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Management Changes of Hazardous Air Pollutants Sources and Its Proposed Improvement in Korea

유해대기오염물질 배출원 관리의 변천과 개선방향

  • Kim, Jong-Ho (Department of Environmental Engineering, Hanseo University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong Joo (Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, Yong-In University)
  • 김종호 (한서대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 이정주 (용인대학교 산업환경보건학과)
  • Received : 2013.09.22
  • Accepted : 2013.09.26
  • Published : 2013.10.31
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Abstract

Even a small amount of hazardous air pollutants could have a harmful influence upon human beings, animals and plants. Hazardous air pollutants have the properties of toxicity, canceration and organism accumulation. They include heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxin, etc. The Clean Air Conservation Act has defined specific hazardous air pollutants and designated 35 pollutants, distinguishing them from common air pollutants for special control. This study investigates the history of the controls of specific hazardous air pollutants with reference to some relevant laws and regulations in Korea. It investigates the regulations at the permission stage, such as the restrictions on installation of emission facilities, the permission and reporting of installation of emission facilities, and the regulations at the operation stage, such as maintaining permissible emission levels, installation of measuring devices, dues for emission, self-measurement and securing environmental engineers. The current regulatory management is not so satisfactory in regards to the serious effects of specific hazardous air pollutants upon the human body. An advanced new concept, like the maximum available control technology in US, the facilities management standards, which will soon take effect, will be able to lessen the emissions of fugitive hazardous air pollutants. In addition, this study discusses some possible stricter controls on the emission facilities of specific hazardous air pollutants and proposes some measures to maintain and supplement the current systems.

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