The Environmental Protection Agency inspects the operator's work soaking area.

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[Reporter Chen Wenchan/Kaohsiung Report] Daliao Drainage Line on Shangliao Road, Daliao District, Kaohsiung City was polluted by waste oil discharged by people. After days of investigation by the Environmental Protection Bureau of the city government, a company that maintains oil fume prevention equipment was found today. Emissions, even chasing the operators who did not entrust legitimate operators to dispose of the waste, but dispose of the oily sludge as household garbage, will be fined 6,000 to 3 million yuan in accordance with the waste disposal law, and will also recover illegal profits, and seek compensation for emergency response cleanup cost.

Residents of Daliao discovered at 10:37 in the middle of the night on the 7th that the main drainage line of Daliao was polluted by waste oil discharged by people, resulting in a foul smell and floating sludge. The inspectors of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau reported to the scene to deal with it and found that there was anaerobic reaction in the sediment in the drainage channel The generated scum and a little oil sludge are immediately blocked downstream with the oil line, and the oil sludge is collected overnight for analysis.

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The next day, the Environmental Protection Bureau conducted an inspection on suspicious upstream pollution sources and found that there was a company maintaining oil fume control equipment on Shangliao Road.

The Environmental Protection Bureau collected the downstream oil sludge and the waste water from the outlet of the industry for oil streak analysis, and confirmed that the oil sludge was produced by the industry; in addition, the oil sludge in the drainage channel was assisted by the cleaning team of the Environmental Protection Bureau to remove it.

The Environmental Protection Bureau also found out that the operator took the oil sludge removed from the interception tank home and disposed of it as household waste, and did not entrust a legal operator to clean up and dispose of the waste. It will be punished according to Article 28 of the Waste Disposal Law and fined 60 to 3 million At the same time, illegal gains will be recovered in accordance with the law, and relevant emergency response liquidation costs will be sought.

Zhang Ruihui, director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, called on the industry to properly collect the waste oil sludge generated by equipment cleaning and entrust legal operators to dispose of it. Do not dump or discharge it arbitrarily. Violators will be fined in accordance with environmental protection laws and regulations. The public is asked to jointly maintain the quality of life in the environment.

Kaohsiung's Daliao drained the foul-smelling oil sludge, and the Environmental Protection Bureau collected water samples from the industry's factories and sent them for testing.

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The Environmental Protection Bureau inspects the industry to clean the electrostatic dust collection plate.

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