The Philippine Coast Guard denied reports ships of Glenn Defense Marine Asia Inc. dumped hazardous waste off the waters of Subic Bay in Zambales.
Rear Adm. Luis Tuason, Jr., PCG officer-in-charge and vice commandant for operations, also said there is no truth to the report the M/T Glenn Guardian, a ship owned by the salvage firm, hurled liquid waste in the locality last Oct. 15.
Glenn Defense Marine Asia Inc. is commissioned by the United States Navy to collect the waste product during military drills between the Philippines and US Navy.
“There is no dumping and we would not allow any dumping in Philippine waters most especially in Subic,” Tuason said.
The PCG official said they were surprised after reading the news item from one of the daily broadsheets since there was no actually discharge of waste in the country’s territorial waters.
“When you say dumping, the wastes were discharge directly from ship towards the sea waters but in fairness to Glen Marine no actual so far dumping was done,” stressed.
The PCG official explained that when the US Navy vessel arrived, there was already a support ship as part of their contingent.
Tuason noted that there was a transfer of waste from the US Navy ship to the support vessel, M/T Glenn Guardian but the said firm failed to notify the coast guard that they will performed a waste transfer from the navy ship to its support vessel.
“In the last transfer, there was no spotted spill or leak. The water is clean,” Tuason insisted
“Since January, we haven’t received any application for dumping permit from Glen Defense Marine Asia Inc.,” he added.
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