Stipulates standards which apply to all business activities that are categorized under the environmental and forestry sector, which comprises the following sub-sectors: 1) Forest utilization; 2) Management of hazardous and toxic waste; 3) Management of wastewater; 4) Utilization of environmental services in conservation areas; 5) Utilization of wild plants and animals; and 6) Forest plant seeds. The risk-based business licensing regime that applies to business activities within the environmental and forestry sector will be implemented via the Online Single Submission (OSS) system commencing 2 July 2021

Overall, there are three recognized methods for the processing of B3 Waste, namely: 1) Thermal methods; 2) Stabilization and solidification methods; and 3) Other methods

Technical approvals will be used as a prerequisite for the securing of environmental approvals and business licensing documents, while operational feasibility certificates shall be used as the basis for the commencement of business operations and/or activities, as well as for the supervision of the compliance of persons-in-charge of businesses and/or activities covered by business licenses

This new regulation sets out a complete list of businesses and activities for which the following types of environmental permits are required to be secured: 1) AMDAL; 2) UKL-UPL; and 3) SPPL

Business activities are identified based on Indonesian Standard Industrial Classification (Klasifikasi Baku Lapangan Usaha Indonesia/KBLI) codes in relation to the following subsectors: 1) Forest utilization; 2) Management of hazardous and toxic waste; 3) Wastewater management; 4) Utilization of environmental services in conservation areas; 5) Utilization of wild plants and animals; and 6) Forest plant seeds

Environmental approvals, which must be secured in relation to any planned businesses/activities, may be secured through the organization of AMDAL or UKL-UPL. In addition, SPPL may also be utilized by businesses and/or in relation to any activities which do not have any significant impacts upon the environment and thus which do not encompass any mandatory UKL-UPL criteria

All persons in charge of businesses and/or activities that involve the handling of base ash and fly ash resulting from the thermal processing of solid waste are required to handle base ash through utilization and/or final processing and handle fly ash through further processing and final processing

All PIC for which the securing of Amdal or UKL-UPL are mandatory and which involve the utilization or production of Polychlorinated Biphenyls are required to manage said materials through the implementation of activities that include reduction, storage and/or processing

If high levels of risk and medium-high levels of risk are associated with activities carried out by private businesses, or if high levels of risk and medium levels of risk are associated with business activities carried out by central/regional government institutions, then the relevant parties are first required to secure environmental approvals (i.e., an environmental feasibility decision or a capability statement of environmental management which for which an approval has been issued by the central government)

Under the Amendment, fish capture areas/productive fisheries areas are prohibited from being used for waste dumping