactorily passed the Environmental Technology Verification early this year. | |||
The performance of the technology, according to the DOST, has been proven already and verified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. | |||
The DoST review of the proposed MPE technology was requested by the Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health in accordance with the government technology review protocol. | |||
The committee is made up of the Departments of Environment and Natural Resources, Energy, and Health, and the city of Makati. It is mandated to ensure that the environmental remediation or removal of contaminants from Bangkal’s affected areas will be successfully implemented. | |||
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