RE:Cierran minera en BCS que operaba sin licenciaThanks for the posting... it gave me a sense of what is at issue here.. Looks like a delay on some part of there program but fixable.... Here is the Google translation of the first link--
The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) Metallurgical closed Minera Boleo, SAPI de CV, for lack of Unique Environmental License (LAU) and the notice of commencement of operations as stipulated by the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).
It is recalled that the mining company was engaged in mining copper and sulfuric acid in the community of Santa Rosalia, municipality of Mulege, just over 500 kilometers northeast of the city, the state capital.
The mayor of the municipality of Mulege XIV, Guillermo Meza Santillan, said that due to the breach of Metallurgical Minera Boleo, SAPI de CV, it will be fined 50,000 minimum wages and the temporary closure.
Mulegino mayor said that such closure "is the result of the review actions being made in the Annual Operating Mines Inspection Program 2015, which seeks to ensure that these industries operate legally."
It is also necessary to remember that in recent days the Directorate General of Urban Development, Human Settlements and Public Works, in compliance with the court decision in favor of the municipality of Mulege, found close to the mining, lack of complex construction license Industrial located in the 5.5 kilometer road north of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur.
The document issued by the Administrative Chamber of the Superior Court of the State of Baja California Sur supports the position that the council is the authority responsible for the enforcement of obligations to the company on payment of fees.
Santillan explained that "the application of the fine is set in Article 171 first of the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (LGEEPA) fraction, which contained also the reasons that could result in a temporary closure or Ultimately, partial or total facilities ".
Mulege Mayor added that on the other hand "it was found that the company failed to prove that the system for capturing gases emitted into the atmosphere, have platforms and sampling ports, which must be installed according to the specifications They found in Appendices A and B of Mexican Standard NMX-AA-009-1993-SCFI ".
A partial Google translation of the 2nd link is Juan Garcaheredia / El Sol de Mexico
MEXICO CITY two mines were closed for not having Single Environmental License (LAU). The first one is silver and gold in the State of Zacatecas, while the second produces copper and sulfuric acid in Mulege, Baja California Sur, as reported by the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa).
"As a result of action taken under the Annual Work Programme 2015 Mines Inspection, Profepa imposed a closure seals facilities Minera Boleo Metallurgical SAPI de CV, engaged in the production of copper and sulfuric acid" said dependence stressing that operated in the municipality of Mulege, Baja California Sur, without LAU neither the notice of commencement of operations required by law by the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).
He added that, according to what is stated in Article 171 first fraction of the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection, the company may be liable to a monetary fine of 30 to 50,000 times the daily minimum wage at the time of imposing the corresponding sanction.
Gold and silver-in Zacatecas
Separately, Profepa reported that the mining company was closed Catanava SA de CV, located in the municipality of Pinos, Zacatecas, because he worked irregularly because it lacked LAU issued by the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).........