Permit of Disposal of Waste Water To The Sea

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Permit of Disposal of Waste Water to the Sea Preliminary Permit regarding the waste disposal into the sea

regulated by regulations as follows: - Regulation of State Minister of Environment No. 1 of 2010 concerning Governance of Water Pollution Control ("Permen 1 / 2010") - Regulation of State Minister of Environment No. 8 of 2009 on Waste Water Quality Standard for Enterprises and / or Activity Thermal Power Plant ("Permen 8 / 2009") - Regulation of State Minister of Environment No. 12 of 2006 concerning Permit Requirements and Procedures for Disposal of Waste Water to the Sea ("Permen 12/2006") Generally, the Permen 12/2006 regulate about technical requirements and procedure to obtain a permit for Disposal of Waste Water to the Sea. While the Permen 1 / 2010 is more focused on the delegation of authority related to implementation arrangements of water pollution control from Minister to local governments. Furthermore, Permen 8 / 2009 regulates the Waste Water Quality Standards to be considered by the activity of Thermal Power Plant Licensing and Requirements Under Article 3 of Permen 12/2006, waste water disposal activities must obtain a permit to sea disposal of waste water into the Sea ("Permit") from the Minister responsible in the environmental field. However, local governments also have the authority to establish technical guidelines on the licensing of waste water disposal into the sea. It is set in as referred to in Article 10 and Article 24 Permen 1 / 2010 and Article 6 Permen 8 / 2009. Further, Article 7 Permen 12/2006 provides that the Waste Water Disposal Permit to Sea obtained by submitting a completed study on the activities with waste water disposal into the sea and the supporting documents as mentioned in Annex I Permen 12/2006 which include documents as follows: a. AMDAL / UKL / UPL b. licenses related to waste management; c. Permit / Approval in Principle; d. Company licensing documents (Articles of Association, Taxpayer Identification NumberNPWP) Article 9 Permen 12/2006, as well as regulated in Article 24 Permen 1 / 2010 provides that the license valid for 5 years and renewable. Permit holders are also obliged to report the results of monitoring the conditions stated in the permit disposal of wastewater into the sea at least 1 time

in 3 months to the Minister and / or governor with a copy to technical agencies and relevant authorities in the field of environmental management at the provincial and regency / city. Under article 4 Permen 12/2006, every business plan and / or activities that will make the disposal of wastewater into the sea shall integrate the study of disposal of wastewater into the sea to the study of environmental impact analysis or in effort Environment Management (UKL) and Environmental Monitoring (UPL). However, Permen does not regulate 12/2006 regarding the sanctions imposed related to the violation of this provision. We received information that the client already has the Minister of Environment Decree No. 363 of 2008 on Waste Water Disposal Permit to the Sea PT Paiton Energy, Bhinor Village, District Paiton, Probolinggo, East Java Province. We also got the understanding that the client requires clarity about the things that need to be done in relation to the activities of waste disposal into the sea for a new project which is located adjacent to the previous project as stated in the license owned by the Client in advance. In relation to abovementioned Regulations, there are no such provisions mentioning a change or amendment to the Permit or any explanations concerning conditions that may lead to an amendment or revision to the Permit. However, based on our communication with one of the staff at the Assistant Deputy Mining Pollution Control, Energy and Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Environment, the Permit may be amended. However, clients still have to apply that comes with supporting documents as required in the new license application. Filing the Application Related for filing the petition, Article 3 Permen 12/2006 stipulates that the activities of waste water discharge into the sea must obtain a permit to a Marine Waste Water Disposal ("Permit") from the Minister responsible in the environmental field. We got an understanding that clients will perform testing of new client project production mechanism and there is a possibility of waste disposal into the sea when such test conducted . Related to such condition we mentioned earlier, based on our communication with one of the staff at the Assistant Deputy Mining Pollution Control, Energy and Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Environment, the test can only be performed after business / Client holds the license. The Process to Obtain the Permit Article 8 Permen 12/2006 stipulates that the Minister or the Governor issued a permit or deny the

petition no later than 90 (ninety) days from the date of application for license is received and declared complete.

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