“Poor air high quality within the central valley of our area has been a relentless in current weeks, and particularly in as of late when we now have needed to keep an environmental alert or declare a pre-emergency, and sadly tomorrow we’ll proceed like this, since an environmental pre-emergency has been declared for this Wednesday, July 10 within the 17 communes that make up the saturated zone of our area.” This was indicated by Presidential Delegate Fabio López, when asserting a brand new episode of poor air high quality.
In gentle of the above, the regional authority reiterated the decision within the face of this Environmental Pre-Emergency “to respect the measures that it implies, and for which we now have had 18 environmental alerts and 5 pre-emergencies thus far this 12 months.”
Particularly, the 2024 Crucial Episode Administration covers the 17 communes that make up the Saturated Zone of the Atmospheric Decontamination Plan (PDA), for PM 2.5 within the central valley of the O’Higgins area. These communes are Rancagua, Graneros, Doñihue, El Olivar, Coltauco, Coinco, Quinta de Tilcoco, San Vicente, Placilla, Mostazal, Codegua, Machalí, Malloa, Rengo, Requínoa, San Fernando and Chimbarongo.
Relating to the pre-emergency, the regional secretary of the Atmosphere, Giovanna Amaya, acknowledged that “within the Central Valley of O’Higgins, residential wooden burning is the principle supply of air air pollution, inflicting particulate matter and respiratory issues in threat teams, which is why the Administration of Crucial Episodes, for the reason that new Atmospheric Decontamination Plan for PM 2.5 got here into pressure, is much more restrictive relating to the usage of wooden heaters, establishing that wooden stoves can’t be used whether or not or not they’re SEC licensed.”
It needs to be famous that the Seremi de Salud O’Higgins has arrange a reporting line so that folks can report any non-compliance with rules associated to the lighting of wooden heaters on days of environmental incidents. In such instances, you must name or write by way of 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 house heating boilers, wooden heaters (licensed and non-certified by the SEC) and wooden stoves.
The Seremi of Training will droop outside bodily and sports activities actions and in closed areas, for the whole faculty neighborhood within the saturated space. Actions linked to the Nationwide Sports activities Competitors System (SNCD) are 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 can 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 can be understood as one by which greater than 100 individuals 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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