After South Korea's storms of 2001, Seoul also jumped into action, restoring a number of streams in the city that had been filled in and covered by roads due to complaints of water pollution and the city's desire to ease traffic congestion.
In 1998, the commission received 976 complaints of oil field pollution from landowners.
Russia's natural resources and environment ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that it was investigating complaints of unknown chemical pollution, possibly caused by a "break in a Norilsk Nickel slurry pipe".
[B11.] Settlement of Pollution Complaints The Environmental Protection Agency said that Alcoa and Archer Daniels Midland had agreed to settle air pollution complaints by upgrading smelters and other factories at a cost estimated to be $700 million.
The device combines a bar-code reader with an internal database of pollution complaints and ethics violations within a casing resembling a cold-war-era Geiger counter.
He said Mr. Giuliani, as he contemplated a run for the United States Senate, had made it clear that the department should not aggressively pursue real estate developers and corporations, who are often the targets of pollution complaints but may also contribute to his campaign.
The Environmental Council of Zambia has said it is looking into "a number of complaints" regarding pollution from Mopani, but has not penalized the company for any wrongdoing.
Taiwan's Catcher Technology Co Ltd, a casing supplier for Apple, was ordered in October to close a plant because of complaints about pollution.
But Mr. Greuling said local officials were also concerned about complaints of truck traffic, air pollution and the preponderance of low-wage temporary positions.
Two months later, Malaysia revoked permits for some plastic imports after factories involved in recycling in Banting, south-west of Kuala Lumpur, were forced to close amid residents' complaints of air and water pollution.
