"We have checked it in the field. Bioremediation projects do exist there. Nothing fictitious," the minister said here on Friday.
Wacik said he was convinced that it was impossible for Chevron to make a report on a project that was fictitious, and if it did so the government would impose sanctions.
"I had the feeling that there was no fictitious project," he added.
Bioremediation is a biological process that involves treating lands contaminated by crude oil and other pollutants or waste.
The office of the environment minister has issued Ministerial Decree No. 128/2003 on the Procedures and Technical Requirements for Oil Waste and Biologically Oil-contaminated Soil Treatment.
Wacik made the remarks in response to a press question on a report about the presence of fictitious bioremediation projects at Chevron.
The minister asserted that Chevron did have such a project.
"Nothing is fictitious, you can check it," he said.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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