📋 Tender Overview
The information was presented during a workshop aimed at provincial and district municipalities in the region.The Environmental Assessment and Supervision Agency (OEFA), an entity attached to the Ministry of the Environment, identified in the Ancash region 162 areas degraded by municipal solid waste and 57 areas degraded by non-municipal solid waste (known as dumps), which require recovery actions by local authorities. These interventions are necessary to reduce negative impacts on the environment, prevent health risks and protect the health of the population within their respective jurisdictions.
Of the 162 areas degraded by municipal solid waste, 2 are in the process of reconversion, that is, they are suitable to continue operating under controlled technical and environmental conditions. The remaining 160 areas are in the recovery process, and are located mainly in the provinces of Huari, with 18 areas; Bolognesi, with 15; Ocros, with 11; and Pallasca, Sihuas and Huaraz, with 10 areas each.
Cesar Reyna, head of the Ancash Decentralized Office of the OEFA, specified that the areas in recovery demand technical actions aimed at the closure, rehabilitation and environmental control of the affected space, in order to avoid the generation of leachate, gas emissions, soil contamination and impact on the health of the population.
Likewise, he reported that 57 areas degraded by non-municipal solid waste, also known as dumps, were also identified in the region, located in the provinces of Casma, with 10 areas; Huaraz, with 5; Huarmey, with 13; Santa, with 26; Sihuas, with 2; and Yungay, with 1.
The OEFA representative pointed out that, among the main non-compliance detected in solid waste infrastructure, the lack or insufficiency of daily coverage of solid waste, gas evacuation drains, rainwater conduction channels, leachate recirculation systems and perimeter fencing, among other components necessary for adequate environmental management, was noted.
Reyna specified that the OEFA prioritizes a preventive approach to environmental oversight through capacity strengthening, technical assistance, and the generation of information and evidence for decision-making. However, he recalled that, within the framework of its supervisory function, the entity can apply the provisions set forth in the Single Ordered Text of Law No. 27444, General Administrative Procedure Law; the OEFA Supervision Regulation, approved by Board of Directors Resolution No. 019-2025-OEFA/CD; as well as the regulations on the classification of administrative infractions and the corresponding scale of sanctions.
The information was disseminated during the workshop called Environmental Obligations and Control in the Management of Municipal Solid Waste, aimed at the provincial and district Environmental Control Entities (EFA) of the Ancash region.
