Air Pollution, DKI Provincial Government Seals Steel Factory Carts Owned By PT Jakarta Central Asia Steel

The sealing carried out by officers to theyimp milik PT Jakarta Central Asia Steel (Photo: Dok Dinas Lingkungan Hidup)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has sealed the steel smelting company PT Jakarta Central Asia Steel due to being proven to pollute the environment and cause pollution. The sealing was carried out on Wednesday, September 13 based on the Decree of the Head of the DKI Jakarta Environment Agency Number e-0154/2023 concerning the Implementation of Government Administrative Sanctions to PT Jakarta Central Asia Steel last Friday, September 8. Chairman of the Sub-Law Enforcement Group of the DKI Jakarta Hiduo Environment Agency, Hugo Badminton, said that the refrigerator was sealed so that the steel factory would not operate its business activities before repairs. "Cerobongs in the company are not according to standards. Based on the rules, the use of the reheating scheme must obtain a certificate worthy of operation (SLO)," said Hugo. "We did the strench sealing to fix it to the standard, we will allow it back until they can show SLO again," said Hugo. After receiving the sanctions, PT Jakarta Central Asia Steel, is required to stop operating the reheating runway within a predetermined period of time. If not, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will not hesitate to freeze to revoke the company's environmental permit. Meanwhile, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency, Asep Kuswanto, emphasized that DLH DKI Jakarta will continue to comb through industries that have the potential to pollute the environment, especially air pollution. "We will examine one by one the industries in Jakarta that have the potential to pollute the environment," said Asep. He also targets that by 2030 all industries in Jakarta must really have environmentally friendly standards. "Everything has been regulated in Governor's Decree Number 576 of 2023 concerning Air Pollution Control Strategies. All industries in Jakarta must be low in emissions," he said. In recent times, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has temporarily suspended the operations of a number of industries in Jakarta in recent times due to violating environmental permits and polluting air pollution. On Thursday, August 31, the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency sanctioned three coal warehousing and storage companies, namely Bahana Indokarya Global, PT Trada Trans Indonesia, and PT Trans Bara Energy. These three companies were given administrative sanctions in the form of government coercion after it was proven that they had not completed environmental management that had the potential to pollute the environment, so the operations were temporarily suspended. Not only targeting large industrial factories, the sanctions imposed on perpetrators of air pollution are also imposed on small businesses owned by residents. The East Jakarta Environment Agency closed the charcoal burning business at Lubang Buaya. The DKI Provincial Government ordered that the business building be demolished because it did not have a permit.

Then on Wednesday, August 30, a concrete batching plant (CBP) company in West Jakarta, namely PT Merak Jaya Beton, was stopped operating. During an inspection of PT Merak Jaya Beton, the DKI Provincial Government found that PT Merak Jaya Beton had not followed up on fulfilling its commitment to drafting environmental documents. This company is also subject to administrative sanctions for coercion by the government with a temporary closure.