7.4 Permission for the Installation of Specified Facilities

  Permission system for the installation of specified facilities has been adopted based on the regulation of Article 5 and 8 in the Law Concerning Special Measures For Conservation Of The Environment Of The Seto Inland Sea. Installation of 340 facilities and modification of 419 facilities were permitted in 1996 as shown in Table 7-3. Classification of the facilities in respect of discharging flow rate from the specified industries is shown in table 7-4.

 

Table 7-3 The Number of Administrative permission and order concerned to the Law

(Fiscal Year of 1996)
Pref. etc.
permission by Article 5
permission by Article 8
Order of Improvement by Article 11
Notice by Article 7 Paragraph 2
Notice by Article 8 Paragraph 4
Notice by Article 9
Notice by Article 10 Paragraph 3
Relating to Article 5
Relating to Article 8
Total
Kyoto Pref.
12
18
0
0
0
0
0
39
6
Osaka Pref.
23
42
0
0
0
0
1
121
7
Hyogo Pref.
44
90
0
0
0
0
8
154
6
Nara Pref.
8
5
0
0
0
0
1
17
2
Wakayama Pref.
14
17
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
Okayama Pref.
26
28
0
0
0
0
10
39
3
Hiroshima Pref.
23
27
0
0
0
0
2
77
5
Yamaguchi Pref.
35
24
0
0
0
0
0
57
8
Tokushima Pref.
18
22
0
0
0
0
5
21
2
Kagawa Pref.
16
8
0
0
0
0
0
71
3
Ehime Pref.
24
26
0
0
0
0
0
41
3
Fukuoka Pref.
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Oita Pref.
34
22
0
0
0
0
1
28
2
Prefectural Total
283
332
0
0
0
0
28
675
47
Kyoto city
10
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Osaka city
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
Sakai city
14
13
0
0
0
0
0
23
1
Kobe city
5
13
0
0
0
0
0
25
1
Himeji city
7
19
0
0
0
0
0
25
3
Okayama city
8
16
0
0
0
0
6
18
4
Hiroshima city
4
4
0
0
0
0
1
23
1
Kitakyusyu city
8
12
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
Cities' Total
57
87
0
0
0
0
7
134
10
Total
340
419
0
0
0
0
35
809
57

Note: 1) Article 5; permission of installation of specified facilities
    2) Article 8; permission of alteration of specified facilities
     3) Article 7 Paragraph 2; notice of improvement of specified facilities
     4) Article 8 Paragraph 4; notice of minor alteration of specified facilities
    5) Article 9; notice of alteration of owners' names of specified facilities
    6) Article 10 Paragraph 3; notice of succession of specified facilities
    7) after the data by Environment Agency of Japan (February, 1998)

 

Table 7-4 The Classification of Specified Facilities in respect of Discharging Flow Rate

(March 31, 1997)
Classification
Details of Discharging Flow Rate
Total Number of Specified Industries and Bisinesses
More than and equal to 50 m3day
≧ 50 m3day & Containing Hazardous Materia
Less then ≧ 50 m3day
≧ 50 m3day & Containing Hazardous Material
A
 
303,100
(22)
38,534

(13%)
5,128
(3)
(2%)
264,566

(87%)
13,146
(19)
(4%)
W.P.L
298,111
(22)
33,789
4,235
(3)
264,322
13,120
(19)
S.I.S.L.
4,989
4,745
893
244
26
B
 
303,807
(14)
38,417

(13%)
5,258
(3)
(2%)
265,390

(87%)
13,024
(11)
(4%)
W.P.L
298,683
(14)
33,556
4,341
(3)
265,127
12,996
(11)
S.I.S.L.
5,124
4,861
917
263
28
A
/
B
 
100%
101%
98%
100%
101%
W.P.L
100%
101%
98%
100%
101%
S.I.S.L.
97%
98%
97%
93%
93%

Note: 1) A; March 31, 1997
     2) B; March 31, 1996
    3) W.P.L; specified industries and businesses based on the Water Pollution Control Law
     4) 7/S.I.S.L.; specified industries and businesses based on the Law Concerning Special Measures
             For Conservation Of The Environment Of The Seto Inland Sea
     5) Numbers of W.P.L. are summatution of all over Japan.
    6) Figures of (%) mean the composition ratio of esch class to the total specified industries and businesses
     7) Figures in (  ) show included number of the facilities concerning to penetration of wastewater to ground water.
    8) after the data by Environment Agency of Japan (February. 1998)