Pertamina compensates residents over pollution

Pertamina compensates residents over pollution

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta

State oil company Pertamina paid Rp 135 million (US$16,071) in
compensation to residents of Kramat subdistrict, Central Jakarta,
for environmental damages caused by a suspected leak in the
underground storage tank of a gasoline station on Jl. Kramat
Raya.

The leaked fuel has polluted water wells in houses in
community units 5 and 7 in the subdistrict.

Pertamina spokesman Awi Adil said over the weekend that the
money would cover water pipe installation from city water
operator PD PAM Jaya to 52 connection points, two months' worth
of water purchased from private vendors amounting to Rp 150,000
per family per month, three months' worth of water from the water
company and the installation of electric water pumps to replace
the households' manual water pumps.

The agreement also includes Pertamina's obligation to repair
the leak in the gas station's storage tank, after which a
hydrostatic test must be conducted by the City Environmental
Management Agency (BPLHD).

"The residents have agreed not to sue Pertamina in connection
with the suspected pollution," Adil was quoted by Antara as
saying.

The gas station is currently under renovation. Built in 1973,
the gas station's underground storage tanks will have double
walls.

Adil guaranteed that the storage tanks at the renovated gas
station would not leak in the future.