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Sainte Rose, 2nd part

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THE SCANDAL OF THE DISCHARGE OF SAINT ROSE

THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN QUESTION

Illegal dumping that had the Guadeloupe does not appear to present particular problem for our elected officials, nor the devastation they caused to the environment until in 2006 the European Union does in France condemns to pay a very heavy fine for its serious environmental breaches . When the state has tapped his fist on the table and asked elected officials to resolve it as quickly as possible, they chose the easy way: to sacrifice the land ownership of the site of Hope at St. Rose (see Part I: http://chien-creole.blogspot.com/2009/05/episode-1.html ).

1. Finally sorting?

Cletus Frederick, director of treatment for Sita Suez, the company that will manage the landfill, interviewed by Chien Creole reassuring " Sita expects to present the public with a project of Tri-Mechano-Biological (TMB) to be financed by the European FEDER funds. Containers for glass, cardboard, metal and plastic would be installed for every 50 houses of Commons Northern Basse-Terre (Deshaies and Sainte-Rose Lamentin) and a collection would be held regularly outside the homes.

Cletus Frederick, director of treatment at Sita Suez (photo FG)

This project has a good chance of success is interesting because the discharge of Santa Rosa is expected to be scheduled for final waste, ie non-recyclable. That's great that a multinational has this concern but again, this concern would it not be that our elected and this long? Moreover, this measure should it not be extended to all the Guadeloupe because, remember, the closure of the illegal Gabarre in 2013 and until other legal landfills are born, all the waste Guadeloupe , there-including those of Marie-Galante and the Holy land at St. Rose?

2. Reassuring announcements

Regarding the waste coming from the southern islands, Frederic Cletus is adamant they will not cross not the Grand Cul de Sac will be discharged at sea but then trucked Jarry. At this point, when Max Babianny association expectancy Environment speaks of 400 round-trip and trucks per day, Cletus, him, evokes at most 75. The truth is probably somewhere between the two. He adds that SITA will make twice as many investigations as the department requires, on the water quality apparatus (including groundwater), air, fauna and flora. Nevertheless, was it really inevitable to put this huge overflow of garbage in an open pit site environmentally sensitive?

As for the methane produced by fermentation of waste, it will be captured and will power a heat engine, which while purifying the gas to 900 degrees, will produce electricity. Finally, membranes are supposed to prevent the land from being contaminated even if the association Esperance Environment is concerned we do not know how the material they are made will react in a tropical climate ...

3. When the General Council really rhyme with scandal.

While no one disputes the need for a legal release and meeting a number of environmental criteria is the choice of place assigned to him who raises the indignation of the population. While pollution chlordecone (1) literally poisons the Guadeloupe and contaminated a large portion of agricultural land for centuries and could perfectly receive the garbage Guadeloupe , while at the same time many are alarmed that reduces each property times the share of agricultural land, the General Board has found nothing better than to rent a Sita Suez 65 hectares of prime farmland, on a magnificent site and above the incredible nature reserve that is the Grand Cul- Marine de-sac!

shock just above the great cul-de-sac Marine (photo FG)

In passing the extraordinary generosity of the General Council and Mr. Ferdy Louisy that handles this case with exceptional enthusiasm, since the multinational Sita Suez will pay under the lease only 25,000 euros per year. 65 hectares for is This is called a most excellent deal! We know, especially since the problems in Sicily, that the waste is highly profitable, so much so that the mafias are starting to take it. Esperance Environment Association estimated that the processing of tons of waste dumped into the belly of the earth is expected to generate at a minimum, a turnover of EUR 900 000 per year to the multinational, based on (low estimate) of 150 000 tons / year. This figure may double in exceptional circumstances, such as the closure of other sites ...

On the other hand, the conditions of the tender were truncated because according to members of Esperance Environment, Sita Suez fully aware of the issue for over a year while the other company nominated would not read at the last moment! All these elements put next to each other lead us to question the motivations of members of the General Council, starting with its president without the backing of such a project that could take place.

4. A denial of democracy

SOP, the Land Use Plan, provided that the site was incompatible with a project of this magnitude. Never mind, the prefect has reclassified the case in General Interest Project, which allows you to modify the POS. In a case like this, the law requires to conduct a public inquiry. An initial investigation into the installation discharge had unleashed an outcry, with over 5000 signatures against the project. That on changing the POS, more abstract nevertheless resulted in a petition with over 2000 signatures. Agreeing with the people concerned, the independent investigator appointed by the tribunal issued a report entirely negative. Whatever, the prefect, Mr. Brot, took the order a week later, giving reason to the General Council.

40 cells like this, 5000 sq. ft. on 17 meters deep, will be filled with garbage and then buried in the ground (photo FG)

So when some squeal was offering a pretext that would undermine the LKP the symbol of democracy posed by the General Council, in crossing the enclosure, I do not know whether to smile or cry. Would we believe that the legitimacy of the institutions would only because they are run by people who have been elected? Is not it necessary to remind people from time to time as "demo" of democracy means "people", they tend to overlook in favor of pure suffix "-cracy" meaning power.

Similarly, if the speeches of Richard Yaccou, Mayor of Sainte-Rose, vis-à-vis its citizens, will generally against the project, it does not prevent the council to endorse almost all decisions in favor of the landfill, unanimously! Guadeloupeans are tired of double talk.

5. React before it is too late

The LKP has caused a real surge citizen. We can not allow the interests of as many continue to be flouted the benefit of special interests. Especially as it relates to the ecological heritage of the archipelago. Each Guadeloupe is concerned, every citizen a little self-conscious as we are responsible for the condition in which we allow the planet to our children! Copy and distribute this text as widely as possible. Anyone interested in this cause is invited to approach the association's Hope Environment (Contact: mpetitjeanroget@wanadoo.fr )

Frederick Gircour ( trikess2002@yahoo.fr )

(1) Chlordecone a pesticide is extremely toxic. Prohibits the United States and France, several ministers of agriculture, starting with a certain Jacques Chirac, have signed waivers to continue to sell stocks in the French Caribbean for years. The same day the West Indies have higher rates of prostate cancer in the world ... It's hard to see a coincidence. Further proof if any of the price we pay our "neglect" vis-à-vis the environment ... (on this subject, read "The World Island in the eye of Pesticides" Philippe Verdol, Ibis Rouge Editions).

PS: Dog Creole contacted the office of Mr. Ferdy Louisy who has not seen fit to contact us again. Nevertheless, our columns are open to him if he wishes to exercise a right of reply.