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Laws of the Republic of Korea |
Reproduced from statutes of Republic of Korea
Copyright 1997 by the Korea Legislation Research Institute, Seoul, Korea 622
SOIL ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION ACT
Act No. 4906, Jan. 5, 1995
Amended by Act No. 5454, Dec. 13, 1997
Act No. 5878, Feb. 8, 1999
Act No. 6452, Mar. 28, 2001
Act No. 6627, Jan. 26, 2002
Act No. 6656, Feb. 4, 2002
Act No. 6846, Dec. 30, 2002
Act No. 6893, May 29, 2003
Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004
Act No. 7428, Mar. 31, 2005
Act No. 7459, Mar. 31, 2005
Act No. 8010, Sep. 27, 2006
Act No. 8014, Sep. 27, 2006
Act No. 8038, Oct. 4, 2006
Act No. 8352, Apr. 11, 2007
Act No. 8466, May 17, 2007
Act No. 8469, May 17, 2007
CHAPTER GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Act is to enable all citizens of the nation to live in a healthy and comfortable
environment, by preventing
potential hazard or injury to public health and environment due to soil
contamination and by conserving the soil ecosystem by properly
maintaining and preserving soil, including
purifying contaminated soil, etc.
The definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows:
1. The term "soil contamination" means the condition of soil brought about by commercial or personal
activity which causes damage
to the health and properties of the people or the environment;
2. The term "soil contaminants" means any substance which causes soil contamination and which
is determined by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Environment;
3. The term "facilities subject to the control of soil contamination" means any facilities, equipment, building,
construction and
location that are employed to produce, transport, store, treat, process and dispose
of soil contaminants and are suspected of contaminating
soil;
4. The term "facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination" means the facilities subject
to the control of soil
contamination that are feared to contaminate soil significantly and that are
determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment;
5. The term "soil purification" means decreasing or removing contaminants in soil or reducing dangers
incurred by contaminants in
soil by means of biological, physical and chemical treatment, etc.;
6. The term "detailed soil survey" means surveying the kinds of contaminants, the extent and scope
of contamination, etc. in any
area that is deemed or is highly deemed to exceed the worrisome
level of soil contamination provided for in Article 4-2 under the
conditions as prescribed by the
Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment; and
7. The term "soil purification business" means the business of purifying contaminated soil.
Article 3 (Exclusion from Application)
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(1) This Act shall not apply to soil contamination caused by radioactive materials nor the prevention
thereof.
(2) The provisions of Articles 15-3 and 15-6 shall not apply to a case where any contaminated farmland
is purified due to the soil
amendment project provided for in Article 21 of the Farmland Act.
(3) The basic plan shall include the following subject matters: 1. The guidelines for soil conservation policies;
2. The present condition, the on-going progress, and the prospects of soil conservation;
3. Matters concerning the prevention of soil contamination;
4. Matters concerning the purification and restoration of contaminated soil; and
5. Other necessary matters for soil conservation.
(4) The Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor or Do governor
(hereinafter referred
to as the "Mayor/Do governor") shall formulate a regional soil conservation plan (hereinafter referred
to
as the "regional plan") in accordance with the basic plan, and shall enforce it after obtaining the
approval of the Minister of
Environment. This provision shall also apply when alterations are to be
made to the regional plan.
Article 4-2 (Worrisome Level of Soil Contamination)
The level of soil contamination, which is likely to obstruct the health and
properties of persons or
rearing of animals and plants (hereinafter referred to as the "worrisome level") shall be determined
by
the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6452, Mar. 28, 2001]
Article 5 (Measuring of Degree of Soil Contamination)
(1) For the
purpose of surveying the actual nationwide state of soil contamination, the Minister of
Environment shall establish a measuring
network and measure the degree of soil contamination at
all times.
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of Environment.
1. Regions in which the results of a regular measuring under paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to
as the "regular measuring") exceed
the worrisome level;
2. Regions in which the results of a survey of the actual state of soil contamination exceed the worrisome
level; and
3. Other regions which are deemed by the Minister of Environment, the Mayor/Do governor or the
head of Si/Gun/Gu to have a great
possibility for exceeding the worrisome level due to accidents
of soil contamination, etc.
