Imithetho Entsha Yesikhungo Sokuvikela Imvelo ihlose ukulwa nokungcoliswa komoya onobuthi ovela kubakhi bensimbi base-US ngokukhawulela ukungcola okufana ne-mercury, benzene nomthofu osekunesikhathi eside kufake ushevu emoyeni ezindaweni ezizungezile izitshalo.
Imithetho iqondise ekungcoliseni okukhishwe ohhavini be-coke bezakhiwo zensimbi. Igesi elivela kuhhavini lidala ubungozi bomdlavuza ngamunye emoyeni ozungeze izitshalo zensimbi ezingama-50 kweziyi-1,000,000, abathi abameli bezempilo yomphakathi bayingozi ezinganeni nakubantu abanezinkinga zempilo ezicashile.
Amakhemikhali awahambi kude nesikhungo, kodwa abameli bathi bebehlukumeza kakhulu impilo yomphakathi ezindaweni “zocingo olubiyelwe” abahola kancane ezizungeze izikhungo zensimbi, futhi bamele udaba lobulungiswa bezemvelo.
"Sekuyisikhathi eside abantu bebhekene nezingozi ezinkulu zezempilo, njengomdlavuza, ngenxa yokungcoliswa kwe-coke oven," kusho uPatrice Simms, iphini likamongameli we-Earthjustice emiphakathini enempilo. Imithetho "ibalulekile ekuvikeleni imiphakathi nabasebenzi eduze kwama-coke oven".
Ama-oven ama-coke angamakamelo ashisisa amalahle ukuze akhiqize i-coke, idiphozithi eqinile esetshenziselwa ukwenza insimbi. Igesi ekhiqizwa amahhavini ihlukaniswa yi-EPA njenge-carcinogen yomuntu eyaziwayo futhi iqukethe ingxube yamakhemikhali ayingozi, izinsimbi ezisindayo nezinhlanganisela ezishintshashintshayo.
Amakhemikhali amaningi axhumene nezinkinga zempilo ezingathi sína, okuhlanganisa i-eczema enzima, izinkinga zokuphefumula kanye nezilonda zokugaya ukudla.
Phakathi kobufakazi obandayo bobuthi begesi eminyakeni yamuva nje, i-EPA yenza okuncane ukunqanda ukungcola, kusho abagxeki. Amaqembu ezemvelo abelokhu efuna imingcele emisha kanye nokuqapha okungcono futhi i-Earthjustice ngo-2019 yamangalela i-EPA ngalolu daba.
Ohhavini be-coke bahlukumeze ikakhulukazi amadolobha ezindaweni zezimboni ezimaphakathi nentshonalanga nase-Alabama. E-Detroit, isitshalo se-coke osekuphele iminyaka eyishumi sephula izindinganiso zekhwalithi yomoya izinkulungwane zezikhathi sisenkabeni yecala eliqhubekayo elisola ukuthi i-sulphur dioxide ekhiqizwa igesi ye-coke oven iye yagula izakhamuzi eziseduze endaweni enabantu abaningi abaNsundu, nakuba imithetho emisha ingakubandakanyi lokho kungcola.
Imithetho, eshicilelwe ngoLwesihlanu, idinga ukuhlolwa "kocingo" ezungeze izitshalo, futhi, uma ukungcola kutholakala ukuthi kudlula imingcele emisha, abenzi bensimbi kufanele babone umthombo futhi bathathe isinyathelo sokwehlisa amazinga.
Imithetho iphinde isuse izintuba ezazisetshenziswa imboni ngaphambilini ukugwema ukubika ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, njengokukhipha imikhawulo yokukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngesikhathi sokungasebenzi kahle.
Ukuhlola ngaphandle kwemboni yase-Pittsburgh esetshenziswa yi-US Steel, omunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu kakhulu ezweni, kutholwe amazinga e-benzene, i-carcinogen, ayephakeme ngokuphindwe ka-10 kunemikhawulo emisha. Umkhulumeli we-US Steel utshele i-Allegheny Front ukuthi le mithetho ngeke ikwazi ukuthi isetshenziswe futhi izoba “nezindleko ezingakaze zibonwe kanye nomthelela omubi kwezemvelo obungahlosiwe”.
"Izindleko zizobe zingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili futhi zingaziwa ngoba abukho ubuchwepheshe obufakazelwe bokulawula izinto ezingcolisa umoya eziyingozi," kusho umkhulumeli.
U-Adrienne Lee, ummeli we-Earthjustice, utshele i-Guardian ukuthi umthetho usekelwe emininingwaneni yemboni enikezwe i-EPA, futhi waphawula ukuthi imithetho ngokuvamile ngeke inciphise ukukhishwa kwegesi, kodwa ivimbele ukweqa.
"Ngikuthola kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi [imingcele] kuzoba nzima ukuhlangabezana," kusho u-Lee.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-03-2024