Thailand: Krabi plant study ditched

Thailand: Krabi plant study ditched

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the halted environmental and
health impact assessment processes for the Krabi coal-fired power plant
project to be scrapped, said government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

The environmental health impact assessment (EHIA) and environmental impact
assessment (EIA) processes have been cancelled on the premier's
instructions.

He said the prime minister issued the order out of concern that without the
cancellation, there might be some issues with public participation in
deciding which fuel source was best suited for the controversial project.

Gen Prayut has instructed the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental
Policy and Planning to write to the Energy Ministry, getting it to inform
the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand formally to scrap both the
EIA and the EHIA processes, according to the spokesman.

The processes had been put on hold due to growing opposition to the use of
coal to fuel the planned power plant in Krabi. Critics fear its effect on
the environment.

The prime minister's order followed some apparent confusion over whether the
EIA and the EHIA processes should be resumed from where they had left off,
or started from the beginning.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com