(5) The results of regular measuring, survey of the actual state of soil contamination, and detailed
soil survey under paragraph
(4) shall be disclosed to the public.
(2) Deleted.
Article 7 (Expropriation and Use of Land, etc.)
(1) The Minister of Environment, the Mayor/Do governor or the head of Si/Gun/Gu may, where
deemed necessary for a regular measuring,
a survey of the actual state of soil contamination or a
detailed soil survey under Article 5, expropriate or use the land, buildings
or fixtures of the land within
the region for a survey of the actual state of soil contamination and a detailed soil survey under
Article
5 (4), and the region of the measuring network publicly announced under Article 6.
(1) The Minister of Environment, the Mayor/Do governor, the head of Si/Gun/Gu or the specialized
agency related to soil under Article
23-2 (hereinafter referred to as the "soil-related specialized agency")
may, where deemed necessary for a regular measuring, a survey
of the actual state of soil contamination,
or a detailed soil survey provided for in Articles 5 (4), 11 (3) and 15 (1), make the
public officials
under his control or employees of the soil-related specialized agency to enter the land of other persons,
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or to alter or remove the tree, stone, soil and other obstacles in the relevant land. In this case, the
head of soil-related specialized
agency shall obtain permission therefor from the head of Si/ Gun/Gu.
Article 9 (Compensation for Loss)
(1) In case where the State, a local government or a soil-related specialized agency inflicts loss to
other persons on account of
the activities under Article 8, it shall compensate for such loss under
the conditions as determined by the Presidential Decree.
(4) The Minister of Environment, the Mayor/Do governor, the head of Si/Gun/Gu, the head of soil-related
specialized agency or the
person suffered a loss may, where the consultation under paragraph (3)
fails to lead to an agreement or may not be achieved, file
a motion for adjudication with the competent
Land Expropriation Committee under the conditions as determined by the Presidential
Decree.
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the Central Land Expropriation Committee within one month from the date of receiving the original
written adjudication.
(1) In case where a site on which the facilities subject to the control of soil contamination are installed
or have been installed
is transferred or taken over, rented out or taken on lease, the transferor, transferee,
lesser and lessee may have the soil-related
specialized agency conduct an assessment as to soil contamination
(hereinafter referred to as "assessment of soil environment")
on the site where the relevant facilities
are installed and the areas around it (referring to the areas designated by the Ordinance
of the Ministry
of Environment to have concerns over soil contamination; hereinafter the same shall apply).
(2) The result of an assessment of soil environment shall be presumed to indicate the level of soil
contamination at the time of
relevant assessment.
(3) The items, methods and procedures for an assessment of soil environment and other necessary
matters shall
be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6452, Mar. 28, 2001]
Article 10-3 (Strict Liability for Damages Resulting from Soil Contamination)
(1) The person causing soil contamination shall,
where any damages occur due to the soil contamination,
compensate for such damages and purify the contaminated soil: Provided, That
this shall not apply
to the case where the soil contamination has been caused by a natural disaster or a war.
(2) Where there exist two or more persons causing soil contamination, and it is impossible to find
out which one has caused the
damages under paragraph (1), each one shall jointly and severally compensate
for such damages and purify the contaminated soil.
1. Persons who have induced a soil contamination by leaking, draining, abandoning or neglecting
soil contaminants;
2. Persons who own, occupy or operate the facilities subject to the control of soil contamination which
have been a cause for soil
contamination at the time of occurrence of soil contamination;
3. Persons who have taken over the facilities subject to the control of soil contamination and who
have comprehensively succeeded
to the rights and liabilities of those falling under subparagraphs
1 and 2 on account of merger, inheritance and other reasons;
and
4. Persons who have taken over the facilities subject to the control of soil contamination by means
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of the public auction under the Civil Execution Act, the conversion under the Debtor Rehabilitation
and Bankruptcy Act, the sale
of seized assets under the National Tax Collection Act, the Customs
Act or the Local Tax Act, or in accordance with other procedures
corresponding thereto.
