“As explained in our initial report, if you look at clause 5 under the initial report, you would see why we believe Casa has already passed EIA approved meetings and why we have proposed this current scope of work.
It is impossible to check where they are at this stage as they are not obliged to submit any development to any authority until the final report. Our opinion on the stage of EIA lies on the documents that we received which shows that Casa has already presented the preventive measures (see attached), which usually happen after the 2nd public hearing.
Before EIA is approved, what WTM can do is to conduct a protest to voice out our concern and impact to the authority so that they will consider our concern when reviewing Casa's case. If we do not conduct a protest before EIA approval, conducting protest in the future would not effect anything. At that stage, you will only have to pursue your objection through Administrative court, which will be more difficult and costly.
WTM should meet with CEL & KU to know what step they are doing right now. However, it is recommended to know the opinion from our architect on the impact before discussing with them.
Involving a University professor is a good idea if you could find one”.