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Regulations on underground penetration

About prohibition of underground penetration of drainage based on the regulations about conservation, etc. of Yokohama-shi living environment

Last update date April 1, 2024

Prohibition of underground penetration of prohibited substances

 Businesses must not infiltrate water or other liquids pertaining to the work of manufacturing, using, treating, and storing underground infiltration prohibited substances listed in the following table (Article 29, Paragraph 1 of the Ordinance).
 In addition, a company that manufactures, uses, treats, and stores underground infiltration prohibited substances must have the following structure when installing facilities related to the same work (Ordinance Article 29, Paragraph 2).
①The floor is an non-permeable material such as concrete that can properly prevent underground penetration of prohibited substances, and depending on the type and properties of underground infiltration prohibited substances handled on the surface, covered with chemical-resistant materials as necessary Or measures have been taken to prevent the penetration of underground infiltration prohibited substances, such as installing a saucer of a material that can prevent underground infiltration under the facility related to the work. (Article 36, Item 1 of the Enforcement Regulations)

Example of underground penetration regulation 1


②Measures to prevent the outflow of underground infiltration prohibited substances, such as installing a solution embankment around facilities that handle underground infiltration prohibited substances, if necessary according to the amount and work of underground infiltration prohibited substances, have been taken. thing. (Article 36, Item 2 of the Enforcement Regulations)

Example of floor structure

Example of underground penetration regulation 2


Prohibited substances under the surface
No.Substances that prohibit underground penetration
1Cadmium and its compounds
2Cyanide compounds
3Organic phosphorus compounds (limited to palation, methylparation, methyl dimeton and EPN)
4Lead and its compounds
5Arsenic and its compounds
6Mercury and alkyl mercury and other mercury compounds
7Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
8Trichloroethylene
9Tetrachloroethylene
10Dichloromethane
11Carbon tetrachloride
121,2-dichloroethane
131,1-dichloroethylene
141,1,1-trichloroethane
151,1,2-trichloroethane
161,3-dichloropropene
17Chiuram
18Zimazine
19Thiobencarb
20Benzene
21Selenium and its compounds
22Boron and its compounds
23Fluorine and its compounds
24Ammonia, ammonium compounds, nitrite compounds and nitrate compounds ※1
25Dioxins ※2
261,4-dioxane
27Hexavalent chromium compounds
281,2-dichloroethylene
29Vinyl chloride monomer (chloroethylene)

※1 Excludes human waste and other items related to the application of sewage, livestock excrement, and fertilizers caused by living.
※2 A wastewater treatment plant that treats wastewater from establishments where air standards apply facilities stipulated in the Act on Special Measures against Dioxins are installed and sewage discharged from establishments where air standards apply facilities stipulated in the Act are installed. Limited to wastewater.

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Water and Soil Environment Division, Environmental Conservation Department, Green Environment Bureau

Telephone: 045-671-2489

Telephone: 045-671-2489

Fax: 045-671-2809

Email address: mk-mizu@city.yokohama.lg.jp

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