AMDAL Mandatory Businesses and Activities

State Minister of Environmental Affairs Regulation No. 5 of 2012 (“2012 Regulation”) on Types of Planned Businesses and/or Activities Subject to Mandatory Environmental Impact Assessment (Analisis Mengenai Dampak Lingkungan – AMDAL) was issued to implement Article 23 (2) of Law No. 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management (“Environmental Law”).

Article 23 (2) of the Environmental Law mandated the issuance of a ministerial regulation to stipulate the types of businesses and activities that are required to perform an AMDAL. Previously, businesses and activities that were subject to mandatory AMDAL requirements were stipulated in Minister of Environmental Affairs Regulation No. 11 of 2006 (“2006 Regulation”).