CHAPTER REGULATION ON SOIL CONTAMINATION
Article 11 (Report on Soil Contamination, etc.)
(1) Anyone who produces, transports, stores, handles, processes, or treats soil contaminants shall,
when he discharges or leaks
them in the process, make without delay a report thereon to the head
of competent Si/Gun/Gu.
(2) The head of Si/Gun/Gu may, when he receives the report referred to in paragraph (1) or finds
the discharge or leakage of soil
contaminants, have public officials under his control enter the relevant
land to survey the cause and the level of soil contamination.
(3) With respect to any soil whose level of contamination is found to exceed the worrisome level
of soil contamination (hereinafter
referred to as the "contaminated soil") provided for in Article 4-2
as a result of the survey referred to in paragraph (2), the
head of Si/Gun/Gu may order anyone who
causes the soil contamination to ask the soil-related specialized agency for conducting a
detailed soil
survey and to take measures to purify the contaminated soil.
(4) The soil-related specialized agency shall, if it
conducts the detailed soil survey pursuant to paragraph
(3), inform without delay the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu of the result
of the detailed soil survey.
(5) Public officials who intend to enter any land of other person under paragraph (2) shall carry certificates
showing their authority and produce them to the persons concerned.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 12 (Report, etc. on Facilities Subject to Control of Specific Soil Contamination)
(1) Persons who intend to install the
facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination
shall, under the conditions as determined by the Presidential Decree,
make a report on the details of
such facilities and the plan for installing the facilities to prevent soil contamination under paragraph
(3) to the head of Si/Gun/Gu. The same shall also apply to a case where the reported matters, the
contents of which are prescribed
by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment, are changed (including
the closure of facilities).
(2) Permission granted or registration made under the Safety Control of Dangerous Substances Act,
the Toxic Chemicals Control Act
and other Acts and subordinate statutes designated by the Ordinance
of the Ministry of Environment concerning the installation of
the facilities subject to the control of
specific soil contamination shall be deemed to be a report made under paragraph (1). In
this case,
the head of a permission or registration agency shall notify such facts to the head of Si/Gun/Gu having
jurisdiction
over the area in which the facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination
are installed, along with the documents
concerning the facilities to prevent a soil contamination as
determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
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operator of relevant facilities; hereinafter the same shall apply) shall, under the conditions as determined
by the Presidential
Decree, install the facilities to prevent soil contamination, and maintain it.
(1) The installer of the facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination shall, under the
conditions as prescribed
by the Presidential Decree, undergo an examination of soil contamination
on the site of relevant facilities and the areas around
it (hereinafter referred to as the "examination
of soil contamination") from a soil-related specialized agency: Provided, That the
same shall not apply
to a case where it is impossible to collect soil samples or the head of Si/Gun/Gu approves that it is
not
necessary to examine soil contamination and it falls under the requirements that are determined
by the Presidential Decree.
(3) The examination of soil contamination shall be conducted by dividing into an examination of the
level of soil contamination
and that of leakage: Provided, That an examination of leakage shall be
limited to the facilities for which a visual verification
of any leakage is impossible as the storage facility
or piping is buried underground or stuck on the land.
(4) The soil-related
specialized agency shall, where it has conducted an examination of soil contamination,
notify the result of examination to the installer
of the facilities subject to the control of specific soil
contamination, the head of competent Si/Gun/Gu and the head of competent
fire station (a notification
to the head of fire station shall be limited to the case of facilities, from among those permitted
under
the Safety Control of Dangerous Substances Act, verified to have a leakage of contaminated substance
as a result of leakage
examination), and the installer of the facilities subject to the control of specific
soil contamination shall keep the result of
examination notified to him, under the conditions as determined
by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
(5) The method of collecting samples for the examination of soil contamination and other necessary
matters shall be determined by
the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
(6) In case where it is deemed necessary to perform a precise examination based on
the result of
the soil contamination examination that is informed by the soil-related specialized agency pursuant to
paragraph
(4), the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu may commission any soil-related specialized agency
that is prescribed by the Ordinance
of the Ministry of Environment with the examination of soil
contamination.
