卡罗莱纳C区：商人与自然资源局就5或近17绳地争执

On September 14, 2026, Ey Boricua reported that Luis Rivera Ortiz, president of Hacienda Campo Rico and Caribbean Golf Academy, questioned before public opinion the testimony of an official from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources in the Senate investigation regarding the operation and permits of the municipal landfill in Carolina. This note is assigned to September 15 as a follow-up the next morning. A new hearing is not simulated on the 15th. The controversy revolves around the expansion through Cell C, the protections of a buffer zone, and the number of cuerdas allegedly affected.

Rivera Ortiz requested the intervention of Secretary Waldemar Quiles and alleged that statements by Pedro Guevara, director of the Permits Division of the Office of Compliance, caused confusion about legal protections and the impacted area. According to the businessman, Guevara indicated that the operation affected five cuerdas of the buffer zone; Rivera Ortiz maintains that the expansion by the Municipality of Carolina and Landfill Gas Technologies reached about 17. Five ≠ number accepted by all parties. About 17 ≠ legally validated measurement.

Rivera Ortiz rejected the claim attributed to Guevara that the land had lost part of its ecological value due to previous quarry activity. He assured that there was never a quarry there and that the 35 cuerdas of the buffer zone remain protected. Ey Boricua does not attach an independent geological report in the body of the article that resolves that dispute. Statement from a party ≠ expert report.

The inspection method is the other nerve. Rivera Ortiz said that the DRNA would not have conducted a survey to determine if the operation exceeded the authorized footprint. He added that the official mentioned aerial photographs, but, according to him, they were not presented during the hearing. Not having presented photos at that hearing ≠ absolute nonexistence of photos in the record. Alleged lack of survey ≠ confession of territorial invasion.

The transcript of the hearing, according to Ey Boricua, notes that Compliance officials carry out periodic inspections: they review areas of the facility, leachate tanks, pumps, and validity of permits. When addressing a complaint about a leachate spill, the intervention was a visual inspection. Sampling reports are submitted to the DRNA by the operator and then evaluated by other agency personnel. Operator sampling evaluated by DRNA ≠ direct sampling by DRNA. Periodic inspection ≠ determination of the number of acres.

Rivera Ortiz stated that the land has protections derived from zoning and legislation on karst, caves and caverns, water resources, wildlife, and the Special Planning Area of the Piñones State Forest. The Ey Boricua article lists these categories without assigning which one prevails over a specific permit. The businessman said he has been claiming the applicable permits for the area in court for four years. Four years of litigation ≠ victory for any party.

The position that the primary school attributes to the entrepreneur has a limit: it said that it does not oppose the operation of the landfill if it complies with laws and regulations; it objects to the alleged expansion into land of ecological value and the possible impact on its ecotourism project. Declared commercial interest ≠ automatic falsehood; nor does it equate to expert neutrality. The article recalls that the court returned the permit case to the DRNA and that afterwards the legislative investigation came. Return of the case ≠ final revocation of all permits.

This piece continues note 829 on boundaries: both deal with coordinates, surveying, and environmental ownership, but not the same procedure. A maritime-land boundary under Regulation 4860 ≠ surveying the footprint of a landfill. Cousin: 829 by the DRNA/surveying thread, with the explicit difference.

Primary: Hey Puerto Rican, Sep 14, 2026; batch reading Sep 15. Hub 42 DRNA. Topic politics: legislative oversight and environmental administration. Unique URL. Newspaper El Sol was secondary source verified and publishes longer allegations; it is not mixed as source_url.

Borinquen language control: Rivera Ortiz's claim ≠ Senate or DRNA finding; five cuerdas allegedly by Guevara ≠ survey; about 17 cuerdas claimed by the businessman ≠ adjudicated extension; certified transcript ≠ judgment; on-site inspection ≠ independent sampling. The primary source governs and preserves every attribution verb. Where there is no permission, plan, or analysis attached in the article, this note does not make it up.