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La destilería realizará una inversión de $40 millones en la construcción y se beneficiará de la Ley 178, la cual aumentó de hasta 10% a hasta 25% la porción de fondos del programa federal de reembolso del arbitrio del ron que el Gobierno asigna para promover e incentivar la industria.
DuPont Electronics anunció una inversión de $40 millones en Manatí. Esta nueva inversión se suma a otros $12 millones recientemente anunciados para una expansión de la subsidiaria Pioneer Hi-Bred en Salinas. En conjunto, estas dos empresas van a crear 90 empleos entre Salinas y Manatí.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has added the Corozal Well site in Barrio Palos Blancos, Corozal, Puerto Rico to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the site, which is in a rural area near the municipalities of Corozal and Naranjito, found that the chemical tetrachloroethylene or PCE is contaminating a well used to supply drinking water to local residents. Exposure to PCE, a solvent commonly used in industrial processes, can have serious effects of people’s health including liver damage and an increased risk of cancer.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it will for the first time station a community involvement coordinator for the U.S. Virgin Islands on St. Croix. In mid-March, Geoffrey M. Garrison will begin his tenure in the Virgin Islands and will be handling a combination of community outreach and some emergency response work. Specifically, Geoff will oversee activities at the shutdown HOVENSA facility, respond to pollution releases and support the work of the U.S. Virgins Islands Recycling Partnership.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging individuals and community groups in the U.S. Virgin Islands to apply for grants that will allow “citizen scientists” to collect information on air and water pollution in their communities and seek solutions to environmental and public health problems.
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