JOHOR BARU: The Department of Environment (DoE) has issued an Equipment Operation Suspension (POK) against a metal plating factory in Tanjung Langsat, Pasir Gudang, because of heavy waste discharge.
DoE said the factory was inspected by 10 enforcement officers from Pasir Gudang and Johor DoE in the past two days from 10am until 1am and found that the air and effluent control devices at the factory were not working and there were areas in the production process that operated without control devices.
"Furthermore, scheduled waste is not properly managed under the Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2014, the Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009 and the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Waste) Regulations 2005," it said.
DOE said the POK was in accordance with Section 38(1)(a) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 to stop pollution from continuing and ordered remedial action.
DOE said the sampling of scheduled effluents and waste had also been carried out for further enforcement action.
The department reminded industrial premises to comply with the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and Regulations.–BERNAMA