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EHS Trend 3: Stricter Air Pollution Prevention and Control Measures

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China:

South Korea:

Integrated pollutant
discharge permit
system to be
established at the
national level.

7 regulations on the
operation of the
greenhouse gas
emission trading
system adopted in
preparation of the
system coming into
effect in 2015

Facilities discharging
pollutants, such as air
emissions and
wastewater, into the
environment would
soon be subject to the
permitting
requirements as
provided under the
Proposed Interim
Management
Measures on
Pollutant Discharge
Permit.

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A greenhouse gas
emissions trading
system in Korea will
begin in 2015. If the
company is one of the
526 large emitters of
greenhouse gases
designated as subject
to the emissions
trading system, the
company will be
required to participate
in the emissions
trading system.

Enhesa's 2015 Global EHS Regulatory
Forecast

Australia:
Emissions
Reduction Fund
legislation passed,
expected
implementation in
2015
Legislation
implementing the
Australian
Government's
Emission Reduction
Fund (ERF) has
passed in Parliament,
and replaces the
Carbon Pricing
Mechanism entirely.

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