Wetlands in Manzanillo

Concerning the LNG Terminal project, the Submitters contend that the EIS “does not establish the rela- tionship to the planning instruments and the applicable legal instruments.”62 The Submitters state that the EIS does not consider the project relationship with the applicable legal instruments and that this relationship was only considered after the state of Colima amended the PROETSLC during the [...] The zoning policies contemplated in the POETEC 1993 for the areas and zones of influence of the sites where the projects were developed are protection, use, and conservation.94 The POETEC 1993 states that the protection policy applies “where, given the exceptional or unique char- IN BRIEF acteristics of the natural resources in the environmental management unit, preservation and extreme stewardshi [...] According to the PROETSLC 2007, the changed development model IN BRIEF reflected by this plan is justified by the need to minimize environmental conflicts, internalize environmental costs, and restore and favor the eco- The justification given for logical recovery of the subwatershed.109 The model put forward by the amending the PROETSLC 2003 PROETSLC 2007 would ensure the sustainability of the ar [...] The Submitters state that the DGIRA twice asked the CFE to provide information on the project’s relationship to NOM-022, requiring “technical and scientific evidence”122 to demonstrate that the LNG Terminal project structures “guarantee the water flow required to maintain or improve the hydrodynamic in the various basins of Cuyutlán Lagoon.”123 The Submitters contend that the DGIRA approved the LN [...] On 4 October 2007, in response to the submission of additional information by the developer, the DGIRA again requested: Additional information on the exchange of ocean water volumes that will enter the whole system, and the direct consequences thereof for the potential variations in the mean level of the lagoon, and collaterally on the various plant communities (particularly the mangrove communiti