Ministry of Environment fined the city government of Villa Altagracia with RD$2,302,875 for establishing a trash dump without minimal conditions. “It is not admissible that situations such as this continue in the country, that of an open sky garbage dumps without treatment for residual waters, without equipment, without minimal conditions to operate, threatening the health of the people,” said Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito, in a Ministry of Environment press release.
The Villa Altagracia trash dump is located less than 10 meters from Duarte Highway and causes visual and atmospheric contamination, says the Ministry.
Resolution DJ-RAS-4-2017-0266 gives the city government of Villa Altagracia 60 days to close the dump and start operations at a controlled trash dump that is under construction following Ministry of Environment guidelines.
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Ministry of Environment
18 October 2017
