RE: New RNS9 Feb 2024 12:38
APA Statement seems to me the EIA is safe.
“Considering the content of today's news, which notes the opinion of the Public Ministry on the Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) issued for the preliminary study of the Mina do Barroso, and despite the fact that this Agency is still analyzing it, it is pertinent to point out, from the outset, that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure was carried out in accordance with the legal terms of the respective legal regime.
In this context, it should be remembered that a multidisciplinary Evaluation Committee was appointed which, although coordinated by the APA as the competent EIA authority, included 8 other entities and various specialists with competence and vast experience in the technical matters now referred to by the Public Ministry.
The issues now referred to by the Public Ministry, such as the impacts on water resources, ecological systems, cultural heritage and the landscape, were thoroughly analyzed and weighed up by the Evaluation Commission, as is clear from the opinions it issued and which were the basis for the favorable conditional EIS issued by this Agency."