Daejeon City Operates Odor Control Center...Rapid Response to Odor Complaints in Bukdaejeon Area

Patrol and Inspection of Facilities and Expected Areas Prone to Odor Complaints

Daejeon City will operate a 24-hour Comprehensive Odor Control Center starting in June. / Daejeon=Photo by Park Jong-myeong

Daejeon City announced that it will establish and operate a comprehensive odor control center 24 hours a day in Bongsan-dong, Yuseong-gu to promptly respond to odor complaints in the Bukdaejeon area.

The comprehensive odor control center will be staffed by teams of two public officials from the city and district environmental departments. They will regularly patrol and inspect workplaces suspected of causing odor complaints and areas expected to generate odors, handling issues on-site.

The city plans to investigate the sources of odor-causing substances in areas with frequent complaints using air pollutant (odor) measurement vehicles, and support odor substance measurement at odor-emitting workplaces to encourage voluntary facility improvements.

The city is also conducting odor reduction projects such as providing odor reduction consulting, operating an "Odor Management System" for industrial complexes and surrounding areas, and supporting the installation of prevention facilities for small-scale businesses to improve aging prevention facilities.

Jung Jae-hyung, head of the Fine Dust Response Division of Daejeon City, said, "We will do our best to operate the comprehensive control center and resolve complaints to minimize citizen inconvenience caused by odor issues in the Bukdaejeon area."

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