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Siam Yamato Steel allowed to resume operation at Map Ta Phut
BANGKOK, Dec 23 (TNA) - Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court had allowed Siam Yamato Steel (SYM) to resume its operation at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in the eastern province of Rayong after it was listed in the group of 65 projected earlier suspended under the court's ordered.
The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday ruled that SYM, the manufacturer of hot rolled structural steel, was not classified into the terms of the injunction suspending 65 projects at Map Ta Phut industrial estate.
The court said said SYM was granted licence to operate on August 22, 2007, two days before the promulgation of the 2007 constitution on August 24.
Therefore, the laws about environment protection specified in the 2007 charter would not be applyed with the SYM.
The Supreme Administrative Court on December 2 upheld the earlier suspension of 65 factories and industrial projects in the country’s largest industrial estate – the sprawling Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in the southeastern province of Rayong -- but 11 projects designed to reduce environmental impact problems have received permission to continue operations.
Among the 11 projects are the clean energy and product quality enhancement programmes of Rayong Refinery, gas recycling enhancement done by HMC Polymers, clean energy, oil-vapour-controlling-unit installations at Star Petroleum Refining, oil-vapour-controlling-unit installations at PTT Aromatics and Refining, air pollution control improvements of Indorama Petrochem, and the chlorine vaporizer and wet scrubber installation of Aditya Berla Chemicals (Thailand).
The Central Administrative Court issued an injunction in September ordering suspension of the 76 industrial projects at Map Ta Phut, in September for failing to meet environmental and health impact assessment requirements required under Article 67 of the 2007 constitution.
The court injunction followed complaints from local residents and environmental groups that state agencies had failed to issue proper operating licences for the industrial projects and the projects failed to undergo health impact assessments (HIA), as required by the 2007 constitution. (TNA)
The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday ruled that SYM, the manufacturer of hot rolled structural steel, was not classified into the terms of the injunction suspending 65 projects at Map Ta Phut industrial estate.
The court said said SYM was granted licence to operate on August 22, 2007, two days before the promulgation of the 2007 constitution on August 24.
Therefore, the laws about environment protection specified in the 2007 charter would not be applyed with the SYM.
The Supreme Administrative Court on December 2 upheld the earlier suspension of 65 factories and industrial projects in the country’s largest industrial estate – the sprawling Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in the southeastern province of Rayong -- but 11 projects designed to reduce environmental impact problems have received permission to continue operations.
Among the 11 projects are the clean energy and product quality enhancement programmes of Rayong Refinery, gas recycling enhancement done by HMC Polymers, clean energy, oil-vapour-controlling-unit installations at Star Petroleum Refining, oil-vapour-controlling-unit installations at PTT Aromatics and Refining, air pollution control improvements of Indorama Petrochem, and the chlorine vaporizer and wet scrubber installation of Aditya Berla Chemicals (Thailand).
The Central Administrative Court issued an injunction in September ordering suspension of the 76 industrial projects at Map Ta Phut, in September for failing to meet environmental and health impact assessment requirements required under Article 67 of the 2007 constitution.
The court injunction followed complaints from local residents and environmental groups that state agencies had failed to issue proper operating licences for the industrial projects and the projects failed to undergo health impact assessments (HIA), as required by the 2007 constitution. (TNA)
