Air & Transportation
Regulatory Measures against Air Pollutants Emitted from Factories and Business Sites and the Outline of Regulation - Emission Standards for Toxic Substances
Emission Standards for Toxic Substances
| Name of substance | Name of facility | Standard value |
|---|---|---|
| Cadmium and its compounds | Baking furnace and smelting furnace for manufacturing glass using cadmium sulfide of cadmium carbonate as raw material | 1.0 mg/Nm3 |
| Calcination furnace, sintering furnace, smelting furnace, converter and drying furnace for refining copper, lead or cadmium | ||
| Drying facility for manufacturing cadmium pigment, or cadmium carbonate | ||
| Chlorine | Chlorine quick cooling facility for manufacturing chlorinated ethylene | 30 mg/Nm3 |
| Dissolving tank for manufacturing ferric chloride | ||
| Reaction furnace for manufacturing activated carbon using zinc chloride | ||
| Reaction facility and absorbing facility for manufacturing chemical products | ||
| Hydrogen chloride | Same as above | 80 mg/Nm3 |
| Waste incinerator | 700 mg/Nm3 | |
| Fluorine, hydrogen fluoride, and silicon fluoride | Electrolytic furnace for smelting aluminum (Harmful substances are emitted from discharge outlet) | 3.0 mg/Nm3 |
| Electrolytic furnace for smelting sluminum (harmful substances are emitted from top) | 1.0 mg/Nm3 | |
| Baking furnace and smelting furnace for manufacturing glass using fluorite or sodium silicofluorate as raw material | 10 mg/Nm3 | |
| Reaction facility, concentrating facility and smelting furnace for manufacturing phosphoric acid | ||
| Condensing facility, absorbing facility and distilling facility for manufacturing phosphoric acid | ||
| Reaction facility, drying facility and distilling facility for manufacturing phosphoric acid | ||
| Reaction furnace for manufacturing superphosphate of lime | 15 mg/Nm3 | |
| Baking furnace and open-hearth furnace for manufacturing phosphoric acid fartilizer | 20 mg/Nm3 | |
| Lead and its compound | Calcination furnace, converter, smelting furnace and drying furnace for refining copper, lead or zinc | 10 mg/Nm3 |
| Sintering furnace and blast furnace for refining copper, lead or zinc | 30 mg/Nm3 | |
| Smelting furnace etc. for secondary refining of lead for manufacturing lead pipe, sheet, wire, lead storage battery or lead pigment | 10 mg/Nm3 | |
| Baking furnace and smelting furnace for manufacturing glass using lead oxides as raw materials | 20 mg/Nm3 |
- Note:
- Prefectures may, by decree, set more stringent standards.