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The government explained that it is difficult to supervise because it is a way that companies measure themselves. However, when I checked, both the Ministry of Environment and the municipal government had been aware of the fact that they exceeded the standard for a few years, and they had left their hands.

I am a long time reporter.

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A waste incinerator in Gyeonggi province, smoke is rising from the chimney.

There is a large amount of sulfuric acid, which is a cause of fine dust when incinerated, but the current regulations are that the company measures its own emissions and inputs it to the government system.

[Person in charge of waste company: automatic (emissions) computer input is not complete, it is the confirmation part.]

I went to the Gyeonggi Provincial Office to receive reports.

I opened the contact and input system.

[There is annual emissions here.]

The amount of emissions the company has entered is more than double the reference value.

If the standard is exceeded, the company should notify the company that it should report the total amount to the workplace and then install the pollution control facility.

Gyeonggi-do, who was in charge of supervision, had known about 4 years ago that it exceeded the standard, but took no action.

[Gyeonggi-Do Officials: There was some delay in the process of permitting, because errors may occur during the process of inputting the emissions by themselves at the workplace.]

The Board of Audit and Inspection revealed that there were 38 violations of actual emissions from 64 workplaces in Gyeonggi Province.

Lack of air pollutant management is estimated to be widespread throughout the country.

It is pointed out that since the pollution discharge management work was transferred to the local governments in 2013, the gap between the central government and the local governments became bigger and the management insufficiency increased.

The municipal government says that it does not know that the budget and manpower of the emission management work is insufficient. The central government puts out measures for fine dust,

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, image editing: Jong Tae Kim)