(1) The Soot and Smoke Regulation Law (1966)
The Advance of Environmental Pollution Control Policy
The Soot and Smoke Regulation Law was established in 1962 as Japan's first pollution control law, and was to impose controls toward Under the law, emission standards were established for each facility located in the target area.
Motivated by the report presented by the Special Survey Council on Yokkaichi District Air Pollution mentioned before, the national government decided to designate Yokkaichi as a target area of the Soot and Smoke Regulation Law in 1964. Motivated by the report presented by the Special Survey Council on Yokkaichi District Air Pollution mentioned before, the national government decided to designate Yokkaichi as a target area of the Soot and Smoke Regulation Law in 1964. This regulation went into effect two years later, in 1966.