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Volatile organic compound emission facilities (VOC emission facilities) and emission standards
Last Updated April 10, 2024
| Item number | Type of facilities | Scale of the facility | Emission Standards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| １ | Drying facilities for the manufacture of chemical products that use volatile organic compounds as solvents ※１ | Blowing capacity of blowers ※2 is more than 3,000 cubic meters per hour | 600ppmC | |
| ２ | Painting facilities (limited to those that perform spraying.) | Emission capacity of a blower is 100,000 cubic meters or more per hour | Automobiles ※To be used for the manufacture of 3 | Existing facilities ※４ 700ppmC New construction 400ppmC |
| Other items | 700ppmC | |||
| ３ | Drying facilities used for painting ※1 (excluding those related to spraying paint and electrodeposition paint) | Blowing capacity of blowers ※2 is more than 10,000 cubic meters per hour | Used for the manufacture of wood or wood products (including furniture) | 1,000ppmC |
| Other items | 600ppmC | |||
| ４ | A drying facility that is used for adhesion related to the production of copper-clad laminated plates for printing circuits, adhesive tapes or adhesive sheets, peeled paper or packaging materials (limited to those that laminate synthetic resins) ※１ | Blowing capacity of blowers ※2 is more than 5,000 cubic meters per hour | 1,400ppmC | |
| ５ | Drying facilities for bonding ※1 (excluding those listed in the preceding paragraph and those provided for the manufacture of wood or wood products (including furniture)) | Blowing capacity of blowers ※2 is more than 15,000 cubic meters per hour | 1,400ppmC | |
| ６ | Drying facilities used for printing ※1 (Limited to those related to offset wheel rotation printing.) | Blowing capacity of blowers ※2 is more than 7,000 cubic meters per hour | 400ppmC | |
| ７ | Drying facilities used for printing ※1 (Limited to those related to gravure printing.) | Blowing capacity of blowers ※2 is more than 27,000 cubic meters per hour | 700ppmC | |
| ８ | Cleaning facilities using volatile organic compounds used for industrial use (including drying facilities for evaporating volatile organic compounds used for cleaning at the cleaning facilities) | The area of the surface where volatile organic compounds come into contact with air at a cleaning facility is 5 square meters or more. | 400ppmC | |
| ９ | Storage tanks (excluding sealed and floating roof types (including internal floating roof types) of volatile organic compounds whose steam pressure exceeds 20 kilopascals at gasoline, crude oil, naphtha and other temperatures of 37.8 degrees Celsius) | Volume of 1,000 kiloliters or more | 60,000ppmC | |
※1 Limited to those for evaporating volatile organic compounds.
※2 In facilities where a blower is not installed, the blower's exhaust capacity shall be used.
※3 Refers to vehicles prescribed in Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (Act No. 185 of 1951).
※4 “Existing” refers to the facilities currently installed on April 1, 2006 (including those for which installation work has been started).
[Reasons, etc.]
Article 2 and Article 17-4 of the Air Pollution Control Law
Article 2-3 of the Air Pollution Control Law Enforcement Order, Appendix 1-2
Article 15-2 of the Air Pollution Control Law Enforcement Regulations, Appendix 5-2, Supplementary Provisions (Ministry of the Environment Ordinance No. 14 of June 10, 2005)
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