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of specific soil contamination falls under any case of the following subparagraphs, order him to install
or improve soil-contamination
prevention facilities and to take measures to purify contaminated soil
for the period that is fixed by the Presidential Decree or
ask the soil-related specialized agency to
conduct a detailed soil survey in the site of such facilities and surrounding areas:
1. Where he fails to install the facilities to prevent soil contamination, or fails to meet the relevant
criteria; or
2. Where the level of soil contamination comes to exceed the worrisome level as a result of an examination
of soil contamination.
(2) The soil-related specialized agency shall, in case where it conducts the detailed soil survey pursuant
to paragraph (1), inform
without delay the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu of the result of such
detailed soil survey.
(2) The soil-related specialized agency shall, where it has conducted a detailed soil survey under paragraph
(1), notify without
delay the person causing a contamination and the competent Mayor/Do governor
or the head of Si/Gun/Gu of the result of inspection.
1. Improvements in or the relocation of the facilities subject to the control of soil contamination
in question;
2. Restrictions on the use of the relevant material which contaminates soil; and
3. The purification of contaminated soil.
(4) and (5) Deleted.
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over the soil contaminated area to take the measures referred to in paragraph (3).
(7) The Mayor/Do governor or the head of Si/Gun/Gu shall, upon receiving the request from the
Minister of Environment that is made
pursuant to paragraph (6), take the measures referred to in
paragraph (3) and report the result of the measures to the Minister
of Environment under the conditions
as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 6452, Mar. 28, 2001]
Article 15-2 (Report on Execution of Order)
Anyone who is ordered to take measures or to make the suspension pursuant to Article 11 (3), 14
(1) and (3) or 15 (3) shall, when
he executes such order, promptly make a report thereon to the Mayor/Do
governor or the head of Si/Gun/Gu under the conditions as
prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Environment. In this case, the Mayor/Do governor or the head of Si/Gun/Gu shall confirm
the
execution of such order under the conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Newly
Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 15-3 (Purification of Contaminated Soil)
(1) The contaminated soil shall be purified according to the purification standards and methods that
are set by the Presidential
Decree.
(2) The contaminated soil shall be purified after commissioning its purification work to anyone who
has registered his soil purification
business pursuant to Article 23-7 (1) (hereinafter referred to as
the "soil purification business operator"): Provided, That with
respect to any soil contamination that
falls under the categories and scales that are prescribed by the Presidential Decree, including
the soil
contamination that is caused by organic solvents, etc., anyone who causes the relevant soil contamination
may purify it
himself.
(3) the contaminated soil shall be purified in the site where such soil contamination occurs: Provided,
That in case where it is
difficult to purify the contaminated soil in the site on the grounds of the
narrowness of the site and other grounds of inevitability
that are prescribed by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Environment, the contaminated soil may be shipped to the facilities that
are owned by
any soil purification business operator (referring to the facilities provided for in Article 23-7 (1)) for
its purification
under the conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
(4) Anyone who purifies the contaminated soil
shall be prohibited from performing the act of lowering
the contamination density by mixing the contaminated soil with other soil.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 15-4 (Prohibition on Dumping Contaminated Soil, etc.)
No
one shall perform the act falling under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. The act of dumping the contaminated soil; and
2. The act of leaking and discharging the contaminated soil in the course of storing, transporting and
purifying it.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 15-5 (Assessment of Hazardous Level)
In case where the Mayor/Do governor or the head of Si/Gun/Gu intends to purify the contaminated
soil pursuant to the provisions
of the proviso other than each subparagraph of Article 15 (3) or the
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head of Si/Gun/ Gu intents to undertake the contaminated soil improvement project pursuant to Article
19 (3), he shall assess the
extent of hazardousness of contaminants of the relevant land, which affects
human bodies and environment, taking into account the
kinds of contaminants, the level of contamination,
surrounding areas, the future land utilization plan and other necessary matters
and then reflect the
result of the assessment in the scope and time, etc. of purification.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act
No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 15-6 (Verification of Soil Purification)
(1) Anyone who causes the soil contamination shall, in case where he commissions any soil purification
business operator to purify
the contaminated soil, ask the agency in charge of investigating soil contamination
to verify the process of purification and the
completion of purification: Provided, That in case where
the scale of contaminated soil is found to be small and the density of
contamination is found to be
low as a result of the detailed soil survey and the contaminated soil falls under the scale and category
that are prescribed by the Presidential Decree, the verification of the purification process may be omitted.
