{"id":24894,"date":"2023-11-09T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=24894"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:56:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:56:20","slug":"water-quality-violations-in-los-alamos-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/water-quality-violations-in-los-alamos-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n sobre la determinaci\u00f3n preliminar de la EPA sobre violaciones de la calidad del agua en el condado de Los Alamos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El 8 de noviembre, la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de EE.UU. (EPA) emiti\u00f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Los-Alamos-Initial-Revised-Designation-Decision-Signed-110623.pdf\">una decisi\u00f3n preliminar<\/a> que las descargas de aguas pluviales del Laboratorio Nacional de Los \u00c1lamos (LANL) y el condado de Los \u00c1lamos est\u00e1n contribuyendo a violaciones de los est\u00e1ndares de calidad del agua y que estas descargas requieren un permiso del Sistema Nacional de Eliminaci\u00f3n de Descargas Contaminantes (NPDES) seg\u00fan la Ley federal de Agua Limpia. Esta acci\u00f3n surge como resultado de 10 a\u00f1os de defensa y desaf\u00edos legales presentados por <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amigosbravos.org\/\">Amigos Brav<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amigosbravos.org\/\">sistema operativo<\/a>, representado por el <a href=\"http:\/\/westernlaw.org\">Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental<\/a>, para obligar a la agencia a abordar la extremadamente alta contaminaci\u00f3n de las aguas pluviales urbanas en el condado de Los Alamos. Habr\u00e1 un per\u00edodo de comentarios de 90 d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de que se publique la decisi\u00f3n en el registro federal y una reuni\u00f3n p\u00fablica en enero de 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDespu\u00e9s de casi una d\u00e9cada de defensa, nos complace que la EPA haya respondido a nuestra petici\u00f3n y haya determinado, al menos de manera preliminar, que las descargas de aguas pluviales t\u00f3xicas a los afluentes del R\u00edo Grande en la meseta de Pajarito deben regularse m\u00e1s estrictamente\u201d, dijo <\/span><b>Rachel Conn, subdirectora de Amigos Bravos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. La EPA ha dado un paso importante en la regulaci\u00f3n de las aguas de la Meseta de Pajarito para proteger a las comunidades que dependen del agua limpia de la Meseta de Pajarito para beber, recrearse y con fines ceremoniales\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSi bien la EPA dio hoy un importante paso adelante en la regulaci\u00f3n de estas peque\u00f1as v\u00edas fluviales en la meseta de Pajarito, hay m\u00e1s trabajo por hacer a nivel estatal y federal para garantizar que las comunidades r\u00edo abajo est\u00e9n protegidas de los impactos de la descarga no regulada de contaminantes a nuestras aguas\u201d. dicho <\/span><b>Andrew Hawley, abogado principal del Western Environmental Law Center. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La designaci\u00f3n por parte de la EPA de tantas millas de arroyos como meros medios de transporte, reduci\u00e9ndolos a nada m\u00e1s que tuber\u00edas que transportan contaminantes r\u00edo abajo, muestra la necesidad de una acci\u00f3n estatal firme para proteger estos importantes cuerpos de agua y un replanteamiento completo a nivel nacional de c\u00f3mo protegemos la calidad del agua. , y las comunidades, los peces y la vida silvestre que dependen de cuerpos de agua limpios y saludables\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n <strong>contacto<\/strong> Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, 206-487-7250, <\/span><a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;:&#x68;&#97;w&#x6c;&#x65;&#121;&#64;&#x77;&#101;s&#x74;&#x65;&#114;n&#x6c;&#x61;&#119;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#114;g\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hawley@westernlaw.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> o <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, <\/span><a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#116;o&#x3a;&#114;c&#x6f;&#110;n&#x40;&#97;m&#x69;&#103;o&#x73;&#98;r&#x61;&#118;o&#x73;&#46;o&#x72;&#103;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rconn@amigosbravos.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 8th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a preliminary decision that stormwater discharges from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Los Alamos County are contributing to violations of water quality standards and that these discharges require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit under the federal Clean Water Act. 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