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Cabinet support 19 industrial projects seeking court review of suspension
BANGKOK, Dec 22 (TNA) - The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to the private sector submitting added documents to the Supreme Administrative Court to allow the 19 suspended industrial projects in the country’s largest Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate to begin operations again after being closed under environmental rulings, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday.
The prime minister told a news conference after its weekly meeting that of the 65 industrial projects suspended by the court, the cabinet agreed that 19 projects have sufficient grounds to submit documents to the court for reconsideration.
Among the 19 projects, four projects have been operating, construction is complete on eight other projects, and the remaining seven projects are still under construction. The projects are valued at Bt77 billion overall.
Permission to restart the 19 projects is cleared for being reconsidered as the projects are not engaged in polluting the environment, or they may have good management plans to eliminate pollution-causing procedures and processes related to the reasons the court earlier used to lift suspension of 11 projects.
The cabinet resolved that the permanent secretaries for industry and energy discuss with the project owners and the Ministry of Industry help them on a case-by-case basis due to differing details for each project.
In September the Central Administrative Court issued an injunction ordering suspension of the 76 industrial projects at Map Ta Phut due to environmental concerns. The injunction followed complaints from local residents and environmental groups that state agencies had failed to issue proper operating licences for the industrial projects.
The Supreme Administrative Court later allowed 11 of the 76 projects to continue operating, while 65 will remain shuttered until they comply with the environmental and health requirements of Section 67 of the 2007 Constitution. (TNA)
The prime minister told a news conference after its weekly meeting that of the 65 industrial projects suspended by the court, the cabinet agreed that 19 projects have sufficient grounds to submit documents to the court for reconsideration.
Among the 19 projects, four projects have been operating, construction is complete on eight other projects, and the remaining seven projects are still under construction. The projects are valued at Bt77 billion overall.
Permission to restart the 19 projects is cleared for being reconsidered as the projects are not engaged in polluting the environment, or they may have good management plans to eliminate pollution-causing procedures and processes related to the reasons the court earlier used to lift suspension of 11 projects.
The cabinet resolved that the permanent secretaries for industry and energy discuss with the project owners and the Ministry of Industry help them on a case-by-case basis due to differing details for each project.
In September the Central Administrative Court issued an injunction ordering suspension of the 76 industrial projects at Map Ta Phut due to environmental concerns. The injunction followed complaints from local residents and environmental groups that state agencies had failed to issue proper operating licences for the industrial projects.
The Supreme Administrative Court later allowed 11 of the 76 projects to continue operating, while 65 will remain shuttered until they comply with the environmental and health requirements of Section 67 of the 2007 Constitution. (TNA)
