Kupang-Environment Agency (BLH) Nusa Tenggara (NTT) revoke the licenses of six manganese mining companies because it is known to operate in protected forest areas in North Central Timor regency.

Revocation of the company that has been made since last week. However, the names of the companies have not communicated to the public. Revocation of the license commission also conducted an analysis of assessment of environmental impact assessment (EIA) district for allegedly violating the authority and collude with six mining companies.

After commission license revoked Amdal, currently, the process is handled directly Amdal BLH NTT.

"I just dropped the team into the East North Central to review the entire permit process because of overlap," said Chief Alex Oematan NTT BLH, Friday (9 / 9).

He said if the mining business into the forest, have pocketed permission to use forest land loan issued the Ministry of Environment. In addition, Amdal owned doubt. However, he is not sure the company is going to court or not.

As per reports from the field, the company has done the production operation that is doing construction, mining, transportation and sale of manganese. Yet according to the provisions of Article 36 Paragraph 1b of Law No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining, Mining Permit (IUP) Production Operation should also do the processing and refining.

According to Alex, the location of the six mining companies are also known to be in the area of ​​agriculture so that violate zoning area. "If the mine site violates zoning, should not be discussed again at the commission Amdal appraisers."

He said a total of 120 mining companies operating in the East North Central. Of that amount, 80% of them only make a purchase and sale of mining products, while 20% do the mining.