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"The severest HidroAysén is that (concrete) is irreversible" Residents of Aysén

• Ana Lya Uriarte, a former environment minister.

• In an interview given to CNN Chile this week former Secretary of State pointed out that this is because these dams are "not removable", challenging addition this project will be presented as "indispensable."

Despite intense lobbying HidroAysén, through its executive vice president Daniel Fernandez, is driving in Chile to enable their project of five dams in Patagonia's Baker and Pascua rivers, there are voices that question the sustainability such action.

One is the environment minister of the government of Michelle Bachelet, Ana Lya Uriarte, who in 2008 said that " environmental impact assessment (EIA) HidroAysén project has not lived up to the evaluation. The information provided is not sufficient at the time of making an environmental assessment of the magnitude of the project . "

This week former Secretary of State again raise the issue in an interview with CNN Chile. It said " the company has a structural problem with the HidroAysén project is that flood areas are an extension and a magnitude of such significance that is to say goodbye to a piece of land and irreversibly. " He added that "maybe that's more HidroAysén gravity. This does not fix it, because it will be removed after . "

Thus some sectors arise questioned the projected dams in Endesa and Chilean Patagonia Colbún are essential because " is a basic premise is for any authority who wants to legitimately represent the interests of citizens, and is that there is no draft of any order, which can be regarded as essential . " Otherwise " we saying that we necessarily approve and issued a decree that better and aprobémoslo without going through the System of Environmental Impact Assessment, which is the environmental review."

In this regard, he recalled that " public services during the administration of President Bachelet presented the draft 3600 observations. When he entered, having corrected the first 3,600, we made additional observations 1300. Public services were competitive work environment where Chilean citizens like you, like me, like those we are looking "concluded Ana Lya Uriarte.

HidroAysén The EIA was admitted in August 2008 and April 15 is scheduled to continue their investigation, after the company applied in November 2010 suspension of the assessment period to answer the third compilation of observations of bodies environmental competition.

View Ana Lya Uriarte interview on CNN Chile:

http://bit.ly/eoUgQb