The Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (Minam) requested detailed reports to evaluate the Environmental Emergency Declaration (DEA), a legal remedy that will make it possible to “intervene effectively, considering technical criteria”. teleSUR
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00:00The government of Peru is considering declaring an environmental emergency in the marine area
00:17of the province of Talara, Department of Piura, following an oil spill on December 20th.
00:23The Ministry of Environment emphasized that the detailed reports are being requested from
00:27the entities involved in order to analyze the declaration of an environmental emergency.
00:33If this declaration is approved, an immediate and short-term action plan will be implemented
00:38in coordination with the government of Piura to reinforce the actions already established.
00:43The oil spill of last December 20th affected around 10,000 square meters of sea surface
00:49in Piura, severely damaging the sea fauna.