03-002
The thirty-day term expired without the Secretariat receiving a submission that conformed to Article 14(1). Under guideline 6.2, the process was therefore terminated.
Status: Closed
The Submitters allege "legal violations and irregularities in the permit-granting process for the Home Port Xcaret project," which they assert "will irreparably affect and destroy the natural resources and coral ecosystems, gravely endangering countless marine species." They assert that the project's EIA violates Article 34 of the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente—LGEEPA) and Articles 37, 38 and 40 through 43 of the Environmental Impact Regulations thereunder, since the project developer failed to make certain information about the project available to the public and to hold a public consultation or information meeting. The Submitters further assert that the project affects protected coral colonies and that the developer failed to process the EIA with the Quintana Roo State Secretariat of Development and Environment (Secretaría de Desarrollo y Medio Ambiente). The submission is accompanied by a video showing marine life and a reef system near where the project will be located, with numerous newspaper articles.
Article 34 of LGEEPA and Articles 37, 38 and 40 through 43 of the Environmental Impact Regulations thereunder
Alfonso Ciprés Villarreal, president of Movimiento Ecologista Mexicano AC, on behalf of several ecological groups, two academic groups and one individual citizen
Acknowledgement - Communication to Submitter(s) authored by Secretariat on 15/05/2003
Submission - Submission authored by Submitter(s) on 25/04/2003
Determination - Secretariat Determination under Article 14 (1) authored by Secretariat on 31/07/2003
