the sea of Window, in Callao, has been the victim of two oil spills by the La Pampilla Refinery in the last decade. The one raised on January 15, is preceded by one from the year 2013, by which, the Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement (OEFA) sanctioned said company for providing inaccurate information on the amount of fuel that reached the sea and for not correctly repairing the damage.
The first investigations of the Peruvian authorities show that, nine years later, the actions of the company of the Repsol Group It is not optimal, since last weekend’s incident was not limited or controlled as they claimed.
Once the images of the impact of the oil spill were known, Repsol confirmed what was already public and classified it as a “limited spill”, product of the strong waves during the unloading of the ship Mare Dorium. However, the damage reported on the coasts of Santa Rosa, Ancón and Ventanilla contradicts the company’s version.
Moreover, due to gravity, the prosecutor Ariel Tapia Gomez, of the Specialized Prosecutor for Environmental Matters (FEMA) of Lima Northwest, opened an investigation folder, for the alleged crime of environmental contamination, to the legal representatives of the La Pampilla Refinery and those who are responsible.
The Minister of the Environment, Ruben Ramirez He also pointed out that if responsibility was found in the company, the sanction could reach 30 thousand UIT.
The 2013 Incident
Yesterday, Tuesday, January 18, the OEFA announced administrative measures that La Pampilla must comply with immediately to avoid further damage to the marine ecosystem, but the same body had already sanctioned the refinery for two infractions of the Regulation for Environmental Protection in the Activities of Hydrocarbons occurred on February 4, 2013.
In the first instance, in 2014, the entity imposed a fine of 133.80 UIT in force on the date of payment, but after an appeal, the amount was reduced by half and in 2015 a total amount of S/ 277,301.19 was paid.
The reasons for the sanction were the following: failure to efficiently control or mitigate the negative impact generated in the sea and submit inaccurate information in the final incident report.
Said report indicated that only seven barrels were spilled at the Multiboyas terminal number 2, when in reality the figure was much higher, a total of 195 barrels, according to the expert opinion made by the experts of the General Directorate of Captaincies and Coast Guards (Dicapi) and the OEFA.
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