(2) Anyone who causes
the soil contamination shall, in case where he intends to have the purification
process of the contaminated soil and the completion
of the purification verified pursuant to the main
sentence of paragraph (1), develop a plan for purifying the contaminated soil
according to the contents
and procedures that are determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment and submit such
plan
to the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu. The same shall apply to a case where he intends to
change matters in the plan submitted,
which are prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
(3) The soil-related specialized agency may, in case where
it performs the verification provided for
in paragraph (1), collect verification fees from persons who cause the soil contamination.
In this case,
standards for calculating verification fees shall be set by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
(4) Procedures
for, contents of and methods of the verification referred to in paragraph (1) and other
matters necessary for the verification shall
be determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
CHAPTER
DESIGNATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
REGION REQUIRING COUNTERMEASURES
FOR SOIL CONSERVATION
Article 16 (Standards of Countermeasures against Soil Contamination)
The standards of soil contamination, which is likely to obstruct
human health and properties or rearing
of animals and plant, and accordingly would necessitate the countermeasures (hereinafter
referred
to as the "countermeasure standards"), shall be determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
Article 17 (Designation of Area Requiring Countermeasures for Soil Conservation)
(1) The Minister of Environment may designate the
region exceeding the countermeasure standards,
and the region requested by the head of Si/ Gun/Gu provided in paragraph (2) as a
region requiring
countermeasures for soil conservation (hereinafter referred to as a "region requiring countermeasures")
in consultation
with the head of the relevant central administrative agency and the competent Mayor/Do
governor: Provided, That any region that
falls under the case that is prescribed by the Presidential
Decree shall be designated as a region requiring countermeasures.
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(2) When the head of Si/Gun/Gu deems that soil conservation
on a particular region among his jurisdictional
area is especially necessary, he may ask the Minister of Environment to designate
the area as a region
requiring countermeasures after consulting thereabout with the Mayor/ Do governor having jurisdiction
over
the area even if the level of soil contamination in that area does not exceed the countermeasure
standards.
1. The project to improve contaminated soil;
2. The plan to use the land, etc.;
2-2. The survey of damage to the health of residents and the countermeasures against such damage;
and
3. Other matters deemed to be necessary for the formulation and execution of the countermeasure
plan and determined by the Ordinance
of the Ministry of Environment.
(3) The kind, standard and other necessary matters of the projects to improve contaminated soil
as
provided in paragraph (2) 1 shall be determined by the Presidential Decree.
(4) Specific matters concerning the survey of damage
to the health of residents and the countermeasures
against such damage referred to in paragraph (2) 2-2 shall be determined by the
Presidential Decree.
(5) When intending to approve the countermeasure plan as provided in paragraph (1), the Minister
of Environment shall consult thereabout
with the head of the relevant central administrative agency.
After giving his approval, he shall notify the head of the relevant
central administrative agency and
may request the latter to take necessary measures. In this case, the head of the relevant central
administrative
agency shall comply with the request unless there exists any special cause.
Article 18-2 (Report on Result of Implementing Countermeasure Plan)
The head of Si/Gun/Gu shall report the result of implementing
the countermeasure plan to the Minister
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of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 19 (Project to Improve Contaminated Soil)
(1) The head of
Si/Gun/Gu may order the person causing soil contamination to execute the whole
or part of the project to improve contaminated soil
as provided in Article 18 (2) 1. In this case, the
head of Si/ Gun/Gu may, where deemed necessary for a preservation of soil, get
the soil-related specialized
agency that is determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment to guide and supervise
the
contaminated soil improvement project.
(2) Any person causing soil contamination shall, when he intends to execute the project to improve
contaminated soil as provided
in paragraph (1), prepare the plan for such project, and obtain an approval
thereof from the head of Si/Gun/Gu under the conditions
as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Environment. This provision shall also apply when the material matters, determined
by the Ordinance
of the Ministry of Environment, from among other approved matters are altered.
