Group puzzled over EIA approval


KOTA KINABALU: An approval of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for a shrimp aquaculture project in the northern Pitas district is puzzling an environmental group here.

The Sabah Environmental Protection Asso­ciation (Sepa) said the state Environmental Protection Department (EPD) had approved the EIA report without going through a meeting of a review panel as required.

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