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Governmental Waste Management Permission, Inspection and Administrative order etc.

Governmental Waste Management Permission, Inspection and Administrative order etc. JICA Training, SOP 1 June 2011 Kenzo OOKA. Wastes generated from business (Japan) Excluding ‘Specially controlled industrial waste’. Generated from all Industry. Specific generator only (examples).

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Governmental Waste Management Permission, Inspection and Administrative order etc.

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  1. Governmental Waste ManagementPermission, Inspection and Administrative order etc. JICA Training, SOP 1 June 2011 Kenzo OOKA

  2. Wastes generated from business (Japan)Excluding ‘Specially controlled industrial waste’ Generated from all Industry Specific generatoronly (examples) Paper (printing, contractor) Wood (lumber-mill, contractor) Texture/fiber(fabric manuf.) Animal waste (slaughter) Vegetable/plant residue (food) Excreta (livestock breeder) Dead livestock (stock breeder) • Cinder (bottom ash) • Sludge (waste water) • Waste oil • Acid (all acid waste) • Alkali(all alkali waste) • Plastics • Rubber (not synthetic) • Metal (Fe, Al) • Glass/China, ceramic • Slag • Concrete debris • Dust (chimney soot) • Other (ex. concrete mixed wastes)

  3. Specially controlled municipal waste Source ‘Landfill sites in Japan 2000’ Specially controlled industrial waste Specially controlled wasteshall be segregated from ‘Industrial waste’ and ‘Municipal Waste (Domestic waste)’.

  4. Specially controlled industrial waste Hazardous waste and toxic waste are not always defined as ‘Specially controlled waste’. Four factors shall be considered. Pollutants (hazardous substance etc.) Solvents (sludge, waste oil etc.) Concentration and/or density Waste generator • Examples of Specially controlled industrial waste • Volatile waste oil, Acid(pH2 or less), Alkali (pH12.5 or over), • Infectious medical waste • Specified wastes; PCB, Asbestos (scattering), Heavy metal containing wastes etc.

  5. Licensed waste facility/business entity numbers in Japan as of April 2009 (to prior year) • Intermediate treatment premises; 19,345(-99) • Contractors of intermediate treatment (who treat industrial waste intermediately within the whole process of its generation to final disposal or recycling • Landfill facilities; 2,199（-54） • Industrial waste business; 284,959（+14,795） • Specially Controlled Industrial Waste business; 30,946（+1,217） Environmental government, Japan, 24 May, 2011

  6. The number of Waste business permissionFY1990 - FY2008, ( ) total number Specially Controlled Industrial Waste business Industrial waste business Environmental government, Japan, 24 May, 2011

  7. Number of licensed waste facilities by major business class (April 2009)

  8. Newly permitted facilities 2003-2008 New waste incinerator New landfill Environmental government, Japan, 24 May, 2011

  9. The reasons of the small numbersPermitted waste facilities • NIMBY • Not in my back yard • Other variants that have appeared on wall posters at the EPA • NIMFYE: Not In My Front Yard Either • NIMEY：Not In My Election Year • NOPE: Not on planet earth Problems of landfill for industrial waste: Waste generation never stop, so landfills must be put somewhere. • Current landfill capacity is only 176,390,000 ton or 10.6 years’ room in Japan. • All landfill sites around Tokyo will be filled within 4.7 years.(Nikkei 30 May, 2011)

  10. Inspection and Administrative order etc. (FY2008) (1) Spot Inspection • The number of ‘Collection of Report (Article 18 )’, 15,786（+1,920） • Spot Inspection, 198,326（+2,182） (2) Revocation of Permission or the like (Article 14-3) • Revocation of Industrial waste business permission; 861 (+90) • Revocation of specially controlled industrial waste collection, transport and/or disposal contractors; 70 (-7) • Revocation of Industrial waste facility permission; 85 (+20) • Order for Improvement (Article 19-3); 40 (-14) • Order for Actions (Article 19-4, Sochimeirei); 16 (-39) Environmental government, Japan, 24 May, 2011

  11. Revocation of Permission or the like (Article 14-3) Fiscal year 2008 • 48: Facility revoke • 59: Specially Controlled Industrial Waste business permission revoke • 795: Waste business operation revoke • Numbers of revocation reported by 47 prefectural governments and 60 major municipalities. Environmental government, Japan, 24 May, 2011

  12. Spot Inspection by the prefectural governors and the mayors (Spot Inspection) Article 19 The prefectural governors and the mayors of municipalities are entitled, only to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Law, to have their officials enter the office or the place of business of a business; • Municipal solid waste or industrial waste • collection and transport contractor • industrial waste disposal contractor • the land or building where a waste disposal facility is located • Inspect books and other documents related to the storage, collection, transport and disposal of waste or related to the structure or operation and maintenance of a municipal solid waste or industrial waste disposal facility or collect samples of the waste without paying any price only to the extent required for a test.

