Yongin City Accepts Additional Applications for Air Pollution Control Facility Installation Support for Small Businesses

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun, Reporter] Yongin City will accept additional applications for installation cost support from small businesses from October 5 to 7 seeking to newly install or replace aging air pollution control facilities.

The city is accepting additional applications because applications submitted from May 31 to June 3 were lower than initially expected, leaving 470 million won out of the allocated 2.8 billion won budget.

This project supports the installation of pollution control facilities to reduce air pollutants and alleviate the economic burden on small and medium enterprises and small business operators so that citizens can be provided with a pleasant air environment.

Air pollutant emission facilities are defined by the Air Environment Conservation Act and include automotive paint facilities with an area of 5㎡ or more, as well as facilities manufacturing fertilizer, pulp, and other chemical products.

Applicants must be classified as small and medium enterprises or business establishments in the Category 4-5 air pollutant emission business that either have air pollution control facilities that are three years or older or are required to newly install facilities in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

Non-profit organizations and associations, as well as cases where standard burners in boilers, heating and cooling water units, and drying facilities installed in commercial buildings or multi-family housing are replaced with low-NOx burners, etc., can also receive 90% of the installation costs.

Unlike the previous application period, following amendments to the Air Environment Conservation Act, automotive paint facilities are not eligible for support in this additional application.

Installation cost support will be provided on a differential basis depending on the type and capacity of the control facility. For more details, please refer to the announcements on the city's website.

A city official stated, "We hope that small business operators who may feel a financial burden in installing air pollution control facilities will submit applications," and added, "We will do our best to provide citizens with a pleasant air environment by actively responding to air pollution."