Vitoria prefecture forbids three areas of Vale en ES and a fine of 35 million rand | Holy Spirit

Announcement of the ban and the fine was made by Mayor Luciano Rezende (PPS) in a live broadcast broadcast by a social network. He said the injunction was necessary because only the fines did not allow the company to comply with the legislation.

By a note, Vale said to immediately comply with the decision and will badyze the contents of the prohibition order in order to adopt the appropriate measures.

because of black powder

" We have just banned a work area in Vale, in Tubarao. " We have been inflicting this business for a long time on a fine. Today, we are fined 35 million rand because pollutant emissions continue. the black powder, which has greatly increased, as the pollutants that are thrown into the sea, "says Rezende in the video.

According to the Secretary of the Environment (Semmam) Luiz Emanuel Zouain, Vale has left behind tailings. "

" Vale used a space used to collect data from the company, rejecting, a sort of basin, to receive liquid washing equipment with coal, ore, limestone and water. Other solid elements This basin overflows and this material goes to sea, "said the secretary.

The Attorney General of Vitoria, Rubens Francisco de Jesus, said the city should therefore apply harsher practices to reduce the company's disregard for the environment.

"We already have experience, a millionaire fine has been applied and Vale has appealed to the judge and the fine has been upheld," he said.

For city lawyer Flavia Marquezini, environmental specialist and city defense officer in cases where Vale appealed, the drastic action was taken after several notifications of non-compliance environmental legislation.

"This ban was necessary because we had already repeated notifications, we continue to act on the risks to the environment and the health of the population, therefore the drastic measure was necessary", explains Marquezini.

Luciano Rezende explains that in 2014, the city of Vitória amended the legislation relating to lower tolerance settings for black powder emission. The mayor compared the pollution of the state mining company to the tragedies of Brumadinho and Rio Doce.

"Looking at the case of Brumadinho and Mariana, we have an action Vale that does not make immediate victims, but increases the number of respiratory diseases.The black powder enters the lungs and remains," said the mayor.

In 2015, the City Council of Vitória increased the limit of the value of the fines imposed.

"Until 2015, the maximum amount of fine was R $ 77,000.If we had here a tragedy the size of Brumadinho and Mariana, the fine would be this As a result, we have increased fines up to 50 million rand, the maximum allowed in Brazil, "said the mayor.

As a sign, Vale reported that the City Council's prohibition affected the entry yard, coal port services and pelletizing plants 1-4.

The mining company stated that she immediately complied with the decision. and badyze the contents of the prohibition order to adopt the appropriate measures.

"During the last inspections carried out by the Municipal Department of the Environment, no irregularities were detected in this system and the monitoring reports from October to December 2018 indicate that the effluents meet the established parameters, "said the company.

Vale also noted that she was monitoring the mbades of water that had been receiving effluent for more than 30 years "without any change in water quality".

In an interview with Hello of the Holy Spirit, Alexsander Barros Silveira, a researcher at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (Ufes), explained the seriousness of the problem of black powder.

The data of measurement of the air quality confirm the increase. black powder in Victoria