Gyeonggi Regional Environmental Office Conducts Special Inspection of 221 Pollutant Emission Sites
Gyeonggi Province is launching a special inspection and crackdown on businesses that discharge environmental pollutants.
The Gyeonggi Provincial Metropolitan Environmental Management Office announced on the 19th that it will conduct a special inspection and crackdown on businesses discharging environmental pollutants to prevent environmental pollution caused by unauthorized wastewater discharge and negligence in managing pollution prevention facilities during the rainy season.
The crackdown targets 221 businesses that discharge large amounts of wastewater located in seven regions: ▲ Banwol-Sihwa Industrial Complex ▲ Southern area (Suwon, Osan, Hwaseong, etc.) ▲ Southwestern area (Pyeongtaek, Anseong, etc.) ▲ Southeastern area (Anyang, Gunpo, Seongnam, etc.) ▲ Western area (Gimpo, Bucheon, etc.) ▲ Northern area (Uijeongbu, Paju, Pocheon, Yeoncheon, etc.) ▲ Eastern area (Yongin, Icheon, Yeoju, Yangpyeong, etc.).
The main inspection items include ▲ installation and operation of unauthorized (unreported) wastewater discharge facilities ▲ unauthorized discharge of wastewater ▲ compliance with permitted wastewater discharge volumes and proper wastewater treatment ▲ operation of outdated pollution prevention facilities.
The Metropolitan Environmental Management Office will deploy 40 personnel in 14 special inspection teams for this crackdown.
For businesses found violating regulations, the office will impose administrative measures such as facility improvement orders and fines according to relevant laws and publicly disclose the violations on the Gyeonggi Province website. Furthermore, willful and habitual violators will face strict measures including criminal prosecution.
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Im Yang-seon, head of the Metropolitan Environmental Management Office, stated, "We plan to take strict action against businesses that illegally gain unfair profits by unauthorized wastewater discharge or failure to operate prevention facilities during the heavy rains of the rainy season." He urged, "Please actively report any environmental pollution activities you discover on site."
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