Fish fatalities fine at Brazil's Santo Antonio hydro project

摘要

Ibama, the brazilian environmental regulator, has fined the builder of the 3150MW Santo Antonio project over fish fatalities caused by construction-related work. The agency found 11 tonnes of fish killed by the construction-related work on the river Madeira, in the western state of Rondonia. A fine of US$7.7M was set against the builder, Madeira Energia Consortium (Mesa).rnIbama said that the fine was calculated from one law which sets a value of US$500 per kilo of fish killed, which brought the basic cost to US$5.5M.