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Environmental Risk Management - Initiatives to Address PCB Pollution
Treatment of PCB-filled capacitors
As for the PCB-filled capacitors buried at five of our factories, which we voluntarily declared in January 2003, we have already completed all the measures required to prevent the spread of contamination outside the factories. We have also completed the excavation of buried devices at four of the five factories and plan to complete the work at the remaining factory by the end of fiscal 2009.
We will store and make appropriate notifications about such unburied waste in compliance with the Law concerning Special Measures against PCB Waste.
Treatment of PCB-filled capacitors
| Site | Measures to prevent the spread of contamination | Groundwater remediation by pumping | Excavation | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matsushita Welding Systems (Toyonaka) |  |
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Completed |
| Matsushita Electric Industrial (former site of Tsukamoto Plant) | |
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Completed |
| Panasonic Electronic Devices Matsue | |
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(To be completed by the end of fiscal 2009) | |
| Matsushita Electric Industrial Lighting Company (Takatsuki) | Unnecessary because no pollutants detected | |
Completed | |
| Matsushita Electric Industrial Semiconductor Company (Nagaoka) | |
Completed | ||
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