Gwangju City to Implement 'Total Emission Management System for Air Pollutants' Starting from the 3rd

Sustained Reduction Over 5 Years Until 2024

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 2nd that it will begin total emission management of air pollutant-emitting business sites in the region in accordance with the "Special Act on Improvement of Air Quality in Air Quality Management Zones," which will be enforced from the 3rd.

The "Total Emission Management System for Air Pollutants" is a system that allocates a total emission amount of air pollutants to business sites and requires them to emit air pollutants within the allocated total amount each year.

This system is significant in that it allocates the amount of pollutants in addition to regulating pollutant concentration, which has been the conventional method, thereby introducing an advanced environmental management system that complements the gaps in existing concentration regulations.

The business sites subject to total emission allocation are not all sites emitting air pollutants but are limited to those classified as Type 1 to 3 business sites that emit annual amounts exceeding any of the following thresholds according to regional industrial characteristics: ▲Dust 0.2 tons (limited to emissions from power generation, incineration, boilers, and solid fuel use facilities) ▲Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 4 tons ▲Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 4 tons.

Existing operating business sites must obtain permits by July 2nd.

Although business sites subject to total emission management bear the burden of emitting pollutants within the total allocated amount annually, they receive incentives such as relaxed emission concentration standards by up to 30% and exemption from basic emission charges.

Song Yong-su, Director of the Environmental Policy Division of the city, said, "We will thoroughly manage air pollutant-emitting business sites through the total emission management system to create a living environment where citizens can breathe easily."

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