Governor of Jakarta Instruction on the Compilation of Environmental Documents

The basic premise of the Gubernatorial Instruction is to ensure that all business and development activities that will have any environmental impact whatsoever are completed with all obligatory environmental documents prior to any decision being made. The Instruction was issued on 31 October 2008 and has been in effect since that date.

The Instruction comprises five points and is directed to the Head of the Regional Equipment Work Division (SKPD) and the Regional Equipment Work Unit (UKPD).

Point One stipulates that all business and development activities are required to submit an environmental impact statement (AMDAL) as mandated in Gubernatorial Decision No. 2863 of 2001 and / or an environmental management efforts (UKL) and environmental monitoring efforts (UPL) as mandated in Gubernatorial Decision No. 189 of 2002.

Point Two states that all business and development activities that are currently underway are required to complete all the necessary environmental documents as noted in point one.

Points Three and Four deal with situations where the necessary environmental documents have been obtained but are either out-of-date or the specifications of the business or development activities are different to the specifications claimed in the original environmental documents. Essentially, this scenario requires that the documents be re-approved.