Published December 10, 2020, 5:45 PM The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already suspended the permits of 11 mining and quarrying firms in Rizal following the flooding caused by Typhoon Ulysses. During the Senate inquiry Thursday on the state of the country’s forests and watersheds in relation to massive floods last month, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu disclosed the companies whose Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSAs) were suspended effective December 2: 1. MPSA No. 070-97-IV of Asencio-Pinzon Aggregates Corp. (APAC); 2. MPSA No. 136-99-IV of San Rafael Development Corp. (SRDC); 3. MPSA No. 239-2007-IV of Montalban Millex Aggregates Corp. (MMAC); 4. MPSA No. 202-2004-IV of Hardrock Aggregates, Inc. (HAI);