Ulsan City Detects 10 Business Sites Violating the Air Quality Preservation Act

Special Inspection of 55 Emission Sites Including Volatile Organic Compounds

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan City conducted a special inspection over two months from August to September targeting businesses that emit volatile organic compounds and hydrocarbons, and identified 10 companies violating the Air Environment Conservation Act.

Volatile organic compounds and hydrocarbons emitted from solvents commonly used in painting, drying facilities, or industrial sites are substances that cause fine dust and photochemical smog. They are highly volatile, cause unpleasant odors, and have harmful effects on human health.

This inspection was divided into 'pollution level tests' to verify compliance with emission standards and 'facility inspections' to check the normal operation of emission and prevention facilities, conducted on a total of 55 companies.

The main violations were ▲exceeding emission standards at 6 companies, ▲emission of new pollutants not authorized at 3 companies, and ▲violation of recording and preservation of self-measurement results of air pollutants at 1 company.

Ulsan City issued improvement orders, warnings, and fines for the relevant facilities of the violating companies.

An official from Ulsan City stated, “As residents’ discomfort such as foul odors is increasing, we will strengthen pollution level tests and facility inspections to reduce the amount of air pollutant emissions.”

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