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Lawmakers press APP over vegetation plan, potential environmental and health impacts of FEMA-backed clearance
Summary
Representatives raised alarm at APP testimony about vegetation contracts and the FEMA-backed vegetation reset, citing expert warnings about aggressive clearing and proposed herbicide use; APP said environmental reviews are managed through federal processes and FEMA dockets.
SAN JUAN — During the June 20 committee hearing on the UMA/Luma contract, several representatives focused on vegetation management as a distinct public-policy and environmental risk tied to federal reconstruction funds.
Representative Mariana Nogales Molinelli cited expert analysis alleging that the vegetation-management plan proposed for parts of the island could lead to large-scale clearing and would include herbicide use. "...ese plan de manejo de vegetacin que propone el UMA... utilizar glifosato como otras sustancias..." she said, summarizing concerns raised by Dr. Ariel…
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