  13. Industrialwaste Permission system (Industrial Waste Management Service) Article 14 No person is allowed to undertake as a service the collection and transport of industrial waste (excluding specially controlled industrial waste) without permission from the prefectural governor with the jurisdiction over the area in which the person is to conduct the service (or of the area in which that person is to load and unload industrial waste if the person is to conduct a transport service only), except for a service (provided he/she is to transport the industrial waste by him/herself), a person undertaking the collection and transport of industrial waste solely for recycling as a business and anyone specified in the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment.

  14. Industrialwaste Permission system Separate permission is required by class ASD and asbestos permission is separately noted on the document.

  15. Permission system Permission stipulates its waste kind, business area, and operation Operation: incineration, Dewater, Neutralize, Crush, landfill etc.

  16. The prefectural governors shall not grant the permission (Industrial Waste Management Service) Article 14 3 The prefectural governors shall not grant the permission mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article unless they judge that the application for it satisfies the following requirements: 1) The facilities used for the service and the ability of the applicant are judged sufficient for the proper and continuous conducting of the said service in the light of the standards set by the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment. 2) The applicant is none of the persons specified in the following. a. The person is any of the one who comes under a. to e. of Item 4) of Paragraph 3 of Article 7. Ex. Bankrupt, criminals, disobedience to action based on environmental laws or the Criminal Law etc. b. A gang member who is specified by Paragraph 6 of Article 2 of the Law for Prevention of Unjustified Action by Gang (referred to as "gang member") or the one who becomes not a gang member but still is short of one's fifth year from that day (referred to as "gang member or the like").

  17. The prefectural governors shall not grant the permission (Industrial Waste Management Service) Article 14 3 The prefectural governors shall not grant the permission mentioned in Paragraph 1 of this Article unless they judge that the application for it satisfies the following requirements: 1) The facilities used for the service and the ability of the applicant are judged sufficient for the proper and continuous conducting of the said service in the light of the standards set by the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment. 2) The applicant is none of the persons specified in the following. a. The person is any of the one who comes under a. to e. of Item 4) of Paragraph 3 of Article 7. Ex. Bankrupt, criminals, disobedience to action based on environmental laws or the Criminal Law etc. b. A gang member who is specified by Paragraph 6 of Article 2 of the Law for Prevention of Unjustified Action by Gang (referred to as "gang member") or the one who becomes not a gang member but still is short of one's fifth year from that day (referred to as "gang member or the like").

  18. Municipal solid waste Permission system(Municipal Solid Waste Management Service ) Article 7 No person is allowed to undertake as a contractor to collect and transport of municipal solid waste without permission from the municipal governor with the jurisdiction over the area in which the person is to conduct the service (or of the area in which that person is to load and unload municipal solid waste if the person is to conduct a transport service only).

  19. (Industrial Waste Management Service) Article 14 No person is allowed to undertake as a service the collection and transport of industrial waste (excluding specially controlled industrial waste ) without permission from the prefectural governor with the jurisdiction over the area in which the person is to conduct the service (or of the area in which that person is to load and unload industrial waste if the person is to conduct a transport service only). Chiba-city Chiba Prefecture Narita-city Problem: If a transporter, company A is to load waste in Chiba-city (major city) and is to unload it in Narita-city in Chiba prefecture, A is required to have permission both Chiba-city and Chiba prefecture.

  20. Municipal solid waste Not grant the permission Article 7 3 The mayors of the municipalities shall not grant the permission prescribed in the preceding Paragraph unless they judge that the application for it satisfies the following requirements: 1) It is difficult for the respective municipalities to collect and transport municipal solid waste. 2) The application is in conformity with the municipal solid waste management plan. 3) The facilities used by the contractors and the ability of the applicant are judged sufficient for the proper and continuous conducting of the said services in the light of the standards specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment.

  21. Municipal solid waste Not grant the permission Article 7 3 The mayors of the municipalities shall not grant the permission prescribed in the preceding Paragraph unless they judge that the application for it satisfies the following requirements: 1) It is difficult for the respective municipalities to collect and transport municipal solid waste. 2) The application is in conformity with the municipal solid waste management plan. 3) The facilities used by the contractors and the ability of the applicant are judged sufficient for the proper and continuous conducting of the said services in the light of the standards specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment.

  22. Municipal solid waste Disposal of municipal solid waste Article 7 4 No person is allowed to undertake as a contractor the disposal of municipal solid waste without permission from the prefectural governor with the jurisdiction over the area in which the person is to conduct the service, except for a business (provided he/she is to dispose of the municipal solid waste by him/herself), a person undertaking the disposal of municipal solid waste solely for recycling as a contractor and anyone specified in the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment.

  23. Municipal solid waste Shall not grant the permission Article 7 6 The mayors of the municipalities shall not grant the permission prescribed in Paragraph 4 of this Article unless they judge that the application for it satisfies the following requirements: 1) It is difficult for the particular municipality to dispose of municipal solid waste. 2) The application is in conformity with the municipal solid waste management plan. 3) The facilities used for disposal service and the ability of the applicant are sufficient for the proper and continuous conducting of the waste disposal service in the light of the standards specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment. 4) The applicant is none of the persons specified in a. to h. of Item 4) of Paragraph 3 of this Article. • Ex. A bankrupt, criminals, gang, disobedience to action based on environmental laws or the Criminal Law etc.

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