Busan Gijang County Mayor Oh Gyuseok's 'Tenacity'... 25th Solo Protest Against Medical Waste Incineration Company Permit Change

O Gyuseok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, is holding a solo protest in front of the Nakdong River Environmental Office on the 18th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Oh Gyu-seok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, Busan, held his 25th solo protest on the 18th in front of the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office, opposing the change permit for the incineration capacity expansion of NC Medi, a medical waste intermediate disposal company (incineration) located in Yongsu-ri, Jeonggwan-eup.

Currently, NC Medi operates an incineration plant near the apartment complex in Jeonggwan New Town, where about 80,000 people reside. In this area, complaints continuously arise due to odors and other issues caused by the medical waste incineration plant.

Residents have been demanding that Gijang-gun prepare solutions such as suspending the facility's operation.

In this situation, the incineration plant applied for a change permit to the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office, the permitting authority, to increase the incineration capacity fivefold, and the office is currently reviewing a conditional change permit.

Mayor Oh Gyu-seok said, "Gijang-gun cannot just stand by and watch the change permit. I will intensify the solo protest to block the change permit."

He added, "The NC Medi medical waste incineration plant must be relocated to an uninhabited area outside the jurisdiction, such as a designated industrial zone where island or mountainous areas or factories with chimneys can be established."

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