Seven Unauthorized Environmental Pollutant Discharge Facilities Detected in Suwon Industrial Complex

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] The Gyeonggi Province Metropolitan Environmental Management Office announced on the 6th that it conducted special enforcement operations from the 12th to 23rd of last month against business establishments illegally operating environmental pollutant discharge facilities in the Suwon Industrial Complex, detecting seven violators and taking follow-up measures.

This inspection was conducted in a manner where, in consideration of social distancing, 81 suspected illegal pollutant discharge establishments were first selected from 839 tenants in the industrial park, followed by a joint inspection by the Gyeonggi Province Metropolitan Environmental Management Office and Suwon City.

The violations included ▲operating air pollutant discharge equipment without notification (1 case) ▲operating wastewater discharge equipment without notification (6 cases).

Looking at specific violation cases, an electrical conversion device manufacturer illegally operated without reporting the installation of air pollutant discharge facilities to Gyeonggi Province, operating without authorization.

The other six establishments were detected while operating without reporting the installation of wastewater discharge facilities.

The current Air Environment Conservation Act and Water Environment Conservation Act require discharge facilities to obtain approval from the relevant local government before installation and operation.

The province plans to take administrative actions including operation suspension orders against violating establishments according to relevant regulations and pursue criminal referrals.

Yang Jae-hyun, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Metropolitan Environmental Management Office, said, "We will continue to make efforts to create a comfortable residential and industrial environment through continuous and periodic on-site management."