(4) In a case of paragraph (3), where the pertinent region requiring countermeasures extends over
two or more Sis/Guns/Gus, the
head of Si/Gun/Gu who is determined by the Presidential Decree
shall implement the project to improve contaminated soil.
The head of Si/Gun/Gu may impose limitations on the use of land or the installation of facilities which
are deemed to have the possibility
to harm the purpose of the designation of the region requiring
countermeasures, under the conditions as determined by the Presidential
Decree.
Article 21 (Limitation on Activities)
(1) No one may discharge into soil within the region requiring countermeasures specified substances
harmful to water quality as
provided in subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Water Quality and Ecosystem
Conservation Act, wastes as provided in subparagraph
1 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act, toxic
chemicals as provided in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Toxic Chemicals Control
Act, sewage
and excreta as provided in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Sewerage Act, or livestock
excreta as provided
in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock
Excreta: Provided, That activities as determined
by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment
shall be excluded.
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(2) No one may install facilities which are deemed to have the possibility to harm the purpose of the
designation of the region
requiring countermeasures, and determined by the Presidential Decree in such
region.
(3) In a case where soil is contaminated or likely to be contaminated due to activities or installation
of facilities pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (2), the head of Si/Gun/Gu may order the person who
did such activities to remove soil contaminants or the installer
of such facilities to withdraw the facilities.
Article 22 (Cancellation of Designation of Region Requiring Countermeasures)
(1) The Minister of Environment may cancel or alter
the designation of a region requiring countermeasures
as provided in Article 17 (1) when the level of soil contamination comes down
below the worrisome
level, when it is inevitable for public interest, or when the purpose of designating the region requiring
countermeasures
has been lost due to natural disasters or other reasons.
(2) The provisions of Article 17 (2) and (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cancellation or alternation
of the designation
of the region requiring countermeasures as provided in paragraph (1).
Article 23 Moved to Article 10-3.
CHAPTER -2 SOIL-RELATED SPECIALIZED AGENCY AND SOIL
PURIFICATION BUSINESS
Article 23-2 (Designation, etc. of Soil-Related Specialized Agency)
(1) Persons who intend to become a soil-related specialized
agency according to the following classifications
shall be designated by the Minister of Environment by securing the facilities
and equipment for examination
and the technological capabilities under the conditions prescribed by the Presidential Decree. This
shall
also apply to a case where the matters that are prescribed by the Presidential Decree among the
designated matters are changed:
1. Agency to survey soil contamination: Agency to perform duties falling under any of the following
items:
(a) Detailed soil survey;
(b) Assessment of soil environment;
(c) Examination of the level of soil contamination under Article 13 (3);
(d) Verification of soil purification provided for in Article
15-6 (1); and
(e) Guidance and oversight of the project to improve contaminated soil under
Article 19 (1); and
2. Agency to examine leakage: Agency to conduct a leakage examination under Article 13 (3).
(2) Agencies to survey soil contamination
under paragraph (1) 1 shall be designated from among the
regional environment offices, national and public research institutes,
universities under the Higher Education
Act, special juristic persons established under the special Acts, or nonprofit corporations
under a permit
for establishment by the Minister of Environment: Provided, That the agencies determined by the
Presidential Decree
shall be deemed those designated as the agencies to survey soil contamination
under paragraph (1).
(3) The Minister of Environment shall, where he has designated a soil-related specialized agency,
deliver the written designation,
and publicly notify it.
(4) Matters to be observed by the soil-related specialized agencies, fees for examination, and other
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necessary matters shall be determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6452,
Mar. 28, 2001]
Article 23-3 (Disqualifications of Soil-Related Specialized Agencies)
Any person falling under one of the following
subparagraphs shall not be designated as the soil-related
specialized agency: 1. An incompetent or a quasi-incompetent;
2. A person who has been sentenced to a bankruptcy and not reinstated as yet;
3. A person for whom two years have not yet elapsed after a revocation of designation under Article
23-6;
4. A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment for violating this
Act and for whom two years have yet
to pass from the date on which the execution of the sentence
is terminated (including a case where the execution of the sentence
is deemed terminated) or the
execution of the sentence is exempted; and
5. A juristic person in which there exist persons falling under one of subparagraphs 1 through 4
from among its officers.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6452, Mar. 28, 2001]
Article 23-4 (Prohibition on Lending Written Designation of Soil-Related
Specialized Agency, etc.)
