South Korea Korea excludes heating fuels and non-isolated intermediates from point pollutant source surveys

Regulations on Emissions Survey and Calculation Factors of Chemical Substances is revised

Korea excludes heating fuels and non-isolated intermediates from point pollutant source surveys

On September 13, 2022, South Korea Ministry of Environment announced the revised version of the Regulations on Emissions Survey and Calculation Factors of Chemical Substances (Ministry of Environment Notification No.2022-172). The revision provides that substances such as heating fuels and non-isolated intermediates, which are unlikely to be discharged into the environment, are excluded from point pollutant source surveys. Also,

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YAMANOUCHI Kengo

Senior Research Associate, Research & Consulting Dept. EnviX Ltd.

Business Performance

In charge of South Asia (India, Bangladesh, etc.), South Korea, Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, etc.) and Turkey for managing infomation on the environmental regulations

Background

MA, Environment, Development and Policy, University of Sussex

YAMANOUCHI Kengo