By Fabio Teixeira and Marta Nogueira

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Petrobras failed one part of a test needed to obtain a license to drill in the Foz do Amazonas basin, Brazil’s environmental agency wrote in its review made public on Wednesday.

While the agency, called Ibama, said Petrobras passed the broader test, the technical report demanded that the firm resubmit its animal-rescue plan, listing it as a necessary step for its bid to drill in the ecologically sensitive region.

“The proposed plan is not capable of guaranteeing adequate actions to care for animals,” Ibama wrote.

Petrobras and Ibama did not immediately reply to requests for comment. Petrobras previously said it would resubmit the emergency response plan by Friday.

Despite the hurdle, the granting of the license is “inevita

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