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Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
Laguna Lake Development Authority
PRESS RELEASE
Letter to Mr. Wayne Lauzon
18 March 2002
MR. WAYNE LAUZON
Anchorman
Isyu 810, DZRJ-AM
3/F, Save-A-Lot Mall,
Pasong Tamo Ext. Makati City
Dear Mr. Lauzon:
Before anything else, please accept our sincerest appreciation
for your unrelenting support to LLDA's campaign to educate
the masses with regards to the conservation and protection
of Laguna de Bai and its region. It is with great admiration
that we laud your efforts in promoting environmental consciousness
through your vocation. We hope that there will be more of
your kind who has not been usurped by the spreading "cancer"
in the field of journalism.
This missive is in response to a complaint aired by Mr. Robert
Reyes pertaining to a dumpsite at Marikina City, through your
radio program, Isyu 810, last March 2, 2002, during your live
interview with Ms. Alicia E. Bongco, Head of our Project Management
Division.
The aforementioned, a Controlled Dumpsite located at Doña
Petra Subdivision, Concepcion I, Marikina City (about 250
meters away from Marikina River), is maintained by the Marikina
City Government and supervised by Mr. Jose Zaide.
According to Mr. Zaide, the dumpsite became operational sometime
in 1994. Through our Pollution Control Division, we established
that the dumpsite was operating without LLDA Clearance
and Permits. A Cease-and-Desist
Order (CDO) was issued on November 11, 1995. Reinforcement
of the CDO was undertaken on September 29, 1999. The controlled
dumpsite suspended its operation based on CDO issued by LLDA.
An inspection was conducted on December 14, 2001 and again
on February 12, 2002, by LLDA Monitoring Teams and it was
established that the dumpsite resumed its operations sometime
in September 2001 after the Carmona and San Mateo Sanitary
Landfills were closed down. The dumpsite operates seven (7)
days a week, from 6 AM to 10 PM with an average of 50 to 80
truck s dumping garbage, collected from 14 barangays in Marikina
City, into the approximately 3-hectare land, situated on a
residential/agricultural zone.
Typical foul odor emanated from the area, which is minimized
by disinfectant spray. Not all sections of the dumpsite were
covered with topsoil, Employees of the Waste Management Office
of Marikina City were conducting waste segregation at the
time of inspection. No measures to treat and/or contain leachate
were provided to control its percolation into the ground,
However, no wastewater sample was collected due to the unsuitability
of the sampling station.
Nevertheless, it is clear that the said dumpsite is a health
hazard, not to mention an eyesore, which threatens the well
being of the residents of Doña Petra Subdivision. It is also
likely that it will develop into a breeding ground for insects
and rodents.
Appropriate legal actions are being instituted by our Legal
Division.
We hope that we have enlightened you on this matter and on
the actions that LLDA is already taking. We are certain that
through your program, clarifications regarding this issue
will be made.
Once again, thank you for your assistance and support, and
we look forward to continuously working with you.
Very truly yours,
DOLORA N. NEPOMUCENO
Assistant General Manager and Officer-in-Charge, LLDA
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