The president of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto, sent a letter to Eni Rewind with whom warns the company “to start the remediation of harmful waste deposited in the industrial area of Crotone, disposing of it outside the regional territory”.
President Occhiuto’s warning follows the communication received from Eni Rewind regarding the start, from 20 January, of excavation activities for the removal of industrial waste and its subsequent transport to the private landfill in the “Columbra” area of Crotone.
«Any waste management activity conducted by Eni Rewind in conflict with the provisions of the constraint of destination of waste outside the regional territory – states Occhiuto in the formal notice – is to be considered as unauthorized waste management as it would violate the Authorization Provision the only regional one (Paur) in 2019 which provides for the disposal of reclamation waste outside Calabria”.
Occhiuto also refers to the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (Mase), claiming that «the Calabria Region did not intend, nor does it intend, to comply with the decree with which the Ministry ordered that the regional body must start the procedure for modifying the prescription of the Paur within 30 days of notification of the provision. Indeed, the Region – claims the Governor – has proposed an appeal, together with the Province and the Municipality of Crotone, opposing what is established in the Ministry’s decree”.
Furthermore, according to Occhiuto, “there are landfills outside the region and abroad that can accept waste, both dangerous and non-hazardous, coming from the reclamation”. The Governor also sent the warning, “for any appropriate initiative”, to the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal and to the Prosecutors of the Republic of Crotone and Catanzaro.