Thorough prevention of asbestos scattering The revised Air Pollution Control Law was enacted at 12:18 on May 29.
In order to thoroughly prevent the scattering of asbestos during the dismantling work of buildings, the revised Air Pollution Control Act obliging the building of a certain size or larger to investigate the presence of asbestos in advance and report it to the prefectural government at the plenary session of the House of Councilors. Passed, approved.
According to the revised Air Pollution Control Act that was passed and passed, all building materials that use asbestos, including walls and ceiling boards, which have been considered to have a relatively low risk of scattering during demolition work, are subject to regulation. .
For buildings of a certain size or larger, it is obligatory to investigate the presence of asbestos in advance and report the results to the prefectures.
Of these, reporting to prefectures will be compulsory from 2022, and within the next year, the Ministry of the Environment will amend the ministerial ordinance to determine the scale of buildings for which reporting is required.
With this revision, the number of dismantling works subject to the regulations is expected to increase from about 16,000 cases per year so far to a maximum of about 320,000 cases, and the Ministry of the Environment etc. will conduct surveys and construction appropriately. We are also promoting the development of human resources who have knowledge about asbestos.