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The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has joined environmental groups in raising concern over the decision of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to drop criminal charges in the Rio Cobre oil spill case.
The decision to withdraw criminal charges against Trade Winds Citrus Limited was reportedly announced in court yesterday.
It was also reported that on December 15 last year NEPA confirmed that a malfunctioning boiler at the Old Jamaica Beverage Plant, now owned and operated by Trade Winds Citrus Limited, was the source of an oil spill first observed in the river on December 11.
In court yesterday the presiding judge was reportedly informed that both parties had reached a settlement and NEPA wanted to discontinue the case.
