Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Environment (MOENV) said Wednesday it has traced a major pollution source in the Keelung River oil contamination probe to a repair depot operated by a maintenance contractor for Kuo-Kuang Motor Transport.

MOENV said in a statement that inspectors searching high-risk areas around the Badu pumping station on Dec. 1 found the depot discharging wastewater without a permit, operating without treatment facilities, and storing oil without required spill-containment structures – all serious violations of the Water Pollution Control Act.

The Keelung Environmental Protection Bureau cited the company on the spot and ordered an immediate halt to operations, it added.

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