Nishinoura District

• Atmospheric pollutants

Atmospheric pollutants		Units	Regulation	Actual (max.)
NOx	Boilers	ppm	250	48
			150	50
			130	70
	Drying ovens	ppm	230	180
Ash	Boilers	g/m3N	0.20	0.034
			0.10	0.002
	Drying ovens	g/m3N	0.35	0.006
			0.30	0.015
			0.20	0.008
SOx	K-value regulation	-	4.5	1.54
	Total Pollutant Load Control	m3N/h	47.78	10.03
VOC	Painting facilities	ppm	700	370

• Water pollutants

Wastewater drainage to Oumi Bay

Water pollutants	Units	Regulation	Actual
			Max.	Min.	Avg.
pH	-	5.0 - 9.0	7.3	7.1	7.2
COD	mg/l	40	12	6.7	9.4
SS	mg/l	30	4.7	1.6	3.2
Oil	mg/l	2	ND	ND	ND
Zinc	mg/l	5	0.29	0.09	0.2
Total nitrogen	mg/l	60	3.3	2.1	2.7
Total phosphorus	mg/l	8	1.5	1.2	1.4
Coliform groups	colonies/cm3	3,000	210	70	140
Fluorin	mg/l	15	0.97	0.59	0.78
Ammonia, ammonium, nitrous acid and nitrous acid compounds	mg/l	100	3.2	1	2.1

The following substances were not detected: cadmium, cyanogen, organic phosphorus, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, mercury, alkyl mercury, PCB, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, 1.2-dichloroethane, 1.1-dichloroethylene, cis 1.2-dichloroethylene, 1.1.1-trichloroethane, 1.1.2-trichloroethane, 1.3-dichloropropene, thiuram, simazine, thiobencarb, benzene, selenium, boric acid, phenol, copper, soluble iron, soluble manganese and chromium.

• PRTR (Pollution Release and Transfer Register)

(* indicates Class 1 Designated Chemical Substance of which 500 kg/year or more are handled)
(Other indications are of Class 1 Designated Chemical Substances of which 1000 kg/year or more are handled)
(Unit: kg/year)

Substance No.	Substance group	Amount handled	Volume emitted				Amount consumed	Amount disposed	Amount transferred	Recycled
			Air	Water	Soil	Total			Waste product
1	Water-soluble zinc compounds	15,204	0	239	0	239	13,326	0	1,639	0
30	Polymer of 4,4'- isopropylidenediphenol and 1-chloro-2,3- epoxypropane (in liquid state only)	2,226	0	0	0	0	2,226	0	0	0
40	Ethyl benzene	136,762	68,999	0	0	68,999	57,872	9,891	0	0
43	Ethylene glycol	1,833,786	11	0	0	11	1,833,775	0	0	0
63	Xylene	600,235	277,456	0	0	277,456	265,956	40,016	0	16,807
224	1,3,5- trimethylbenzene	56,880	15,582	0	0	15,582	18,573	2,125	0	20,600
227	Toluene	1,008,541	286,278	0	0	286,278	638,420	42,692	0	41,151
232*	Nickel compounds	2,983	0	361	0	361	1,027	0	1,595	0
272	Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	18,957	0	0	0	0	18,389	568	0	0
299*	Benzene	24,519	31	0	0	31	24,247	241	0	0
311	Manganese and its compounds	4,882	0	224	0	224	3,229	0	1,273	156
Total		3,704,975	648,357	824	0	649,181	2,877,040	95,533	4,507	78,714

Nakanoseki District

• Atmospheric pollutants

Atmospheric pollutants		Units	Regulation	Actual (max.)
NOx	Melting furnaces	ppm	180	50
Ash	Heating furnaces	g/m3N	0.25	0.006
			0.20	0.008
	Melting furnaces	g/m3N	0.20	0.015
SOx	K-value regulation	K-value	4.5	0.20
	Total Pollutant Load Control	m3N/h	17.54	0.046

• Water pollutants

Wastewater drainage to Oumi Bay

Water pollutants	Units	Regulation	Actual
			Max.	Min.	Avg.
pH	-	5.0 - 9.0	7.9	7.3	7.6
COD	mg/l	40	16	3.3	8.1
SS	mg/l	30	14	ND	‹ 0.5
Oil	mg/l	2	0.8	ND	‹ 0.5
Zinc	mg/l	5	0.1	0.08	0.09
Total nitrogen	mg/l	60	13	2.5	6.3
Total phosphorus	mg/l	8	0.64	0.31	0.48
Coliform groups	colonies/cm3	3,000	1,600	28	814
Boric acid	mg/l	230	0.5	0.4	0.5
Fluorin	mg/l	15	0.1	ND	‹ 0.1
Ammonia, ammonium, nitrous acid and nitrous acid compounds	mg/l	100	6.3	5.7	6

The following substances were not detected: cadmium, cyanogen, lead, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, mercury, alkyl mercury, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, 1.2-dichloroethane, 1.1-dichloroethylene, cis 1.2-dichloroethylene, 1.1.1-trichloroethane, 1.1.2-trichloroethane, 1.3-dichloropropene, thiuram, simazine, thiobencarb, benzene, selenium, phenol, copper, soluble iron, soluble manganese, chromium.

• PRTR (Pollution Release and Transfer Register)

None (amounts of Designated Chemical Substances defined under the PRTR Law were all below levels requiring reporting).