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The Municipal Socialist Group Spokesperson, Manuel Soler, has warned of the difficulty for farmers to comply with the rules of nitrates, stressing that it is not only necessary that existing plants continue to operate but would have to build many more

The Municipal Socialist Group Spokesperson, Manuel Soler, began his appearance by highlighting that "it is necessary and urgent negotiations between the Administration, the Association for Environmental Desimpacto of Purines, which is who represents the business side, and the Livestock Sector in order to find a solution to the problem of slurry treatment plants so that existing operations to continue and build the missing is to comply with the rules of nitrates. "

Soler has reported that "on Thursday, organized by the Municipal Socialist Group, was held at the Chamber of Commerce of Lorca a meeting attended by representatives of the workers of the two plants located in Lorca slurry and representatives of Agricultural Organizations, COAG and UPA-Ir,. well as a representation of large farmers, who are the most amount of slurry plants bring to the region also attended entrepreneurs also made transportation from farms to industry. "

Lorca mayor has detailed that "in the course of the meeting, showed that of the 29 existing plants in Spain only one is in operation. Among the three 28 paralyzed found existing in Murcia. To continue're closed three past, 50 jobs lost: 40 direct and 10 indirect. "

"The pig sector is of vital economic and social importance in our region, as shown by the figures listed in the census. Currently we have 210,000 sows and a capacity of 1,750,000 heads of fattened pigs. Occur in each feedlot 2.2 engordes year. This gives a total of between 3.5 and 4 million head per year depending on feeders that all farms are full or not. Lorca is the municipality of the region that increased census collects pig with 35% of the regional total, "he recalled.

The social responsibility has stated that "with this pig population produced in our region between 6 and 7 million m3 of manure each year. Precisely the two areas of highest concentration of farms, golf Cartagena and Guadalentin Valley, are scheduled as sensitive to nitrates from organic sources "areas.

Manuel Soler has concluded its hearing warning that "without manure treatment plants or any other similar solution, in areas of high concentration of pig and classified as sensitive to the addition of nitrate to the ground is impossible to comply with Directive 91 / 676 EEC of 12 August and the Royal Decree on protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. "

Source: PSOE Lorca