Gyeonggi-do Provides Up to 90% Facility Cost Support for Air and Odor Improvement in Northeastern Areas

Officials from institutions and companies attending the agreement ceremony for improving air odor in the northeastern Gyeonggi region are taking a commemorative photo after the event.

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will focus on supporting the replacement (improvement) of optimal prevention facilities for vulnerable industries such as textile processing and printing to improve air quality and odor in the northeastern region.

On the 26th, Gyeonggi Province signed a "Business Agreement for Air and Odor Improvement in the Northeastern Region of Gyeonggi" with the Seoul Metropolitan Air Quality Management Office, five cities and counties in the northeastern region including Gwangju, Yangju, Pocheon, Dongducheon, and Yeoncheon, the Gyeonggi Environmental Energy Promotion Agency, and 27 participating businesses.

According to the agreement, ▲administrative agencies will provide administrative and financial support for facility improvement and continuous maintenance ▲participating businesses will make efforts to improve the environment by installing optimal prevention facilities ▲the agreement institutions and participating businesses will cooperate to hold working-level meetings for continuous and smooth implementation to promote metropolitan-level air quality improvement support.

The northeastern region of Gyeonggi has many facilities related to textile processing, printing, and coating industries, where demands for odor improvement are continuously increasing.

Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province applied for the metropolitan-level air quality improvement support project led by the Ministry of Environment and was selected as a target local government for the project in June.

The province will provide subsidies covering 90% of installation costs if vulnerable industries in the northeastern region voluntarily install prevention facilities.

From this year to next year, the province will invest a total of 14 billion KRW, including 6.6 billion KRW in national funds, 5.3 billion KRW in local funds, and 2.1 billion KRW in business owner contributions, to replace outdated prevention facilities at 27 business sites in textile dyeing, asphalt concrete, printing, and coating industries in the northeastern region with highly efficient optimal prevention facilities.

Um Jin-seop, Director of the Environmental Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "Voluntary efforts to reduce air pollutant emissions from small-scale businesses are most important to reduce fine dust," adding, "Gyeonggi Province will actively support and work together."

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