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Last update date April 1, 2024

Revision history of ordinances and enforcement regulations concerning conservation of Yokohama living environment

Regulations
Date of revisionNo.Major Revisions
December 25, 2002 (December 25, 2002)Ordinance No. 58 (PDF: 1,531KB)Promulgation of regulations
March 5, 2004 (March 5, 2004)Ordinance twelfth (PDF: 203KB)In Article 52, Paragraph 1, “Article 5, Item 1” is referred to as “Article 35, Item 1”.
December 24, 2004 (Dec. 24, 2004)Ordinance No. 73 (PDF: 385KB)Added "Prevention of soil pollution, etc." and "Reduction of environmental burden associated with building construction"
December 25, 2006 (Dec. 25, 2006)Ordinance No. 75 (PDF: 1,890KB)"Yokohama Environmental Council" is established as "Yokohama City Environmental Creation Council"
March 5, 2009 (March 5, 2009)Ordinance No. 7 (PDF: 1,150KB)Expansion of the Building Environmental Consideration System (CASBEE Yokohama), expansion of the Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System
Establishment of a new system to promote the spread of renewable energy
February 24, 2012 (2/2/24)Ordinance No. 16 (PDF: 500KB)Revisions associated with the revision of the ordinance concerning the conservation of the Living Environment in Kanagawa Prefecture, and amendments to the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law
(Definition, procedures for setting up designated offices, etc., restrictions on outdoor combustion activities, loudspeaker noise regulations, etc.)
Measures against soil pollution and groundwater pollution, scope of asbestos discharge work, provisions for reporting of accidents, recommendations and publication regulations, amendments to penalties, etc.)
June 5, 2014 (June 5, 2014)Ordinance No. 37 (PDF: 787KB)Amendment to asbestos discharge work
December 25, 2018 (12/25)Ordinance No. 75 (PDF: 699KB)Expansion of the Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System, establish a new system to promote the spread of low-carbon electricity, and organize related regulations related to the development of laws.

February 25, 2019
(2019/2/25)

Ordinance No. 9 (PDF: 708KB)Revisions to the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law

March 5, 2021
(2021/3/5)

Ordinance No. 8 (PDF: 670KB)

Amendments to the Air Pollution Control Law and the ordinance concerning the conservation of Living Environment in Kanagawa Prefecture
(Asbestos-related: Deletion of pre-survey rules, addition of recommendations and publications for violators, etc.)
Others: Additional requirements for change of land characteristics in dioxins, review of groundwater sampling regulations to prevent land subsidence, review of regulations concerning small-scale fixed-type internal combustion engines, etc.)

