Gwangju Buk-gu Selected as the Only Excellent Institution in Gwangju for Environmental Management Performance Evaluation

High Ratings Received for Inspection Rate of Polluting Facilities, Pollution Testing Rate, and Detection Rate

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju City announced on the 13th that it was selected as the only excellent institution among the autonomous districts of Gwangju in the ‘2022 Emission Facility Environmental Management Status Evaluation’ conducted by the Ministry of Environment.

The Emission Facility Environmental Management Status Evaluation is conducted annually targeting 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, 228 cities, counties, and districts, and 6 free economic zone authorities to encourage voluntary environmental management of emission facilities by local governments and to strengthen their capabilities.

This year’s basic local government evaluation was conducted by dividing into 5 groups according to the scale of the number of emission facilities, and the evaluation was carried out on 8 indicators in 3 major areas: ▲emission facility environmental management ▲delegated task supervision ▲collaborative management of emission facilities.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment selected 25 basic local governments as excellent institutions based on the evaluation results, and Buk-gu was the only one included among the autonomous districts of Gwangju.

Buk-gu received consistently high evaluations in areas such as emission facility inspection rate, pollution level inspection rate, and violation detection rate, and also received good scores in the training of monitoring personnel.

Director Moon In said, “This selection as an excellent institution is the result of Buk-gu’s efforts to protect residents’ health from environmental pollution,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to prevent environmental pollution through continuous management and inspection of emission facilities that discharge pollutants.”

Meanwhile, Buk-gu is enhancing the transparency of inspections through joint public-private guidance and inspections every quarter to prevent environmental pollution, and is providing on-site technical support in collaboration with the Gwangju Green Environment Support Center for small businesses with weak environmental management.

Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong ks7664@asiae.co.kr

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.