{"id":20172,"date":"2019-12-18T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=20172"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:41:28","slug":"legal-action-spurs-epa-require-new-water-pollution-controls-los-alamos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/legal-action-spurs-epa-require-new-water-pollution-controls-los-alamos\/","title":{"rendered":"La acci\u00f3n legal impulsa a la EPA a exigir nuevos controles de contaminaci\u00f3n del agua en Los \u00c1lamos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En respuesta a un <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019.09.16-Los-Alamos-Stormwater-Complaint.pdf\">demanda judicial<\/a> presentado por defensores del agua limpia citando una contaminaci\u00f3n del agua extremadamente alta en el condado de Los \u00c1lamos, con algunos contaminantes m\u00e1s de 14,000 veces por encima de los l\u00edmites de seguridad p\u00fablica, la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Los_Alamos_final_designation.pdf\">anunci\u00f3 este lunes que requerir\u00e1<\/a> nuevos controles de contaminaci\u00f3n del agua. La EPA emiti\u00f3 una determinaci\u00f3n final de que las descargas de aguas pluviales del Laboratorio Nacional de Los Alamos (LANL) y el condado de Los Alamos est\u00e1n contribuyendo a violaciones de los est\u00e1ndares de calidad del agua y que estas descargas deben controlarse y regularse bajo un Sistema Nacional de Eliminaci\u00f3n de Descargas de Contaminantes (NPDES) emitido por la EPA. permiso.<\/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 \u00c1lamos amenaza la salud p\u00fablica. Esta contaminaci\u00f3n deber\u00eda haber desencadenado una acci\u00f3n federal para reducir o eliminar estas descargas en forma de un permiso NPDES, pero la EPA no actu\u00f3 a pesar de saber sobre la contaminaci\u00f3n desde al menos 2014. Ese a\u00f1o, 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 la EPA no respondi\u00f3. En septiembre de 2019, Amigos Bravos y Western Environmental Law Center presentaron una <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019.09.16-Los-Alamos-Stormwater-Complaint.pdf\">demanda judicial<\/a> desafiando la inacci\u00f3n de la EPA en la petici\u00f3n de 2014, para obligar a la agencia a abordar la contaminaci\u00f3n de aguas pluviales urbanas extremadamente alta en el condado de Los Alamos aguas abajo de LANL.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan lo exige la Ley de Agua Limpia, Nuevo M\u00e9xico ha establecido 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 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>Los Estados <a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/303d-305b\/\">informe 303d\/305b<\/a> 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 la radiaci\u00f3n alfa bruta, aluminio, PCB y cobre. Los propios documentos de LANL confirman estos hallazgos e identifican la escorrent\u00eda urbana como la fuente de muchos de estos contaminantes.<\/p>\n<p>En 2015, la EPA public\u00f3 una determinaci\u00f3n preliminar de designaci\u00f3n de que se deb\u00eda conceder la petici\u00f3n de Amigos Bravos de 2014, pero luego no tom\u00f3 ninguna medida adicional hasta que se present\u00f3 la demanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNos complace que la EPA finalmente 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. \u201cRegular y controlar estas descargas t\u00f3xicas proteger\u00e1 las fuentes 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 calle 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. \u201cTenemos la esperanza de que la EPA avance r\u00e1pidamente para emitir permisos que incluyan todos los l\u00edmites legalmente requeridos para proteger a las personas y la vida silvestre en Los \u00c1lamos y r\u00edo abajo\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x72;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#110;&#64;&#97;&#109;&#105;&#103;&#111;sbravo&#x73;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\">rconn@amigosbravos.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, 206-487-7250, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;h&#97;&#119;&#108;&#x65;&#x79;&#x40;we&#115;&#116;&#x65;&#x72;&#x6e;la&#119;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\">hawley@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a lawsuit filed by clean water advocates citing extremely high water pollution in Los Alamos County \u2013 with some pollutants more than 14,000 times above public safety limits \u2013 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Monday it will require new water pollution controls. 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