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Fitial: Probe illegal dumping
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Posted on Dec 29 2004
House Speaker Benigno R. Fitial is pushing for an investigation against a company that allegedly engaged in illegal dumping activities.
In a letter to Division of Environmental Quality director John I. Castro, Fitial asked for details as to how the alleged incident took place.
“I would like your office to investigate and verify this allegation and provide my office with the details of the alleged incident. If the incident did take place, I would like to know whether the appropriate permits were requested and issued for the excavation, and whether any sanctions or remedies were imposed if a regulatory violation did occur,” said Fitial.
Musung Corp., a construction firm, was reportedly caught creating an illegal landfill at its jobsite in Koblerville. The company had reportedly dug a trench measuring about 20 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet deep, and dumped debris from an old structure into the hole, in violation of CNMI environmental laws.
Witnesses said Musung was initially seen getting rid of the debris using a dump truck,
Last Friday, its workers were found digging a deep trench and allegedly burying tins, rebars, and broken concrete on the ground. The “landfill” is reportedly located in a public lot.
A Musung worker, however, said the digging was a result of a misunderstanding. The worker said that debris was really up for transport to the Marpi Sanitary landfill but when he delegated the work to another worker, the latter apparently misunderstood his instructions and dug the trench.
