The agreement is opposed by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, a forum of some 20 environmental organizations, and scores of scientists and Eilat residents, given EAPC’s poor environmental record and numerous past leaks — it was responsible, six years ago, for the largest environmental disaster in Israel’s history — and the importance of Eilat’s coral reefs not only to the city’s tourism and employment sectors, but also globally.
The EAPC maintains that the agreement is “part of the company’s normal course of business, and there is no change in its planned activities.
Orit Nir, as saying that the company had undertaken multiple tests and surveys on the environmental impact of its work over the years and had submitted a full report on the environmental impact of nine new fuel tanks.
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