Bodegas Martinón has also requested a license to install a treatment plant on its premises. The request is added to the one made by Bodegas El Grifo to the Island Water Council, which has been on public display for a few days. Now, the Council has done the same with the request from Bodegas Martinón, which will be on public display for 30 days.
The announcement was published this Thursday in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, thus complying with the provisions of the Discharge Control Regulations for the protection of the Public Water Domain. Now, during the period of public display, allegations can be presented, which should be answered by the petitioner.
In addition, before adopting its decision, the Island Water Council may also "request reports, with a non-binding nature, from the competent departments in matters of water and the environment." This is established by the Regulations, which specifies that "the request for reports will be mandatory in relation to the department competent in matters of environment and territorial planning", when no prior pronouncement has been issued.
The regulations also establish that there is a maximum period of 15 days to carry out these reports and in case they do not arrive in that time, "the actions may continue." Once the instruction is completed, a resolution proposal will be submitted to the Council body competent to grant the authorization or reject the request, within a maximum period of six months.
The request was presented by Eduardo Martinón Ramírez, acting on behalf of the commercial company "Bodegas Martinón, S.L.", which intends to install an individual wastewater treatment plant in the winery, with a maximum treatment capacity of 8.00 cubic meters per day. The announcement published in the BOC by the Council specifies that to execute this project, "the establishment of an easement or declaration of public utility for expropriation purposes" is not required.