{"id":26101,"date":"2024-12-11T09:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=26101"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:47:58","slug":"epa-finalizes-determination-of-water-quality-violations-in-los-alamos-county-pcbs-in-some-areas-more-than-10000-times-safety-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/epa-finalizes-determination-of-water-quality-violations-in-los-alamos-county-pcbs-in-some-areas-more-than-10000-times-safety-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"La EPA finaliza la determinaci\u00f3n de las violaciones a la calidad del agua en el condado de Los \u00c1lamos; los PCB en algunas \u00e1reas superan en m\u00e1s de 10,000 veces los l\u00edmites de seguridad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El 9 de diciembre, la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA) emiti\u00f3 una <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amigosbravos.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Final-Los-Alamos-Designation-Decision-Signed-120924.pdf\">decisi\u00f3n de designaci\u00f3n final<\/a> que las descargas de aguas pluviales del Laboratorio Nacional de Los \u00c1lamos (LANL) y del condado de Los \u00c1lamos est\u00e1n contribuyendo a las 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 de Agua Limpia federal. Los excesos de algunos contaminantes son decenas de miles de veces mayores que los est\u00e1ndares de calidad del agua. Esta acci\u00f3n es el resultado de 10 a\u00f1os de defensa y desaf\u00edos legales presentados por Amigos Bravos, representados por Western Environmental Law Center, para obligar a la agencia a abordar la contaminaci\u00f3n extremadamente alta de las aguas pluviales urbanas en el condado de Los \u00c1lamos.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan lo exige la Ley de Agua Limpia, Nuevo M\u00e9xico estableci\u00f3 normas 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, navegar y realizar otras actividades, y para sustentar poblaciones saludables de peces y vida silvestre. Para garantizar que se cumplan estas normas, la Ley de Agua Limpia exige que la EPA regule la escorrent\u00eda de aguas pluviales cuando dicha escorrent\u00eda haga que el agua sea insegura.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespu\u00e9s de casi una d\u00e9cada de defensa, nos complace que la EPA haya respondido a nuestra petici\u00f3n y haya determinado que las descargas de aguas pluviales t\u00f3xicas a los afluentes del R\u00edo Grande en la meseta de Pajarito deben regularse de manera m\u00e1s estricta\u201d, dijo <b>Rachel Conn, subdirectora de Amigos Bravos<\/b>La EPA ha dado un paso importante en la regulaci\u00f3n de los vertidos t\u00f3xicos en el Alto R\u00edo Grande, lo que proteger\u00e1 a las comunidades que dependen del agua limpia para beber, para la recreaci\u00f3n y para fines ceremoniales. Si bien estamos satisfechos con la designaci\u00f3n final, la EPA est\u00e1 limitada en lo que puede hacer por la decisi\u00f3n de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos de 2023. <i>Sackett contra la EPA<\/i> decisi\u00f3n que deja a muchas de las v\u00edas fluviales m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as en todo el estado inadecuadamente protegidas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\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 <b>Andrew Hawley, abogado principal del Western Environmental Law Center. <\/b>\u201cLa designaci\u00f3n por parte de la EPA de tantos kil\u00f3metros de arroyos como simples 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 en\u00e9rgica para desarrollar un programa de permisos de aguas superficiales 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 cuencas hidrogr\u00e1ficas limpias y saludables\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Los datos del Departamento de Medio Ambiente de Nuevo M\u00e9xico (NMED) muestran superaciones dram\u00e1ticas de los l\u00edmites de calidad del agua para la salud humana con niveles de PCB en el estado. <b>Los niveles de PCB en Los Alamos Canyon son m\u00e1s de 11.000 veces mayores que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Human Health<\/b> y 51 veces mayor que los criterios de calidad del agua del H\u00e1bitat de Vida Silvestre de Nuevo M\u00e9xico. <b>Sandia Canyon muestra una contaminaci\u00f3n con PCB m\u00e1s de 14.000 veces mayor que los criterios de calidad del agua de New Mexico Human Health<\/b> y 66 veces mayor que los criterios de calidad del agua del H\u00e1bitat de Vida Silvestre de Nuevo M\u00e9xico. <b>Los niveles de PCB en Pueblo Canyon son m\u00e1s de 3.500 veces mayores que los criterios de calidad del agua de Salud Humana de Nuevo M\u00e9xico<\/b> y 16 veces mayor que los criterios de calidad del agua del H\u00e1bitat de Vida Silvestre de Nuevo M\u00e9xico. 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2022\/03\/2022-2024-IR-Appendix-A-303d-305b-Integrated-List.pdf\">informe 303d\/305b <\/a>El estudio documenta muchos m\u00e1s casos de exceso de est\u00e1ndares, para una variedad de contaminantes y lugares. El Ca\u00f1\u00f3n Pajarito est\u00e1 afectado por la radiaci\u00f3n alfa total, aluminio, PCB, plata, cianuro, mercurio y cobre. El Ca\u00f1\u00f3n Mortandad tiene altos niveles de contaminaci\u00f3n por PCB, cobre y radiaci\u00f3n alfa total. 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><b>Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;:&#x72;&#99;o&#x6e;&#x6e;&#64;a&#x6d;&#105;g&#x6f;&#x73;&#98;r&#x61;&#x76;&#111;&#x73;&#x2e;&#111;r&#x67;\">rconn@amigosbravos.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, 206-487-7250, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;:&#x68;&#x61;&#119;l&#x65;&#121;&#64;&#x77;&#x65;&#115;t&#x65;&#x72;&#110;l&#x61;&#119;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#103;\">hawley@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 9th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final designation 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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