Summary of the matter addressed in the submission:
The submission asserts that the Attorney General’s branch office for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente,“Profepa”) in Quintana Roo is failing to investigate and prosecute the actions of a local hotel involving the construction of a jetty on the Cancun coast where the hotel is located, in violation of Mexico’s environmental impact assessment laws.
According to the Submitter, such jetties have been banned along the seashore in Cancun as they induce beach erosion and moreover cause harm to coral reefs through sand deposition in the Cancun marine park. The Submitter asserts that the structure at issue was constructed after the Office of Environmental Impact and Risk (Dirección General de Impacto y Riesgo Ambiental,DGIRA) denied the hotel’s application for an environmental impact permit to construct the jetty. The alleged violation was reported to the Profepa office in the State, and according to the Submitter, there has been no subsequent action by Profepa.
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Submitter(s)
Carlos Alvarez Flores
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