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Regulation of underground penetration

About prohibition of underground penetration such as drainage based on the regulations about conservation of living environment of Yokohama-shi

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 the underground infiltration prohibited substances listed in the following table (Ordinance, Article 29, Paragraph 1).
 In addition, a company that manufactures, uses, treat, and store underground infiltration prohibited substances must have the following structure when installing facilities pertaining to the work (Ordinance Article 29, Paragraph 2).
①The floor surface is an impermeable material such as concrete that can properly prevent underground penetration of prohibited substances from underground penetration, and coated with chemical resistance as necessary depending on the type and property of the underground infiltration prohibited substances handled on the surface. Measures have been taken to prevent the penetration of underground infiltration, such as installing a receiving plate made of a material that can prevent underground penetration under the facility related to the work. (Article 36, item 1 of the Enforcement Regulations)

Underground penetration regulation Example 1


②Measures have been taken to prevent the outflow of prohibited substances from underground infiltration, such as installing a liquid levee or the like around the facility handling underground infiltration prohibited substances, if necessary according to the amount and work of the underground infiltration prohibited substances. thing. (Article 36, item 2 of the Enforcement Regulations)

Example of floor structure

Example of underground penetration regulations 2


Substances prohibited substances
No.Substances prohibited substances
1Cadmium and its compounds
2Cyanide compounds
3Organic phosphorus compounds (limited to parathion, methylparation, methyldi Meton and EPN)
4Lead and its compounds
5Arsenic and its compounds
6Mercury, alkyl mercury and other mercury compounds
7Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
8Trichloroethylene
9Tetrachloroethylene
10Dichloromethane
11Carbon tetrachloride
121,2-dichloroetan
131,1-dichloroethylene
141,1,1-trichloroethane
151,1,2-trichloroethane
161,3-dichloropropen
17Tiuram
18Zemadine
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 sewage, livestock excrement and fertilizers due to daily life.
※2 Wastewater from business establishments where facilities subject to the atmospheric standards stipulated in the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins are installed and wastewater discharged from establishments where facilities subject to the atmospheric standards stipulated in the Act are installed Limited to wastewater.

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Green Environment Bureau Environmental Conservation Department Water and Soil Environment Division

Phone: 045-671-2489

Phone: 045-671-2489

Fax: 045-671-2809

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

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