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The [19749001] National Environmental Licensing Authority ( ANLA ) Colombia ordered on Friday the immediate suspension of any "normal" construction, filling and operation at Dam of Hidroituango .
However, the agency explained in resolution number 820 of June 1 of this year, that this does not involve interrupting the filling priority work and others that
ANLA stated that the preventive measure will be maintained until Hidroituango contracts one or more experts to give a "clear, precise, detailed and objective opinion on the current conditions of stability (according to the contingency scenario) and future (depending on the operational scenario) of the infrastructure associated with the main project works. "
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The notice must provide information allowing the ANLA to have" scientific certainty as to the " whether or not there are any risk conditions that could have an impact on the environment due to possible effects on the entire existing project infrastructure that causes severe flooding. "
In this regard, the group Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), the company owning the project, said in a statement that he had already been informed of the administrative act of the ANLA
Hidroituango, located in the Antioquia department (north-west), remains in a state of emergency since last May 7, when a landslide blocked the tunnel that deflects the waters of the Cauca River, second largest canal of the country, which have been contained in an unfinished reservoir.
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