{"id":20013,"date":"2019-09-17T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=20013"},"modified":"2019-09-17T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:36:35","slug":"groups-sue-epa-los-alamos-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/groups-sue-epa-los-alamos-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Grupos demandan a EPA por contaminaci\u00f3n en Los \u00c1lamos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ayer tarde, los defensores del agua limpia presentaron una <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019.09.16-Los-Alamos-Stormwater-Complaint.pdf\">demanda judicial<\/a> contra la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) para obligarla a abordar la extremadamente alta contaminaci\u00f3n de las aguas pluviales urbanas en el condado de Los Alamos, r\u00edo abajo del Laboratorio Nacional de Los Alamos (LANL).<\/p>\n<p>La contaminaci\u00f3n de las aguas pluviales urbanas por PCB, cobre, zinc, n\u00edquel y radiaci\u00f3n alfa bruta en el condado de Los Alamos amenaza la salud p\u00fablica: algunos contaminantes superan en m\u00e1s de 10,000 los l\u00edmites de seguridad p\u00fablica. Esta contaminaci\u00f3n deber\u00eda haber desencadenado una acci\u00f3n federal para reducir o eliminar estas descargas en forma de un permiso del Sistema Nacional de Eliminaci\u00f3n de Descargas de Contaminantes (NPDES), pero la EPA no ha actuado. En 2014 Amigos Bravos <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2014.06.30-Los-Alamos-Stormwater-NPDES-Petition.pdf\">solicitado<\/a> la agencia para hacer frente a esta amenaza, pero no respondi\u00f3. En junio de este a\u00f1o Amigos Bravos y Western Environmental Law Center enviaron un <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019.06-26-Los-Alamos-Stormwater-NOI.pdf\">carta<\/a> notificar a la EPA de la intenci\u00f3n de las organizaciones de demandar debido a la inacci\u00f3n de la agencia en la petici\u00f3n de 2014. La EPA no respondi\u00f3 sustancialmente a esta carta.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan lo exige la Ley de Agua Limpia, Nuevo M\u00e9xico estableci\u00f3 est\u00e1ndares para garantizar que los r\u00edos, arroyos y lagos del estado est\u00e9n lo suficientemente limpios para permitir que el p\u00fablico use estas aguas para beber, nadar, pasear en bote y otras actividades, y para apoyar poblaciones saludables de peces. y la vida silvestre. Para garantizar que se cumplan estos est\u00e1ndares, la Ley de Agua Limpia requiere que la EPA regule la escorrent\u00eda de aguas pluviales cuando esa escorrent\u00eda hace que el agua no sea segura.<\/p>\n<p>Los datos del Departamento de Medio Ambiente de Nuevo M\u00e9xico (NMED, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) muestran superaciones dram\u00e1ticas de los l\u00edmites estatales de calidad del agua para la salud humana con PCB. Los niveles de PCB en el Ca\u00f1\u00f3n de Los Alamos son m\u00e1s de 11,000 veces mayores que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Human Health y 51 veces mayores que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Wildlife Habitat. Sandia Canyon muestra una contaminaci\u00f3n de PCB m\u00e1s de 14,000 veces mayor que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Human Health y 66 veces mayor que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Wildlife Habitat. Los niveles de PCB en Pueblo Canyon son m\u00e1s de 3,500 veces mayores que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Human Health y 16 veces mayores que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Wildlife Habitat. Estos tres drenajes est\u00e1n fuertemente influenciados por la escorrent\u00eda de aguas pluviales urbanas.<\/p>\n<p>El informe 303d\/305b del estado documenta muchas m\u00e1s superaciones de los est\u00e1ndares, para una variedad de contaminantes y ubicaciones. Mortandad Canyon tiene un alto contenido de PCB, mercurio, plata, cianuro, cobre y una gran contaminaci\u00f3n por radiaci\u00f3n alfa. Pajarito Canyon est\u00e1 afectado por radiaci\u00f3n alfa bruta, aluminio, PCB y cobre. Los propios documentos de LANL confirman estos hallazgos e identifican la escorrent\u00eda urbana como la culpable de muchos de estos contaminantes.<\/p>\n<p>En 2015, la EPA public\u00f3 una designaci\u00f3n preliminar que determinaba que se deb\u00eda conceder la petici\u00f3n de Amigos Bravos de 2014, pero desde entonces no ha tomado ninguna medida. En junio de 2019, Amigos Bravos y Western Environmental Law Center enviaron a la EPA una carta para notificar a la agencia sobre la intenci\u00f3n de los grupos de demandarlos por no tomar medidas. La EPA no respondi\u00f3 a la carta de junio, lo que oblig\u00f3 a los grupos a tomar m\u00e1s medidas al presentar la demanda hoy.<\/p>\n<p>Nos decepciona que durante a\u00f1os la EPA no haya tomado medidas para proteger la salud p\u00fablica y el medio ambiente de los nuevos mexicanos y exigir que estas descargas t\u00f3xicas sean controladas y monitoreadas\u201d, dijo Rachel Conn, directora de proyectos de Amigos Bravos. \u201cMientras tanto, la contaminaci\u00f3n t\u00f3xica contin\u00faa fluyendo hacia el R\u00edo Grande por encima de las desviaciones de agua potable tanto para Albuquerque como para Santa Fe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBajo la Ley de Agua Limpia, el caucho sale a la carretera cuando los est\u00e1ndares y objetivos para las v\u00edas fluviales se convierten en requisitos de permisos\u201d, dijo Andrew Hawley, abogado del Western Environmental Law Center. \u201cLa EPA debe actuar ahora para proteger a las personas y el medio ambiente en el condado de Los Alamos. Esperamos que la EPA decida hacer lo correcto\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o:&#114;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6e;n&#64;&#97;&#109;&#x69;&#x67;os&#98;&#x72;&#x61;&#x76;o&#115;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\">rconn@amigosbravos.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, 206-487-7250, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#104;&#x61;w&#x6c;e&#121;&#x40;&#119;&#x65;s&#x74;&#x65;&#114;&#x6e;l&#x61;w&#46;&#x6f;&#114;&#x67;\">hawley@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late yesterday, clean water advocates filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force it to address extremely high urban storm water pollution in Los Alamos County, downstream from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). 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