Even as concerns have been raised by Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) residents about approval being granted for the setting up of a waste treatment facility in the village, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that approval was also given to another company for the storage of a radioactive source at Coverden, also on the East Bank.
The Coverden facility is located in the same area that Global Oil Environmental Services (GOES) is hoping to construct a treatment facility for ExxonMobil’s waste under a project that some residents have already questioned.
The EPA announced that the application was screened and it was determined that the project would not “significantly affect the environment” and the company was thus exempted from undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment, although it did not say what measures were used to determine these findings.