Pyeongtaek City Supports Installation Costs for Air Pollution Prevention Facilities at Small Businesses

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City will allocate 3.2 billion won in budget to support the "Small Business Air Pollution Prevention Facility Installation Cost Support Project" to reduce fine dust generated from air-emitting businesses in the city.

The project is designed to ease the financial burden of installing prevention facilities due to strengthened emission standards by providing support for improving and installing costs of outdated air pollution prevention facilities, thereby reducing fine dust generation.

Support targets are small and medium enterprises under the SME Act that operate air emission facilities within the city and have outdated prevention facilities installed.

The subsidy amount ranges up to 270 million won (450 million won for RTO and RCO, etc.) depending on the capacity of the air pollution prevention facility. By increasing the national funding contribution rate, the self-funded burden has been significantly reduced from the original 50% to 10%.

The application deadline is until the 9th of next month. Applications must be submitted by mail or in person to the Gyeonggi Dajin Technopark Gyeonggi Provincial Environmental Technology Support Center according to the application form published in the announcement. Applicants will be selected after on-site evaluation and deliberation by the review committee, and support will be provided in order of priority.

For more information, visit the Gyeonggi Provincial Environmental Technology Support Center website (http://www.getc.or.kr/ 031-539-5103,5105) notices and announcements section and the Pyeongtaek City Hall website (https://www.pyeongtaek.go.kr/main.do) - Notices and Announcements section.

An official from the city's Environmental Policy Division stated, "By expanding the existing small business prevention facility support project and reducing the self-funded ratio from 50% to 10%, businesses will be able to improve air pollution prevention facilities with minimal cost burden." The official added, "This project will be of great help to small businesses that previously could not replace prevention facilities due to economic constraints, and we will work to expand the budget next year to create a pleasant atmospheric environment by reducing fine dust from business facilities."