LLDA may take more time to close Taytay lakeshore dump
By Fernan J. Angeles 02/05/2012Citing protocols that the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is following, it may take “some time” before the lake agency could shut down the 13-hectare Taytay lakeshore dump.
Martin Antonio, LLDA’s public information specialist, said the lake agency is observing a protocol on the process of closing down the Taytay lakeshore dumpsite or any facility for that matter, even if the facility being referred to is an open dumpsite and literally sits on the lakebed.
Antonio added that LLDA has layers of procedures, which include the need valid complaint submitted to the appropriate office. From there, the complaint would be validated and recommended for initial inspection by an LLDA field unit officer, who would take water samples from the lake nearest to the dumpsite from where the LLDA laboratory experts would base their findings and determine if the facility that is being complained alters the water quality of the freshwater basin..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120205nat1.html
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