Environmental Management Action Plan to mitigate environmental impacts of the PC-3 Asphalt Plant, Consolación del Sur

Abstract

Asphalt production is considered a key strategy in the development and economic growth programs of a country, as it is a vital element for the growth and maintenance of the road infrastructure of a territory, thus demonstrating its development and economic progress; but the production of asphalt mix through hot asphalt plants generates great pollution with its corresponding environmental impacts and effects on human health. In Consolación del Sur municipality there is the PC-3 Asphalt Plant, in charge of the production of asphalt for the province, which generates impacts on the natural environment in its production processes. For this reason, the following scientific problem is identified: What elements should be considered in an environmental management action plan that manages to influence the mitigation of environmental impacts caused by the operation of the PC-3 Asphalt Plant of the municipality of Consolación del Sur? The purpose of the proposed objective is to contribute through an environmental management action plan to the mitigation of the environmental impacts generated by the PC-3 Asphalt Plant, in the municipality of Consolación del Sur. The results show that, although there are limitations that do not allow the asphalt plant to function optimally due to its degree of obsolescence, it is possible through environmental management to promote responsible modes of action that achieve a mitigation of the environmental impacts generated in its process of production.