Procedures based on environmental laws and regulations (related to installation, change, and abolition of facilities)

When setting up, changing, or abolishing a facility at a business site, it may be necessary to submit a report / application based on environmental laws and regulations depending on the content.
<Preliminary consultation>

• Please consult in advance to organize the information necessary for notification and application.
• The procedure may take a few days, so please consult with plenty of time when the plan for equipment etc. is generally decided.
• In addition to consultation by window, telephone, e-mail, we also support WEB meetings, so please feel free to contact the department in charge.
• You can also use the "Environmental Law Notification Consultation (outside site)" of the Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System.

<Notification / Application>

• Report, application download style from link of each next <procedure guidance> and, after entry, attach necessary document, please submit by window, mail or electronic application.

<Note>

• The "City Ordinance" on this page refers to the "Ordinance on conservation, etc. of Yokohama City Living Environment".
• "Facilities that require notification" are typical and do not cover all.

Contact Atmosphere and Sound Environment Division Air Quality
Phone: 045-671-3843
Email: [email protected]

<Facilities that require notification>

• Soot and smoke generation facilities
• General dust generation facilities
• Volatile organic compound emission facilities (VOC emission facilities)
• Mercury Emission Facilities

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures for soot and smoke generating facilities (outside site)　　　Guide to Notification (PDF: 713KB)
• OneProcedures for Hann dust generation facilities (outside site)　　　Guide to Notification (PDF: 733KB)
• Procedures related to volatile organic compound emission facilities (outside site)　　　Guide to Notification (PDF: 777KB)
• Procedures for mercury emission facilities (outside site)

<Facilities that require notification>

• Small-scale fixed internal combustion engines and gas turbines
• Small-scale incinerators, etc.

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures for specific small-scale facilities (outside site)

Atmosphere and Sound Environment Division Noise Manager
Phone: 045-671-2485
Email: [email protected]

<Requirements that require notification>

• When it falls under a specific facility and the restricted area of the installation location is not an industrial area

Reference: Restricted areas can be searched from iMappie (outside site). Confirmation method of restricted zone (PDF: 880KB)
<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures related to the Noise Control Law (outside site)
• Procedures related to the Vibration Regulation Law (outside site)
• Guide to Notification (PDF: 2,359KB)

<Stores that require notification>

• Stores with a total floor area of more than 500 square meters used for retail stores
• Facilities for running the following businesses with an area of more than 500 square meters

1. Music and video recording rental business (excluding movie film rental business)
2. General public bath business
3. Other public bath business
4. Bowling alley
5. Game center

※Large-scale retail stores under the Large-Scale Retail Store Location Act are excluded from the scope of notification.

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures related to nighttime business (outside site)
• Guide to noise prevention for nighttime business (PDF: 2,617KB)

<Requirements that require notification>

• When the restricted area is outside the industrial area and performs outdoor work continuously for at least one year at a storage location for debris or materials with an area of 1,000 square meters or more (excluding those on the site of a designated business establishment)

Reference: Restricted areas can be searched from iMappie (outside site). Confirmation method of restricted zone (PDF: 880KB)
<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures for outdoor work (outside site)
• Guide to Prevention of Noise and Vibration of Outdoor Work (PDF: 2,386KB)

Water and Soil Environment Division Water Quality Section
Phone: 045-671-2489
Email: [email protected]

<Main requirements that require notification>

• When it corresponds to a specific facility or a designated hazardous substance storage facility and falls under any of the following

1. Drainage destinations are public water bodies (including diverted areas)
2. Use of hazardous substances

Reference: Drainage destinations can be searched from the Daichan map (outside site). Confirmation method of drainage destination (PDF: 1,162KB)

• When changing the structure, equipment, and method of use of specific facilities (including changes in the system of drainage pertaining to discharged water, changes in the method of treating sewage, etc.)

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures related to the Water Pollution Control Law, Construction Drainage and Dioxins Countermeasures Special Measures Law (outside site)
• Guide to Water Pollution Control Law (PDF: 1,351KB)

Contact Sewerage and Rivers Bureau Water Quality Division
Phone: 045-671-2835
Email: [email protected]

<Requirements that require notification>

• If any of the following applies:

1. When setting up a specific facility (Sewerage Law) or a specific facility (Dioxin Special Measures Law) using a public sewer
2. When removing sewage with a maximum of 50 cubic meters or more per day or water quality specified by a Cabinet Order
3. When setting up abatement facilities using public sewers

Reference: Drainage destinations can be searched from the Daichan map (outside site). Confirmation method of drainage destination (PDF: 1,162KB)
<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures (outside site) about specific facilities (sewerage law), abatement facilities (sewer regulations)

Water and Soil Environment Division Soil Countermeasures Section
Phone: 045-671-2494
Email: [email protected]

<Requirements that require notification>

• At the time of abolition of a specific facility using harmful substances or when the use of specific hazardous substances is stopped at a specific facility
• At the time of abolition or partial abolition of business sites such as the use of specified hazardous substances
• At the time of abolition or partial abolition of offices subject to dioxin management

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures related to the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law (outside site)
• Procedures related to the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act (Contaminated Soil Treatment Business) (outside site)
• Procedures (outside site) related to city ordinances (groundwater and soil contamination)

Water and Soil Environment Division Soil Countermeasures Section
Phone: 045-671-2494
Email: [email protected]

<Permissioning facilities requiring permission>

• When the total cross-sectional area of the outlet of the underwater pump (water pump) installed at one business site exceeds 6 square centimeters.

<Pumping facilities that require notification>

• When the total cross-sectional area of the outlet of the underwater pump (water pump) installed at one business site is less than 6 square centimeters.

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures related to groundwater sampling and drilling work (outside site)

Reference Environmental Management Division Ordinance
Phone: 045-671-2733
Email: [email protected]

<Facilities that require application>

• Designated facilities

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures (outside site) pertaining to designated establishments based on the ordinance on conservation, etc. of Yokohama City Living Environment
• Guide of city regulations (bookmark of permission application and report)

Reference Environmental Management Division Ordinance
Phone: 045-671-2733
Email: [email protected]

<Requirements that require notification>

• Specific factories

<Procedures Guide>

• Procedures (outside site) pertaining to pollution prevention managers, etc.

Contact information
<Air Relations>
Atmosphere and Sound Environment Division Air Quality
Phone: 045-671-3843
Email: [email protected]
<Water quality-related>
Water and Soil Environment Division Water Quality Section
Phone: 045-671-2489
Email: [email protected]

<Facilities that require notification>

• Specific facilities (Special Measures Law Concerning Measures against Dioxins)

<Procedures Guide (Facilities with Air Standards)>

• Procedure (outside site) for specific facilities (air standards application facilities) on the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins Measures

In charge of Planning and Chemical Substances in the Environmental Management Division
Phone: 045-671-2487
Email: [email protected]

<Requirements that require notification>

• Businesses that meet all of the following requirements

1. Target industries: Applicable to any of the 24 industries listed in Article 3 of the Cabinet Order
2. Number of employees: As a whole, the number of regular employees is 21 or more.
3. Handling volume, etc.: Establishments with an annual handling volume of the target chemical substances of 1 ton or more (0.5 ton or more for specified first-class designated chemical substances) or establishments with special requirements facilities

<Procedures Guide>

• PRTR notification method

• Notification and application procedures based on environmental laws and regulations (construction-related)
• Representative facilities by business and purpose and related laws and regulations