Question 9435 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Jean-Victor Castor alerts the Minister to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, responsible for industry and energy, on the construction of the Larivot power plant and an oil pipeline in Guyana. The Larivot power plant project and its oil pipeline raises several questions: human risks, administrative opacity and stubbornness of the State in Guyana. Mr. MP calls on Mr. Minister today about the EDF Larivot thermal power plant and, above all, the pipeline supposed to supply it with hydrocarbons. Behind this seemingly technical construction site hides a real time bomb for local residents, installed a few hundred meters from their homes, in an area classified as high risk of flooding, within the territory at significant risk (TRI) of flooding on the island of Cayenne. The land selected is located in the major bed of the Cayenne river, on protected wetlands - areas which are nevertheless described as unbuildable by the authorities themselves in the planning documents. And yet, a building permit was granted on the basis of obsolete documents, ignoring the updated mapping of the TRI and the PGRI. Worse: the PLU was modified under the direct influence of EDF, an actor who is at the same time beneficiary, promoter and evaluator of his own project. Where is the neutral opinion? Where is the independent control? Where is the transparency in the procedure? Faced with these serious failings, local residents, united as a citizen collective, brought the matter before the administrative courts. The dispute went all the way to the Council of State, which certainly validated the legality of the environmental authorization, but without responding to the fundamental concerns expressed for years. years: those of security, legitimacy and consideration of alternatives. Furthermore, the constitutional principle of precaution, provided for in Article 5 of the Environmental Charter, requires that, in the event of a risk of serious and irreversible damage to the environment or health, the absence of scientific certainty must not be used as a pretext to delay the adoption of effective measures. In Guyana, this principle seems today emptied of its meaning. Would the decision have been the same if it had been the hexagon? Is it better to wait until the accident to recognize the mistake? The local residents are not against the power plant: they are against this route, against this site, against unnecessary endangerment. They live with the fear that an accident will occur, especially since Guyana is a vulnerable territory, where the phenomena of degradation, rapid corrosion and logistical saturation are a daily reality. The slightest incident on this pipeline could have irreversible consequences and yet the State is moving forward. This choice resonates painfully with another: the decision to build the new Larivot bridge, again in an unstable marshy area, against the advice of local elected officials and whose construction is now slowed down by the predictable effects of siltation. Two projects, two implementation errors, the same blindness. This is the constant in Guyana: we build where we shouldn't, without consultation, without adaptation, without respect for people and the territory. The MP has always opposed and continues to warn about technological and location choices in areas recognized as unstable. It is urgent to put an end to technocratic stubbornness, to reconsider the route of the pipeline and guarantee its security. As for the power plant, given the progress of the work, it is now imperative to provide a system for monitoring the stability of the buildings and heavy equipment. Therefore, in the name of the precautionary principle, he asks what recommendations the State intends to make for the protection of property and people directly affected by these infrastructures.

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