Anyone who is designated as the soil-related specialized agency shall be prohibited from permitting
any
other person to perform the work of his soil-related specialized agency by using his name or
from lending the written designation
of his soil-related specialized agency to any other person.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article
23-5 (Prohibition on Concurrently Running other Businesses)
Anyone who is designated as the agency to survey soil contamination
pursuant to Article 23-2 (1)
1 from among soil-related specialized agencies shall be prohibited from concurrently running the soil
purification business.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 23-6 (Revocation, etc. of Designation of Soil-Related Specialized
Agency)
(1) When a soil-related specialized agency falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Minister
of Environment
shall revoke the designation of soil-related specialized agency:
1. When it has obtained designation by deception or other unlawful means;
2. When it has come to fall under any of the subparagraphs of Article 23-3: Provided, That an
officer who falls under subparagraph
5 of Article 23-3 from among the officers of the corporation
is replaced within 3 months, this shall not apply; or
3. When it has concurrently run the soil purification business in violation of Article 23-5.
(2) When a soil-related specialized
agency falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Minister
of Environment may either revoke the designation of soil-related
specialized agency or order to suspend
its business for a specified period of six months or less:
1. When it has come to fall short of the designation standards under Article 23-2 (1);
2. When it has allowed other persons to conduct the duty of the soil-related specialized agency by
using its name or has lent its
certificate of designation to other persons in violation of Article
23-4;
3. When it has prepared a false examination result on purpose or by gross negligence;
4. When it conducted insincerely the detailed soil survey under Article 11 (3), 14 (1) or 15 (1) on
purpose or by gross negligence
so that the scale of contaminated soil has come to be reduced
below the one which is the object of verification of purification
process under the proviso to Article
15-6 (1);
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5. When it has conducted duties related to the examination of level of soil contamination or leakage
examination during the period
of disposition of business suspension; or
6. When a person other than a technical expert falling under the requirements for designation of
technological capabilities under
Article 23-2 (1) has conducted examination and notified of the
result.
(3) When a soil-related specialized agency falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Minister
of Environment may order
to suspend its duty for a specified period of six months or less:
1. When it conducted insincerely the verification of soil purification under Article 15-6 so that it
has failed to treat the contaminated
soil below the purification standards;
2. When it has failed to commence its business within two years from the date on which it obtained
the designation of soil-related
specialized agency [excluding the cases where it is deemed to have
obtained the designation of agency to survey soil contamination
under the proviso to Article 23-2
(2)] or has no track record of performance for not less than two consecutive years without any
justifiable reasons;
3. When it has failed to notify without delay the head of competent Si/Gun/Gu of the result of detailed
survey under Articles 11
(4), 14 (2) and 15 (2);
4. When it has presented an opinion different from fact concerning approval of exemption from the
examination of soil contamination
under Article 13 (2);
5. When it has failed to notify the head of competent Si/Gun/Gu and the head of competent fire
station of the result of soil contamination
survey under Article 13 (4);
6. When it has violated the matters of observance of soil-related specialized agency under Article
23-2 (4); or
7. When it has failed to make report or to present data in violation of Article 26-2 (2), or has reported
or presented data fraudulently.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 8469, May 17, 2007]
Article 23-7 (Registration of Soil Purification Business, etc.)
(1)
Anyone who intends to run a soil purification business shall secure facilities, equipment and technical
manpower, etc. that are
prescribed by the Presidential Decree and then register his business with
the Minister of Environment. The same shall apply to a
case where he intends to change any matter
that is prescribed by the Presidential Decree from among the registered matters.
