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‘Makati gov’t has final say on condo reopening’
MANILA, Philippines—The Makati City government has the final say on whether or not residents of West Tower condominium in Barangay Bangkal can return to their homes.
This was the reaction of Joey Salgado, the city’s public information officer, after CH2MHill, the US-based firm hired by the Lopez-owned First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) to clean up and rehabilitate the area affected by an oil leak, announced on Wednesday that it would speed up its fuel draining and pumping activities to make the building habitable again “by the third quarter of the year or as early as July.”
“It’s a welcome development,” Salgado said. “But the city government will give the final go-signal if the residents can move back in; that has been clear from the start.”
He added that the city government would enlist the help of experts in inspecting CH2MHill cleanup process and in ensuring that it complies with internationally accepted standards.
“We have to review and inspect their work. And also, we have to consult the residents themselves and ensure first and foremost their safety and well-being,” Salgado said.
According to him, apart from the team of experts from the University of the Philippines’ National Institute of Geological Sciences which helped trace the source of the oil leak, other professionals familiar with safety standards and rehabilitation procedures would also be tapped.
West Tower, a 22-story condominium, was shut down in 2010 by the city government after oil started seeping into its basement in July.
It was later determined that the oil came from several leaks in the FPIC pipeline, a portion of which was located near the building. The 117-kilometer-long pipeline transports fuel products from Batangas province to the Pandacan oil depots in Manila.
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