Enforcement Regulations
Date of revisionNo.Major Revisions
March 7, 2003 (March 7, 2003)Regulations No. 17 (PDF: 4,102KB)Promulgation of rules
As of April 1, 2004 (April 1, 2004)Regulations No. 46 (PDF: 248KB)In Article 94, "or Director of Environmental Affairs Bureau" shall be added after "Director of Environmental Protection"
As of April 1, 2004 (April 1, 2004)Regulations No. 49 (PDF: 212KB)In the column of work content in section 57 of Appendix 1, “Article 2, Paragraph 2” is referred to as “Article 3, Paragraph 2”.
June 25, 2004 (June 25, 2004)Regulations No. 76 (PDF: 281KB)Revision of restrictions on outdoor burning activities, revision of provisional drainage standards in the Supplementary Provisions
March 25, 2005 (March 25, 2005)Regulations No. 34 (PDF: 521KB)Added "Prevention of soil pollution, etc." and "Reduction of environmental burden associated with building construction"
March 31, 2006 (March 31, 2006)Regulations No. 84 (PDF: 1,576KB)"Town Development Coordination Bureau Guidance Department Building Guidance Section" is changed to "Town Development Coordination Bureau Building Examination Department Building Environment Section"
September 29, 2006 (September 29, 2006)Regulations No. 133 (PDF: 1,223KB)In Article 47, item 2, “Article 7” is referred to as “Article 7, Paragraph 1”.
May 25, 2007 (May 25, 2007)Regulations No. 67 (PDF: 843KB)Revision of drainage standards for zinc
June 25, 2007 (June 25, 2007)Regulations No. 79 (PDF: 573KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for boron, fluorine, and ammonia, etc.
October 3, 2008 (10/3)Regulations No. 88 (PDF: 636KB)Review of Japan Standard Industrial Classification, revision of smoke exhaust gas measurement (nitrogen oxides), etc.
As of March 31, 2009 (March 31, 2009)Regulations No. 47 (PDF: 147KB)Article 9, Item 2 Amendment to Naka Nihon Standard Industrial Classification
June 5, 2009 (June 5, 2009)Regulations No. 67 (PDF: 769KB)Revisions to the Building Environmental Consideration System (CASBEE Yokohama), Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System, and the System for Promoting the Promotion of Renewable Energy
March 25, 2010 (March 25, 2010)Regulations No. 13 (PDF: 2,379KB)The “Community Development Coordination Bureau” was established as the “Housing and Architecture Bureau” to revise the survey on soil survey of soil, etc.
June 25, 2010 (June 25, 2010)Regulations No. 51 (PDF: 1,354KB)Revision and extension of provisional drainage standards for "ammonia, etc." and "Eshka method or combustion capacity method" is changed to "quantification method of total sulfur".
March 31, 2011 (March 31, 2011)Regulations No. 38 (PDF: 320KB)Global Warming Countermeasures Division,Environmental Planning Bureau Environmental Protection Department
February 15, 2012 (February 15, 2012)Regulations No. 5 (PDF: 231KB)Amendments to the section of 1,1-dichloroethylene in Appendix 11 and 15
September 25, 2012 (September 25, 2012)Regulations No. 83 (PDF: 1,823KB)February 24, 2012 Rule revision accompanying Ordinance No. 16
January 25, 2013 (1/25)Regulations No. 4 (PDF: 321KB)Added "hexamethylene tetramine" to substances (water quality) related to emergency measures
June 25, 2013 (Apr. 25, 2013)Regulations No. 65 (PDF: 367KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for boron, fluorine, and ammonia, etc.
March 31, 2014 (March 31, 2014)Regulations No. 37 (PDF: 758KB)Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Examination Department, Building Environment Division, Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Guidance Department, Building Environment Division, and Article 43, Paragraph 3, Naka Nihon Standard Industrial Classification
September 25, 2014 (September 25, 2014)Regulations No. 57 and No. 64 (PDF: 821KB)Amendment to asbestos discharge work
November 25, 2014 (November 25, 2014)Regulations No. 73 (PDF: 763KB)Revision of wastewater regulation standards (cadmium), etc.
As of May 25, 2015 (May 25, 2015)Regulations No. 63 (PDF: 134KB)Revision of industry and allowable limits in Appendix 2 of the Supplementary Provisions
October 15, 2015 (10/15)Regulations No. 80 (PDF: 191KB)Revision of wastewater regulation standards (trichlorethylene), etc.
June 24, 2016 (6/24)Regulations No. 84 (PDF: 166KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for boron and fluorine.
November 25, 2016 (November 25, 2016)Regulations No. 106 (PDF: 144KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for cadmium
As of March 31, 2017 (March 31, 2017)Regulations No. 32 (PDF: 109KB)Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Guidance Department, Building Environment Division, Housing and Architecture Bureau Building Guidance Department, Building Planning Division, and revision of citation clauses concerning gas companies
May 25, 2018 (May 25, 2018)Regulations No. 49 (PDF: 707KB)Extension of provisional drainage standards for 1,4-dioxane

March 29, 2019
(2019/3/29)

Regulations No. 26 (PDF: 840KB)In accordance with the partial revision of the Regulations for Enforcement of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law, the expansion of the Global Warming Countermeasures Plan System, the establishment of a system to promote the spread of low-carbon electricity, and the arrangement of other related regulations

June 25, 2019
(2019/6/25)

Regulations No. 9 (PDF: 756KB)

Provisional standards for boron and fluorine (extended hot spring business, cancellation of electroplating) and revision of certification method

March 25, 2020
(2020/3/25)

Regulations No. 24 (PDF: 800KB)Establishment of equipment standards and exhaust gas standards when installing facilities that utilize biomass fuel

July 21, 2021
(2021/7/21)

Regulations No. 49 (PDF: 785KB)March 5, 2021 Amendment to Ordinance No. 8, review of frequency of measurement of smoke exhaust gas, review of regulatory standards for hydrocarbon substances, addition of designated facilities for waste disposal work, etc.

June 24, 2022
(2022/6/24)

Regulations No. 51 (PDF: 746KB)Changes in attached documents, etc. in notification of changes in land characteristics

May 2, 2023
(2023/5/2)

Regulations No. 45 (PDF: 679KB)

Maintaining the definition of crude oil equivalent energy consumption in accordance with the revision of the Enforcement Order of the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy
Added four substances, such as "anine" to substances (water quality) related to emergency measures

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