Proven to Pollute the Air, PT Merak Jaya Beton is Forced by DKI Provincial Government to Fix Their Environmental Permit

PT Merak Jaya Beton's smoke carriage in West Jakarta (doc DKI Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - The Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta found a concrete batching plant (CBP) company in West Jakarta, namely PT Merak Jaya Beton, which violated environmental permits because it polluted the air beyond the permit limits for environmental documents.

Head of Supervision and Law Enforcement Section for West Jakarta LH Sub-Department, Gamma Nanda Bhaskoro said this was known from the results of an inspection on Wednesday, August 30.

During an inspection to PT Merak Jaya Beton, several violations were found at the company's location. This company was also subject to government coercive administrative sanctions.

"PT Merak Jaya Beton has not followed up on fulfilling the commitment by preparing environmental documents. This is closely related to efforts to control air pollution," said Gamma in his statement, Thursday, August 31.

In imposing this administrative sanction, the West Jakarta LH Sub-agency forced the company to immediately fulfill the commitments listed in the environmental permit, one of which was to compile the Environmental Management Efforts and Environmental Monitoring Efforts (UKL-UPL) documents.

“The company will be given coercive sanctions from the government. One of these sanctions requires the installation of paranets in locations around the activity area as a measure to anticipate air/dust pollution," said Gamma.

Furthermore, Gamma said that his party had made short-term efforts to minimize the risk of air pollution around the factory location.

"In an effort to control air pollution, efforts have been made to water activity locations and material stocks, as well as using dust collectors to dispel dust," he added.