(The Philippine Star) | Updated February 21, 2017 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines -
Rock Energy International Corp. has appealed anew to the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to lift the suspension of its
environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
Carl Fontanilla,
managing director of Rock Energy, said the DENR has failed to act on the
company’s request for almost a year now.
Fontanilla said the
DENR-Environmental Management Bureau-National Capital Region (EMB-NCR) and the
EMB-Quick Response Team have already inspected the firm’s coal facility
and recommended the lifting of the suspension of the ECC.
The company’s coal
mineral products storage and handling facility had been subject to complaints
by residents who claimed that coal dusts have exposed them to heath risks.
Rock Energy’s ECC was
suspended in July 2015 for alleged violations of environment safety
regulations.
The company said it has
installed pollution control devices such as dust control units to mitigate the
spread of dust, portable and fixed water sprayers, silting pond to capture
materials from un-off surface water, drainage system to prevent flooding, wire
mesh as wind barrier, and an eight-meter high perimeter fence around the
stockyard.
It has about 30,000
metric tons of coal stockpile in the facility with the potential to increase
the capacity to as much as 50,000 MT.
Rock Energy is mainly
involved in coal and mineral distribution, supplying vital mineral resources to
leading manufacturers in the country such as cement and glass companies.
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