Yangsan-si, Administrative Action for Restoration to Original State Ordered to KEPCO for Waste Storage Site in Seokgye Industrial Complex Underground Project

Concrete structures removed from the underground project site are carelessly discarded. [Image source=Provided by reader]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 10th, Yangsan City in Gyeongnam issued an administrative order for restoration to the original state to Korea Electric Power Corporation, the client, regarding the illegal dumping of waste from the undergrounding project in the industrial complex (reported in the online edition on November 9).

The Resource Circulation Division of Yangsan City inspected the undergrounding project site near the entrance of Seokgye Industrial Complex in Sangbuk-myeon, Yangsan City, Gyeongnam, and the nearby storage yard on the same day, confirming the illegal dumping of waste.

The illegally dumped waste, including concrete debris, is estimated to amount to about 300 tons.

Yangsan City explained that, based on the contractor's claim that the work was to separate concrete debris and soil before transporting the waste and that there was no underground burial, they ordered the submission of an implementation plan as soon as possible.

Yu Seok-sik, head of the Waste Team at the Resource Circulation Division, said, “Considering the circumstances of the site where waste separation work must be done, we conditionally allowed temporary use of a nearby waste storage location. However, taking into account the inconvenience to nearby residents, we strictly enforced measures against scattered dust.”

The site where the waste was piled up is the location where, in September 2020, a 10-meter-high retaining wall collapsed, causing soil and about a 10-meter-wide asphalt road to be torn up.

The Southern Construction Headquarters of Korea Electric Power Corporation completed the undergrounding project at the entrance road during the creation of Seokgye Industrial Complex, but due to the retaining wall collapse accident two years ago and subsequent typhoon damages, they have recently resumed undergrounding construction at this site.

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