Yeongsangang Cheong, Special Environmental Pollution Surveillance During Chuseok Holiday

The Yeongsangang River Basin Environmental Office of the Ministry of Environment will conduct special monitoring from the 21st of this month to the 6th of next month to prevent illegal discharge of pollutants.

The monitoring will be carried out in three stages?before, during, and after the Chuseok holiday period?through advance publicity, inspections, patrols, and technical support.

Cooperation letters will be sent to 1,778 pollutant-emitting business sites to encourage voluntary inspections, while an 'Environmental Pollution Accident Response Situation Room' will be established to patrol rivers vulnerable to water pollution.

In cases where environmental facility issues arise at business sites and technical support is needed, assistance will be provided in collaboration with the Green Environment Support Center.

Park Yeon-jae, head of the Yeongsangang River Basin Environmental Office, stated, “To prevent environmental pollution acts taking advantage of vulnerable periods, we will strengthen inspections of business sites and river patrols during this special monitoring period, and strictly respond to confirmed violations in accordance with relevant laws.”

He added, “We urge each business site to conduct self-inspections and manage the environment thoroughly to prevent environmental pollution caused by negligence.”

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