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The National Environment and Planning Agency,
NEPA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (St. Elizabeth
Health Department), has brought court action against a truck driver,
concerning breaches of the Natural Resources and Conservation Act
and the Public Health Act.
The man was arrested on Sunday, 13 September
2009 and will appear in the Black River Resident Magistrate’s Court
on Monday, 28 September, 2009.
On Sunday, 13 September, 2009, a NEPA bird
shooting monitoring team along with two members of the Island
Special Constabulary Force was travelling in a private motor vehicle
along the Slipe to Lacovia main road in St. Elizabeth. Upon reaching
the Cashoo Park vicinity, a blue Cesspool Truck was seen parked
across the roadway, with its rear end backed into nearby bushes.
After initially attempting to allow the vehicle passage, the driver
of the Cesspool Truck instead drove off in the opposite direction.
The team observed a black liquid substance flowing from a pipe valve
attached to the tank of the truck.
The truck was chased for approximately 400
metres. After being questioned by the police, the truck driver was
arrested and charged. The truck was seized and taken to the Black
River Police Station.
NEPA is reminding the public
that it will bring the full weight of the law to bear on any
individual or entity implicated in the illegal dumping of any sewage
or trade effluent or any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter into
the environment.
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