Air & Transportation
Regulatory Measures against Air Pollutants Emitted from Factories and Business Sites and the Outline of Regulation - Specific substance emission facilities and designated substance control standard relating to trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene
Specific substance emission facilities and designated substance control standard relating to trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene
| Designated substance emission facilities (designated by government ordinance) | Outline of designated substance restriction standard (set by official notification) | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Drying facilities to evaporate trichloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene (hereafter referred to as "trichloroethylene, etc.") with an hourly draft fan capacity of at least 1,000 cubic meters. | Limited to facilities designed to evaporate trichloroethylene, etc. used for solvent. Existing facility: 500 mg/m3N New facility: 300 mg/m3N |
| 8 | Facilities designed to mix trichloroethylene, etc. whose mixing tank capacity is at least 5 kiloliters (excluding sealed type) | Limited to facilities which use trichloroethylene, etc. as solvent Existing facility: 500 mg/m3N New facility: 300 mg/m3N |
| 9 | Distillation facility for refining or recycling trichloroethylene, etc. (excluding sealed type) | Only limited to facilities designed to refine trichloroethylene, etc. or recycle trichloroethylene, etc. used as a raw material Existing facility: 300 mg/m3N New facility: 150 mg/m3N |
| 10 | Cleaning facilities using trichloroethylene, etc. (excluding those listed in the next clause) with a surface area where trichloroethylene, etc. come in contact with the air of at least 3 square meters. | Existing facility: 500 mg/m3N New facility: 300 mg/m3N |
| 11 | Dry cleaners using tetrachloroethylene whose processing capacity per processing cycle is at least 30 kilograms. | Excluding sealed type. Existing facility: 500 mg/m3N New facility: 300 mg/m3N |