The LH Ministry revoked the environmental approval of 28 companies in Aceh, North Sumatra to West Sumatra.

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Environment (LH) will immediately revoke environmental permits for 28 companies operating in the Aceh, North Sumatra (Sumbar), and West Sumatra (Sumbar) provinces.

Minister of Environment/Head of the Environment Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said that dozens of companies did not meet the requirements of the environment.

"Regarding the effort to revoke 28 business units as mandated by the President in the recent meeting, we have prepared the revocation of environmental approval for 8 main business entities that do not meet the criteria. These five locations are currently being prepared for the revocation of environmental approval," he said in a working meeting with Commission XII of the Indonesian House of Representatives, in Jakarta, Monday, quoted by Antara.

Meanwhile, for the other 20 companies, the sanction of revoking their environmental permits is still awaiting the relevant technical ministry.

"Meanwhile, for 20 business units, we are waiting for the technical ministry to revoke it because based on our norms, if the technical business is revoked, we will also revoke the environmental approval," said Hanif Faisol Nurofiq.

He added that out of the total 28 companies whose business licenses would be revoked, the revocation of the licenses of 22 companies for the utilization of forests was based on the recommendation of the Ministry of Environment and six companies based on the recommendation of the Ministry of ATR/BPN.

The criteria for revoking environmental approval as stated in Article 48 of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation Number 14 of 2024 concerning the Implementation of Administrative Supervision and Sanctions in the Environment Sector, namely the business manager does not carry out the obligation in the government's coercion, does not pay the administrative fine, does not pay the fine for the delay in implementing the government's coercion.

Then do not carry out the obligation in the freezing of business permits or government approvals related to environmental approvals, and or commit environmental pollution and or environmental damage that cannot be overcome or difficult to recover.