TELAM CABLE "CONDUCTING STUDIES IN AN AREA OF SAN ANTONIO OESTE TO DETERMINE CONCENTRATIONS OF LEAD"
Monday November 4, 2019
Technical Program Environmental Management Mining (Geamin) of the
Secretariat for the Coordination of Mining National Policy, toured the area
where ran a foundry in the Rio Negro city of San Antonio Oeste today for
measurements and sampling paths for the purpose of measuring the
concentration of lead.
Days ago warned local residents that the company Taym, responsible for the
remediation, have abandoned the work, exposing the population to
pollution. "The contract is still in force, the company continues to work,
but he had to restrict personnel and equipment in some areas where it was
not working," said the General Coordinator of Geamin, Carolina del Valle.
Speaking to Telam in the place of work explained that "what we are doing is
a sampling soils paths of the two blocks where worked the former foundry,
in order to measure current concentrations of lead and other metals" .
According to forward the official, "the work will last about two weeks and
about 500 soil samples were made at three depths, surface and other 30 and
50 cm respectively, to measure the content of lead and other metals," he
said. "We still need to close the security cell and at the time when he was
to be realized closure was a precautionary measure multisectoral that will
not close," said Del Valle. "The security cell was built to deposit about
60 thousand cubic meters and it ended up providing about 70 thousand, "he
said, adding that," no longer gives more and you can not change the design
so you have more capacity. "
The reference of Geamin said "now these studies will allow us to evaluate
other alternatives for other contaminated material, such as performing site
remediation, chemical or physical stabilization, since remediation does not
necessarily remove the affected soil". And he stressed that much of the
work has already been completed, "in the urban area most affected where
worked casting, and were remediated the backyards, now remains facing
streets and sidewalks and this is the reason why we do these sampling ".
In the mid-80s, the company Geotécnica S.A., lead smelting, declared
bankruptcy and abandoned slag deposits located in urban and peri-urban area
of San Antonio Oeste.
To solve this problem of contamination, since 2007 the National State, it
carries on the Mining Environmental Management Program. In principle, work
began in 2015 with the award to the company EWS. But then detect breaches
by the company proceeded to the rescission of the contract. Mining
Secretariat immediately initiated a new bidding process ended February 24,
2017 with the award of the remediation work the company Taym S.A. On April
27, 2017 the company resumed remediation works.
During this new phase construction of the security cell located in the
hamlet Mancha Blanca 68 km from San Antonio Oeste is finished. It was
removed and transported slag and soils impacted by a total of 70000m3,
thereby reducing exposure sources. Due to the existence of a greater volume
of slag and impacted soils remedy, working on the analysis of actions to be
taken to allow the completion of the work.
Technical Program Environmental Management Mining (Geamin) of the
Secretariat for the Coordination of Mining National Policy, toured the area
where ran a foundry in the Rio Negro city of San Antonio Oeste today for
measurements and sampling paths for the purpose of measuring the
concentration of lead.
Days ago warned local residents that the company Taym, responsible for the
remediation, have abandoned the work, exposing the population to
pollution. "The contract is still in force, the company continues to work,
but he had to restrict personnel and equipment in some areas where it was
not working," said the General Coordinator of Geamin, Carolina del Valle.
Speaking to Telam in the place of work explained that "what we are doing is
a sampling soils paths of the two blocks where worked the former foundry,
in order to measure current concentrations of lead and other metals" .
According to forward the official, "the work will last about two weeks and
about 500 soil samples were made at three depths, surface and other 30 and
50 cm respectively, to measure the content of lead and other metals," he
said. "We still need to close the security cell and at the time when he was
to be realized closure was a precautionary measure multisectoral that will
not close," said Del Valle. "The security cell was built to deposit about
60 thousand cubic meters and it ended up providing about 70 thousand, "he
said, adding that," no longer gives more and you can not change the design
so you have more capacity. "
The reference of Geamin said "now these studies will allow us to evaluate
other alternatives for other contaminated material, such as performing site
remediation, chemical or physical stabilization, since remediation does not
necessarily remove the affected soil". And he stressed that much of the
work has already been completed, "in the urban area most affected where
worked casting, and were remediated the backyards, now remains facing
streets and sidewalks and this is the reason why we do these sampling ".
In the mid-80s, the company Geotécnica S.A., lead smelting, declared
bankruptcy and abandoned slag deposits located in urban and peri-urban area
of San Antonio Oeste.
To solve this problem of contamination, since 2007 the National State, it
carries on the Mining Environmental Management Program. In principle, work
began in 2015 with the award to the company EWS. But then detect breaches
by the company proceeded to the rescission of the contract. Mining
Secretariat immediately initiated a new bidding process ended February 24,
2017 with the award of the remediation work the company Taym S.A. On April
27, 2017 the company resumed remediation works.
During this new phase construction of the security cell located in the
hamlet Mancha Blanca 68 km from San Antonio Oeste is finished. It was
removed and transported slag and soils impacted by a total of 70000m3,
thereby reducing exposure sources. Due to the existence of a greater volume
of slag and impacted soils remedy, working on the analysis of actions to be
taken to allow the completion of the work.