Approaches to Air Pollution Control (Case Study-1) Yokkaichi City, Mie prefecture

1.Construction of Petrochemical Complexes and the Outset of Pollution

1. Japan's Industrial Policy and Construction of Petrochemical Complexes
2. Marine Pollution and Smelly Fish
3. Air Pollution and Public Health Problems
4. Fact-finding Survey by Local Governments
5. Yokkaichi Pollution Lawsuit

The Advance of Environmental Pollution Control Policy

1. The Soot and Smoke Regulation Law (1966)
2. Enactment of the Basic Law for Environmental Pollution Control (1967)
3. Regulation by Air Pollution Control Law (1968)
4. Introduction of the Areawide Total Pollutant Emission Regulation System ( 1972)
5. Medical Aid by Yokkaichi City for the Relief of Pollution-related Patients (1964)

3.progress in Technology-Based Controls

1. Approaches of Enterprises at Early Stages
2. Introduction or Desulfurizing Equipment
3. Introduction of Denitrifying Equipment
4. Installation of Pollution Monitoring Network

Environmental Pollution Responses in Yokkaichi

1. Yokkaichi Area Pollution Control Program
2. System for the Relief of Pollution-related Patients
3. Pollution Control Agreement
4. Environmental Impact Assessment (Pollution Pre-screening Committee)
5. Establishment of the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer