[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, CLOSURE: Subic Bay (Philippines) condos

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Are Hanjin condos sitting on toxic site?


Philippine Daily Inquirer
April 30, 2008

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT - For nearly a week, the ruckus over two high-rise 
condominiums of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Philippines Inc. 
has been confined to issues of their location in the middle of a 
protected forest at the Subic Bay Freeport and the alleged tree-cutting 
there.

There are more questions, though. One is related to the health safety of 
the expected tenants - 180 Korean executives and employees, as well as 
their families. Another concerns possible future liabilities of the land 
manager, the government-owned Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

A copy of an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued by the 
SBMA to Hanjin identified the condominium site as "Naval Magazine, 
Ilanin East Forest." An undated 21-page lease agreement in 2007, 
however, states "a vacant lot at Subic Apex, Ilanin District."



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For the entire article, see
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080430-133508/Are-Hanjin-condos-sitting-on-toxic-site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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