Daejeon City Special Judicial Police Crack Down on 5 Sites Including Illegal Scrap Dealers and Dust Emission Facilities

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Daejeon City Special Judicial Police announced on the 6th that they conducted a planned crackdown on illegal waste disposal activities over the past two months and caught five companies violating the Waste Management Act and other regulations.

According to the city’s special judicial police, among the companies caught, three did not report waste disposal, and two did not report the installation of facilities emitting scattered pollutants.

For example, Company A operated a business site of 3,960㎡ but was caught during the crackdown for storing 13,000 soju and beer bottles and about 5 tons of miscellaneous bottles without reporting.

Additionally, Company B, an automobile parts manufacturer subject to scattered emission reduction regulations, was found to have installed and operated facilities that directly emitted substances such as hydrogen chloride and methanol from processes and equipment, besides the business site chimney (connected to prevention facilities), without reporting the installation of scattered emission facilities.

The city’s special judicial police have filed criminal charges against the business site representatives caught in the crackdown and will notify the relevant authorities and autonomous districts of the violations to take necessary administrative actions.

Park Wol-hoon, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, stated, “The city will continue to conduct multifaceted and ongoing crackdowns to prevent illegal environmental pollution activities such as waste abandonment and dumping within the region.”

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