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The European Commission opened disciplinary proceedings, he hopes soon solved, thanks to the work for a year has been made by the City Council.
According to the mayor, Enrique Jimenez, this weekend, Jumilla and landfill, have made the news for being this in an illegal situation, which has led the European Commission to open an infringement procedure, which if not remedied within a few months, could end up in a very large financial penalty for being an environmental crime.
This article refers to a waste dump in Jumilla, and four heaps more, breach Community law.
The Mayor said that already knew the beginning of this sanctioning by the European Commission, since last week the Department held a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and in that same week, he himself remained another meeting at the Directorate General for the Environment to meet this sanctioning.
The European Commission, as Jimenez said, is taken very seriously respect the environment, and the correction of serious deficiencies in landfills in Europe.
In Spain there are 8 regional governments with serious deficiencies, and Murcia, the most precarious situation occurs in our landfill, because to enforce Community law and avoid punishment should rehabilitate the environment, improve health and safety conditions, as already have been several serious accidents on site and certify that they are received unauthorized discharges and seal the three vessels already colmatados, starting the fourth glass, it is for the City Council, and if not done, would have to carry Garbage to Ulea.
Nevertheless, it is expected that by the end of February, and is resolved to avoid financial penalty.
In the previous legislature was agreed unanimously on a proposal from the socialist municipal group, to permanently close the landfill by serious irregularities had, asking responsibilities to the concessionaire of the deficiencies and the serious environmental problems existing problems itself socialist government knew.
Jimenez also stated that the Directorate General knowledgeable of the problem that would mean the closure of the landfill, City Council authorized the garbage dump just Jumilla, as long as the landfill was not legalized, working well this year, saving money to take away outside Jumilla.
So today, thanks to this last year and a half have done things right, we are able to be cleared in a couple of months, now the City hopes to get approval from the Directorate General of Heritage, in order to continue with the construction of the fourth vessel to avoid having to take the trash to other landfills Jumilla, high price to be paid by Jumillano.
The mayor lamented the Socialist spokesman demonstrations in the past full, which stated that only four leaks were what needed to be fixed, since the municipal officers, at the request of the Socialist Party itself complains to the concessionaire over two million euros, to address shortcomings that were presented, about a million and a half euros for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the facilities and implementing regulations excluding machinery, sealing the three vessels worth more than 750,000 euros, cleaning the enclosure approximately 65,000 euros, a total of over 2.3 million euros, which will claim the dealer since the contract dispute that the concessionaire, the end of the contract, was to deliver the facilities in good condition for the get the new dealership, could enter and continue working.
Jimenez lamented that opposition groups have used this draft bill, which was given to submit proposals so malicious, confusing and misleading the people of Jumilla.
This weekend has been achieved minorar 300,000 euros in the draft, and is still changing and improving, thanks to the work of the municipal technicians.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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