17 Environment 419The Ministry of the Environment releases the results of monitoring and measurement every year. These surveys are conducted on air pollutants (excluding hazardous air pollutants) and on hazardous air pollutants. Urban Planning Survey This survey is released every year by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for the purpose of grasping the various present conditions of city planning. It is commissioned to prefectural city planning divisions to investigate the decision status of city planning. This chapter covers the development status of sewerage systems among city planning facilities. Results of Water Quality Measurements in Areas of Water for Public Use These results are published every year by the Ministry of the Environment with the aim of contributing to the smooth promotion of water environmental administration in the future by compiling the results of water quality measurements in areas of water for public use conducted by prefectures, etc. for environmental standards, trihalomethanes, and items requiring monitoring and grasping the state of water quality nationwide. Water quality measurements in areas of water for public use have been conducted by prefectures, etc. since fiscal 1971 based on the provisions of the Water Pollution Prevention Act, focusing on items for which environmental standards for water pollution have been established. Since fiscal 1995, measurements of trihalomethanes in water source areas have also been conducted. Pollution Complaint Survey This survey is conducted every year by the Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission in accordance with Article 49-2 of the Act on the Settlement of Environmental Pollution Disputes. It is designed to illuminate complaints regarding environmental pollution that are received by the pollution complaint offices of local governments nationwide and how they are processed. The purpose is to examine the nature of pollution complaints, to provide basic data for pollution control measures, and to contribute to smoother processing of pollution complaints. This survey was started in fiscal 1994 combining two precedent surveys; the Survey of Number of Pollution Complaint Cases and the Status of Pollution Complaint Treatments by local governments. See the Glossary for Terms in this chapter.
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