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There is also a video, in English.
There is also a video, in English.
Do you understand legal venue?
I do not know the international laws governing the dumping of toxic waste which I believe would be the ones which are applicable here
Regarding waste laws, there are none at the national level in the DR except the ancient one (#218, adopted in 1984) on imports of wastes and/or hazardous substances and products [that's the one that was often cited when that fly ash was imported from Puerto Rico].
However there are a few norms (subsidiary legislation, not laws) regarding wastes, including:
Resolution 2-2006 on hazardous substances and wastes
Chalas said the Dominican Republic wants Fina to face charges that he illegally brought pollutants into the country and dumped them on the shore. Although accusations flew that Fina bribed officials to let the material in, no such charges were ever filed, Chalas said.
``We came in there with 10,000-ton barges and went through Immigration, Customs, the environment folks, permits, everything,'' Fina told The Miami Herald. ``They acted like we brought it in the middle of the night.''