Kotabaru government Heightened mining permits

Department of Mines and Energy (Distamben) Kotabaru, in South Kalimantan province tighten spending mining permit (IUP) / mining (KP) coal.

"We are very careful in issuing mining rights because many employers are naughty coal mine," said Head of Mining and Energy Kotabaru, Akhmad Rivai, in Kotabaru.

In addition, continued Akhmad, under Law No.40 of 2009 on mineral and coal mining and energy department will not issue a Permit if the total area of ​​the mine company is less than 5,000 hectares.

However, he added, it is still waiting for government regulation (PP) as a detailed explanation of the Law No.40 year 2009.

Responding to a number of mining rights have been issued by the District Government Kotabaru the area is less than 5,000 hectares several years ago, he admits that they will review again whether it will be combined or frozen.

"Perhaps KP-KP is less than 5,000 ha will be combined or there are other solutions, we are still waiting for the new regulation," he said.

According to him, mining permit in the future no longer justified in issuing the work order (SPK) to third parties such as the KP-KP previous.

"Most of the KP in collaboration with third parties (through SPK) still face problems, including environmental issues and mining plan does not match the original plan," he said.

Included are many entrepreneurs who do not pay / ignore its obligation to pay royalties and third party contributions.

Previously, former Assistant Governance said, there are several holders of mining rights has yet to fulfill its obligations as well as periodic reports its activities and pay dues mandatory.

Every three months or the end of mining rights holders must report their activities to the local government, especially regarding the location of the mined area and total production.

In addition, employers are also required to report how many ex-mining area that has been reclaimed and that has not been reclaimed and the related consolidated action plan and environmental engineering.

"They were also asked to report on environmental management arrangements relating to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), as well as pay off arrears to a third party contributions and dues mandatory," he said.

Meanwhile, today in Kotabaru there are about 90 pieces exploration mining, 60 of them are inactive or dead. While KP exploitation of 40 fruit and 14 fruits of which are also dead / inactive.

"Of the amount that is still active at this time only about 50 percent of which are still active, both mining exploration and exploitation mining," he said.