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[*] posted on 11-13-2002 at 02:20 PM
Sand mining

captured this for Bajanet.com/questions
I couldn't remember where the conversation was on the subject so I'm starting a new one.

Mex. Govt. statement on Baja sand mining

From: Jan in Rosarito
Remote Name: 200.33.140.130
Date: November 13, 2002
Time: 02:42 PM

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I can't post this on the main board, so here it is for inquiring minds :>)

November 5, 2002 Mexican Feds Respond to Sand Mining Issues Carlos de la Parra Renter?a, the director of the Secretar?a
de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Semarnat) in Baja California,
told the Tijuana newspaper Frontera (no relationship to FNS) that Semarnat will begin working to better regulate the mining of
sand in the state.

Parra said that Semarnat will establish tougher restrictions on sand mining, especially with regards to people that have begun
operations without the proper authorization or without having completed an environmental impact statement. Semarnat will also
move against operations that are extracting more sand than permitted or that are mining too quickly the allotted amount of sand.

The environmental impact studies themselves will be modified, according to Parra, because they currently do not conclude how
much sand can be removed from a site without causing damage to the area.

Jorge Escobar Mart?nez, the state director of ecology, has said that meetings with US officials will help establish controls for
the proper exportation of sand. Other Mexican agencies will help monitor sand-mining concessions.

Escobar also stated that authorities need to establish which mining areas are in need of restoration because of
over-exploitation. According to Escobar, a number of areas have been gravely damaged by sand-mining operations.

Source: Frontera (Tijuana), November 5, 2002. Article by Zulema Flores.
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[*] posted on 11-13-2002 at 05:04 PM
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Whats funny, is that the local newspapers have been screaming about this problem for years and NOTHING was done, i dont understand why local goverments cant take some actions, by the time Mexico city figures out what to do, the problem is done and nothing can be done about it.
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