The environmental controls of the Port Authority – Coast Guard of Crotone continue, engaged in an intense supervisory activity on compliance with the regulations on environmental protection and wastewater management.
In recent days, the Environmental Police Operations Unit has carried out a series of inspections of commercial activities in the area, including car washes, fuel distributors and industrial laundries.
The checks led to the reporting of three business owners to the competent Judicial Authority for various violations of Legislative Decree 152/2006 (Consolidated Environmental Law).
In particular, the following were reported: the owner of a car wash, and that of a fuel distributor, both caught operating without the necessary authorizations to discharge the waste water produced.
The situation found at an industrial laundry was more serious, where the military found multiple irregularities: the business operated without authorizations for the discharge of industrial waste water, for emissions into the atmosphere and for correct waste management. During the checks, plastic packaging containing residues of soap and solvents were found, as well as faulty household appliances that had not been disposed of within the times and methods required by current legislation.
Another fuel distributor, already the subject of previous checks, has instead regularized its position: after having fulfilled the instructions given and paid an administrative fine of 2,500 euros, it has obtained the necessary authorizations and will be able to continue its activity in compliance with the rules.
The operations, the Coast Guard explains, are among the priority objectives indicated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Crotone, aimed at protecting the environment and the territory and combating all illicit activities capable of causing damage to the ecosystem.