By Ronda News Kidapawan
READ: NAIS ipagbigay-alam ng Energy Development Corporation (EDC) na wala silang drilling activity na ginagawa sa Barangay Ilomavis sa Kidapawan City. Kung kaya't ang paglabas ng sulfur sa mga creeks, streams, at mga crack ng lupa ay hindi nanggagaling sa kanilang mga geothermal plants.
Ang tawag sa prosesong ito ay liquefication na normal na nangyayari kapag may "disturbance" sa ilalim ng lupa, katulad ng mga pagyanig.
Ang lalim ng lindol noong October 16, 29, at 31 ay mabababaw kaya't normal na may mga lumalabas na mineral sa ilalim ng lupa. Ang sulfur ay isang uri ng mineral.
Ayon kay Datu Tungko Saikol, regional director ng Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 12, walang dapat ikabahala ang mga mamamayan sa paglabas ng sulfur.
Hindi rin, aniya, maituturing na "pollutant" ang sulfur dahil hindi lagpas sa normal level ang inilalabas ng lupa ng naturang mineral.
Nilinaw din ni Director Saikol na walang mga paglabag sa anumang mga batas at proseso sa pag-produce ng geothermal energy ang EDC. Sumusunod umano sila sa itinatakda ng batas at sa anumang kautusan ng gubyerno.
Magkagayun pa man, sinabi ni Director Saikol na magpapadala siya ng team sa EDC para magsagawa ng ocular inspection at pagsusuri sa erya na umano isang normal procedure.
Nauna na raw na umakyat sa erya ang team mula sa Phivolcs, ayon sa EDC. RONDA NEWS
NOTE: Basahin po ang opisyal na pahayag ng EDC sa ibabang bahagi ng article na ito.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (the sole producer of the country's geothermal energ):
"We would like to reassure our stakeholders that geothermal power production does not cause earthquakes or trigger volcanic eruption.
Scientists around the world are unanimous in saying that no man-made activity can cause a volcanic eruption.
Only a change in chemistry, pressure and temperature can cause a volcanic eruption.
Seismicity in each EDC geothermal site, including our Mount Apo Geothermal Project (MAGP), is monitored by seismic instruments installed by EDC in tandem with a network of monitoring instruments of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology since our country is prone to earthquakes.
The recent movements in Mindanao all have epicenters south of Kidapawan City and none are within our project site.
To date, we have not affected the seismicity of the area two decades since we have started operating MAGP.
PHIVOLCS director Renato Solidum has already confirmed in his media interviews that the series of tremors that hit the area as well as other parts of Mindanao since October 16, 2019 was caused by the Cotabato fault system and were tectonic in origin.”
REFERENCE: Romy I. Kee, EDC Mt. Apo Geothermal Plant Facility Head
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