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3. That there was a totally unbearable offensive smell produced which wasunacceptable to the general public and unhygienic in terms of public health, inevitablydue to the disposed factory sullage [sic] water and scum.The air was highly polluted and undeniably detectable and evident within the abovespecified locations which [sic] was also detectable within the nearby places/settlementson the above date of complaint.NOTE: This problem occurred during the time there was a moderate South-EasterlyTrade Winds [sic] blowing, causing rough seas within the locality and causing thewastes to be washed up onto the beachfronts.The above problems are very dangerous in terms of Public Health which may lead tocontraction of diarrhoeal diseases and stomach upsets, etc., by which people using thebeachfront waters and waters of other affected areas to swim, etc….We as the Local Urban Council and the Local Medical Authority are in doubtful state asto whether the local waters from the Mobil Oil, Meni and Windjammer to Kreer Beachand around its under-water discharge point of its sullage [sic] waters (which is only 800metres from the factory) is free from the factory’s operations pollution andcontamination and is safe for the general public to wash and swim etc….The above problems are very serious hence we hereby recommend as follows:1. That you check your drainage line to ensure there is no leakage along the same.2. Ensure your wastes digestion and filtration system is functioning in a normaloperational manner as designed.3. Apply effective air pollution control using your biochemical air treatment filters thatyou should have, to stop this almost regular emission of offensive smell which thegeneral public, I,e, the town residence [sic] and our visitors are regularly complainingabout.4. Ensure your sullage [sic] water carrier boat, the MV IONA, disposes the factorywaste waters at the authorized destination and not at any other closer areas of Moampoint, etc.To guarantee the health and safety of the beachfront sea waters of the above statedlocations, we will carry out the sea waters sampling for analysis to be done by the PNGUnitech Laboratory in Lae and the Public Central Medical Laboratory in Port Moresbyto test for coliform level [sic] and other bacterial contamination, and the presence ofand contamination by chemicals, as well as to advise/recommend to us whether the seaalong the above states areas is [sic] safe for swimming etc.We shall advise you the time for our sampling and you shall be given the other portionsof the same samples to do your own analysis for confirmation and comparison andjustification purposes.Trusting that you would [sic] action as per our recommendation.71