Detailed EIA report is flawed: Sepa
Lahad Datu: The Sabah Environmental Protection Association (Sepa) Thursday refuted the accuracy of information in the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) prepared by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) on the proposed coal-fired power plant for Sinakut here.
Its President, Wong Tack, said the report prepared last January was meant to be handed to Lahad Datu Energy, the company that would build the power plant, before it was sent to the Department of Environment (DOE) for verification.
After reading thorough the report, Sepa found the contents to be full of wrong information while several important details were also not included “on purpose to confuse the public.”
“We have our own panel who went thorough the report which we considered as more in favour of the proposed coal-fired power plant.
“We (Sepa) want them to know that we are among those who do not accept the accuracy/authenticity of the information in the said report and ready to take serious action to object it,” he said.
He said Sepa will take a legal action if the DOE approves the proposed coal-fired power plant and would also lodge a police report because “there are negative impacts than good will come up in the long-term (if the plant is built and operational).”
He said the Sandakan Anti-Coal Committee fully supports the effort by Sepa against building a coal-fired power plant not only in Felda, but throughout Sabah.
He said Sepa was not alone in this but had a good relationship with international-based NGOs which are serious in environmental protection.
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