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The Board of Spokesmen of city council, meeting this morning to the effect, unanimously adopted the three groups represented municipal text of a motion to be carried to the next city.
The City of Lorca, through its Board of Spokesmen, approved a motion proposed to be elevated to the next regular full city council for which intervention actions arise to address the treatment of slurry to the possible closure of plants CHP serving in the region.
The text, which has received the unanimous support of all three political groups represented municipal notes the following:
To be negotiated with the representatives of the pig sector organizations, as well as the Association for Environmental Desimpacto of Purines, a solution that allows the feasibility of slurry treatment plants, given that regulatory reform that has led to this situation, is not approved, and it is possible to go back and find common ground to reach a stage that allows the continuation of the same.
That while a search for negotiated solutions the system of remuneration that was being applied, before the proposal is known, so that this measure allows the implementation immediately, all the slurry treatment plants keeps , currently have paralyzed its activity, prevent the loss of jobs, and at the same time can output slurry already accumulated in the farms, generated in recent weeks.
That transfer of this proposal to the Ministries of Agriculture and Water, and Industry, Enterprise and Innovation in the Region of Murcia, and all political parties represented in the Regional Assembly and the Ministry of Industry, Energy is given and Tourism.
They are also aware of all the representative organizations of the pig sector in the region, the Association for Environmental Desimpacto of Purines and labor unions.
To be negotiated with the representatives of the pig sector organizations, as well as the Association for Environmental Desimpacto of Purines, a solution that allows the feasibility of slurry treatment plants, given that regulatory reform that has led to this situation, is not approved, and it is possible to go back and find common ground to reach a stage that allows the continuation of the same.
That while a search for negotiated solutions the system of remuneration that was being applied, before the proposal is known, so that this measure allows the implementation immediately, all the slurry treatment plants keeps , currently have paralyzed its activity, prevent the loss of jobs, and at the same time can output slurry already accumulated in the farms, generated in recent weeks.
That transfer of this proposal to the Ministries of Agriculture and Water, and Industry, Enterprise and Innovation in the Region of Murcia, and all political parties represented in the Regional Assembly and the Ministry of Industry, Energy is given and Tourism.
They are also aware of all the representative organizations of the pig sector in the region, the Association for Environmental Desimpacto of Purines and labor unions.
The motion also states that there are important reasons to continue investing in the continuity of these cogeneration plants slurry treatment, such as:
- After more than 10 years of operation, they have proven to be very useful to ensure proper management of surplus manure in areas of more livestock density instrument.
-The slurry treatment system, with the elimination of water and getting a solid product, easy to store and manage the outcome as agricultural fertilizers.
-These plants are the best tool to help the collective management of slurry in the territory.
'They have made significant investments in new technologies, such as biogas production, which means significant reductions in emissions of CO2 and nitrogen.
-In rural areas, this investment has generated economic activity and job creation in both cogeneration plants and livestock farms, and their disappearance will cause significant losses in the sector, to make it less competitive.
3 levels in the region, including 2 in Lorca
In the case of the Region of Murcia have 3 cogeneration plants slurry treatment, all located in the Shire Guadalentin, two in Lorca, particularly in the County of fennel and the other in the Sierra de Tertia, and third in the town of Alhama de Murcia, location is no accident, given that we talk about areas with deep roots in the pig sector.
Also we can say that events have already been precipitated, and on Thursday 20 February, in one of the plants Lorca, given the uncertainty and insecurity generated on the future of cogeneration activity and viability, the company that bears out its operation, opted for the dismissal of 8 workers, not forgetting that in all cases, as announced at the beginning of this proposal, plants have paralyzed its activity.
This uncertainty has been transferred to farmers who have their own rafts slurry packed and do not know what to do with them, given that this situation drags stop since the beginning of this month of February.
Moreover, the closure of these facilities would cause a critical situation for the farms and in the affected areas, as these plants can ensure that proper management of manure, and continuity of operations, and otherwise would render Spanish pig production alternatives, directly affecting their competitiveness, while also cease to treat 2.5 million tonnes of slurry.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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