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The results of analyzes on soot and pollution after the fire Lubrizol plant in Rouen will be published "tomorrow or the day after tomorrow", according to the Minister of Agriculture, Didier Guillaume. For its part, the environmental association Respire has filed a summary to know the content and impact of this pollution. This procedure comes at a time when another Seveso-classified plant has been shut down.
" We know what products were in the Seveso plant " that burned in the Lubrizol chemical plant accident in Rouen, the minister told our colleagues at BFM, but the danger of residues and soot will be determined by the analyzes. Meanwhile, the ban on marketing milk and other agricultural products pronounced by the prefect is a " precautionary principle ," he said.
" It's not up to the farmers to throw away their milk, it's up to the collection companies to collect their milk. That's not it, the breeder's life. It is necessary that the collection companies come to treat milk, they will be compensated, "warned Mr. Guillaume. " For farmers, as early as next week or within ten days, we will have the first advances that will be made, " said the minister, according to which "in fine, the principle of " polluter pays " should apply .
" Citizens ' levy campaign "
The environmental association Respire filed Monday night a referral to the administrative court of Rouen " to appoint an expert " in this case of the fire chemical plant Lubrizol, was learned Tuesday from their lawyer, Corinne Lepage. " This summation-report was filed to appoint an expert to form the elements of the file in a contradictory way ," said the former Minister of the Environment.
" I am not a conspirator: I do not say that the state is lying ". On the other hand, " it seems to me that not all the analyzes have been done and that there are products we do not talk about and that we should talk about like dioxins, asbestos and heavy metals ", a- she added. The association fight for the prevention and improvement of air quality, said in a statement that it will " organize with the population a campaign of citizen samples, which will be made in the presence of bailiffs, in order to provide complementary analyzes from soot, cakes and other residues identified by the inhabitants ".
Another plant shut down
Another chemical plant, classified Seveso threshold high in Grand-Quevilly, near Rouen, has been " stopped " since 7:45, announced the prefecture of Seine-Maritime, stating that there was no fire. " The Borealis plant (fertilizer production) (...) has triggered its POI (Internal Organization Plan) following a loss of power supply that requires shutdown for safety of the installation, "said the prefecture in a statement, five days after the accident at the Lubrizol chemical plant in Rouen.
The Lubrizol plant, where about 400 people work, manufactures additives that are used to enrich oils, fuels or industrial paints. It was classified "Seveso high threshold" which indicates its major danger and implies that it enjoys special supervision.
Following the fire, the prefectures of Seine-Maritime, Somme, Oise and Aisne have adopted orders to suspend the placing on the market of plant and animal products as of 26 September because of the pollution.
( with AFP )
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