Heritage Petroleum’s Oil Spill Response Team has been dispatched to contain and recover the spilled hydrocarbons following the oil spill at the Ferrier Circular Guayaguayare Operations of the Company.
However, the actual clean-up operation is being hampered, as there is currently no access road to the spill, and Heritage must create a path for vehicles to pass through.
This information was contained in a media release issued by Member of Parliament for Mayaro, Rushton Paray.
MP Paray said residents in the area have expressed their concern about the strong odor of hydrogen sulfide in the air as a result of the spill.
He said they have requested Heritage staff work with the Village Council to effectively communicate whether the air quality is safe to breathe.
MP Paray asked that Heritage Petroleum provide a completed Air Quality Report, an Environmental report from the IMA on the impact to the watercourse where there was some spill-over, the repurposing of the Guaya Health Facility to a 24 Hour A&E to facilitate any health impact to the residents of the area until the situation is resolved.
MP Paray is also calling for full standby ambulance service to Mayaro/Sangre Grande Hospital, a comprehensive communication strategy to keep the Office of the MP and the Village Council updated, a single point of contact for all claims of damages by residents, and an estimated date of the end of clean-up operations when villagers’ lives can return to normal.
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