The Presidential Delegation of O’Higgins declared an Environmental Pre-Emergency for the Central Valley of O’Higgins for this Sunday, July 7, as a measure to guard the inhabitants from excessive ranges of air air pollution.
This pre-emergency applies to the 17 communes that make up the Saturated Zone of the Atmospheric Decontamination Plan (PDA) for PM 2.5 within the central valley of O’Higgins: Rancagua, Graneros, Doñihue, El Olivar, Coltauco, Coinco, Quinta de Tilcoco, San Vicente, Placilla, Mostazal, Codegua, Machalí, Malloa, Rengo, Requínoa, San Fernando and Chimbarongo.
“This pre-emergency, decreed inside the framework of Vital Episode Administration (GEC) 2024, is a safety measure to guard everybody, particularly those that are most affected, who’re the chance group akin to kids and the aged. Subsequently, the decision is for us to be a part of these environmental emergencies and pre-emergencies, respecting the decreed measures, such because the prohibition of lighting wooden heaters,” stated the Regional Presidential Delegate, Fabio López.
For her half, the Seremi of the Surroundings, Giovanna Amaya, defined that “the poor air flow within the Central Valley of O’Higgins, added to the extended use of wooden heaters in properties has considerably worsened the air high quality, which has precipitated this state of affairs. It’s essential to be emphatic, the inspections by the Seremi of Well being are being carried out in numerous communes to confirm compliance with environmental laws, for which purpose we name on folks to respect the measures and never expose themselves to fines that vary from a warning to 1000 UTM.”
It needs to be famous that the Seremi de Salud O’Higgins has enabled a reporting line so that folks can inform the authorities in case of non-compliance with the laws associated to the lighting of wooden heaters on days of environmental episodes. In such circumstances, it is best to name or write through WhatsApp to the quantity +56989036974.
The measures to be applied on days when an Environmental Pre-Emergency is asserted are the next:
Prohibition of operation of dwelling heating boilers, wooden heaters (licensed and non-certified by the SEC) and wooden stoves.
The Seremi of Schooling will droop bodily and sports activities actions outside and in closed areas, for your entire faculty group within the saturated space. Actions linked to the Nationwide System of Sports activities Competitions (SNCD) will probably be carried out in any respect occasions.
The Seremi del Deporte and/or the Nationwide Institute of Sports activities point out that the measure within the occasion of a Pre-emergency will probably be to hold out bodily exercise of sunshine depth, avoiding extended or very intense bodily efforts, in closed areas. The actions linked to the Nationwide System of Sports activities Competitions (SNCD) are carried out in any respect occasions.
Mass outside sports activities actions have to be suspended. Mass exercise will probably be understood as one through which greater than 100 folks take part in bodily exercise. Inspection by the SEREMI of Well being.
Prohibition of the operation of boilers that use stable fuels, except they show PM emissions under 30 mg/m³N. Inspection by the SEREMI of Well being
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