3 of 7 companies served with haze enforcement notice had received similar notices in 2015

NEA had named seven companies it was sending preventive measure notices to.

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Enforcing actions against companies involved in causing transboundary haze will not be easy, but Singapore “must try” in order to protect Singaporeans, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu.

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Fu was speaking during the government’s Oct. 16 press conference on the ongoing transboundary haze situation.

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During the conference, the minister named seven Indonesian companies that will be sent preventive measure notices under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA).

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Of the seven, three companies — PT Bumi Andalas Permai, PT Bumi Mekar Hijau and PT SBA Wood Industries — were served similar preventive measure notices in 2015.

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National Environment Agency (NEA) previously said that investigations into those companies are still ongoing.

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Previously, a Greenpeace report linked Singapore-listed palm oil companies Bumitama Agri and First Resources, as well as privately held First Borneo Plantations, to Indonesian plantation concessions.

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These notices inform the seven companies to deploy firefighting personnel to stop and prevent the spread of any fires on land owned or occupied by them, discontinue, or not commence any burning activities on such land.

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They must also submit action plans to NEA…

Original source: https://mothership.sg/