EPA: Monkey facility may need more permits

July 12th, 2009

The top Environmental Protection Agency official in Puerto Rico said Friday that Bioculture Puerto Rico Inc. has met the federal requirements to build its monkey breeding facility in Guayama.

However, the Israeli company had to yet to inform federal officials whether it intends to build a treatment plant to process the monkey waste generated at the facility under construction in the Pozo Hondo area of Guayama, said Carl Axel Soderberg, EPA director for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

“Federal regulations require any construction to have an erosion and sedimentation control permit during the building process. We investigated and they comply with EPA ...

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