THE Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) of allegations that it’s far discharging poisonous waste in its mining operation region in Antique following a technical audit performed with the aid of the DOE remaining month.
In disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Friday, SMPC stated it acquired on September 22 a replica of the technical audit outcomes from the DOE clearing the mining company of allegations that its operations had been harming the environment.
“On August 25, 2016, the DOE performed a technical audit on those topics. Today, the Company received a duplicate of the technical audit outcomes from the DOE dated September 21, 2016 which in sum states that the DOE audit team proven that the mining operation of SMPC does no longer discharge poisonous materials to the mangroves, the sulfur content of the coal is beneath 1 percent, there is no seaweed farm affected, and the dumping of overburden substances does not affect the nearby housing communities,” the employer said in the disclosure.
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi despatched a copy of the audit outcomes to Isidro Consunji, chairman of SMPC, on September 21. SMPC connected a copy of the result in its disclosure to the PSE.
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