NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 21 — The Penang Department of Environment has opened two investigation papers against the management of the Pulau Burung landfill, Jalan Byram here, in relation to the fire at the site since last January 12.
Investigation against the management company of the Pulau Burung landfill was conducted under Section 29A and Section 34A of the Environmental Quality Act 1974, which is for open burning and its compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment , respectively, she said when met here today. The 16.19-hectare landfill was reported to have caught fire at 5pm last Wednesday and it had yet to be completely extinguished until today.
“The Penang DOE had issued 14 notices to the company and apart from that we have also issued two compounds against the company for open burning,” she added.
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