The Ministry of the Environment has announced that it has suspended the renewal of the environmental license for Seaboard /Transcontinental Capital Corporation, a power-producing generator barge. The Ministry ordered the barge that is located on the eastern edge of the Ozama River be relocated to the other side of the river where it will cause less contamination. The government has given the company six months to relocate the barge, after its license runs out on 21 March 2018.
The Ministry said that while the plant operates mostly with natural gas, it is also known that 5% of its fuel is diesel. River water is also used to cool the generator. This water is then pumped back into the river.
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