(2)
The Minister of Environment shall, when he grants the registration of any soil purification business,
deliver a registration certificate
under the conditions prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 23-8 (Grounds of Disqualification for Registration of Soil
Purification Business)
The provisions of Article 23-3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to anyone who intends to register his
soil purification
business pursuant to Article 23-7 (1). In this case, the "soil-related specialized agency"
shall be deemed the "soil purification
business" and the "designation" shall be deemed the "registration",
respectively.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 23-9 (Matters to be Observed by Soil Purification Business
Operators)
(1) Every soil purification business operator shall be prohibited from letting any other person run
the soil purification
business by getting the latter to use his name or his firm name or from lending
his registration certificate to any other person.
(2) Every soil purification business operator shall be prohibited from subcontracting his contracted
work for the soil purification
(hereinafter referred to as the "soil purification work") in the block.
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(3) Other matters that soil purification business operators are required to observe when they run their
soil purification business
shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 23-10 (Revocation, etc. of Registration of Soil Purification Business)
(1) When a soil purification business operator falls
under any of the following subparagraphs, the
Minister of Environment shall revoke the registration:
1. When he has registered by deception or other unlawful means; or
2. When he has come to fall under any of the subparagraphs of Article 23-3: Provided, That an
officer who falls under subparagraph
5 of Article 23-3 from among the officers of the corporation
is replaced within 3 months, this shall not apply.
(2) When a soil
purification business operator falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the
Minister of Environment may either revoke the
registration of soil purification business operator or
order to suspend its business for a specified period of six months or less:
1. When he has come to fall short of the registration standards under Article 23-7 (1);
2. When he has allowed other persons to conduct the duty of the soil purification business by using
his name or has lent his certificate
of registration to other persons in violation of Article 23-9
(1); or
3. When he has given a subcontract in bulk of soil purification work that it undertook in violation
of Article 23-9 (2).
(3) When a soil purification business operator has failed to commence his duty within two years from
the date of registration or
has no track record of performance for not less than two consecutive years
without any justifiable reasons, the Minister of Environment
may order to suspend his business for
a specified period of six months or less.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 8469, May 17, 2007]
Article 23-11 (Uninterrupted Work of Soil Purification Business Operator
Whose Business is Revoked or Suspended,
etc.)
(1) Anyone who is subjected to the revocation of his registration or a disposition taken to suspend
his business pursuant to Article
23-10 may continue his soil purification work without interruption
for which the ground is broken prior to such disposition. In
this case, anyone who continues the
soil purification work shall be deemed the soil purification business operator under this Act
until
the work is completed.
(2) Anyone who is subjected to the revocation of his registration or a disposition taken to suspend
his business pursuant to Article
23-10 shall notify without delay the person who places an order for
the soil purification work and the subcontractor of details
of such disposition.
(3) Anyone who places an order with any soil purification business operator for the soil purification
work
or anyone who is entrusted by any soil purification business operator with a contract for the
soil purification work may terminate
the work contract within 30 days from the date on which he
is informed of the notification referred to in paragraph (2) by the relevant
soil purification business
operator or he learns of the fact unless special grounds exist that make it impossible for him to do
so.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 23-12 (Succession of Rights and Duties)
(1) In case where anyone who obtains the designation of his soil-related specialized agency pursuant
to Article 23-2 or anyone who
registers his soil purification business pursuant to Article 23-7 transfers
his soil-related specialized agency or his soil purification
business, dies or a corporation merger takes
place, the transferee, the inheritor, the surviving corporation or the corporation
that is incorporated
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by a merger shall succeed the rights and duties accruing from the designation or the registration.
In this case, when the inheritor
falls under the grounds of disqualification provided for in Article 23-3
or 23-8, he shall transfer his soil-related specialized
agency or his soil purification business to any
other person within 3 months from the date on which he is found to fall under the
grounds of disqualification.
(2) Anyone who takes over the soil-related specialized agency or the soil purification business by
means of the auction provided for in the Civil Execution Act, the conversion provided for in the Bankruptcy
Act, the sale of the
seized property provided for in the National Tax Collection Act, the Customs
Act or the Local Tax Act, or according to procedures
corresponding thereto shall succeed the rights
and the duties accruing from the previous designation or the previous registration
provided for in
this Act.
(3) Anyone who succeeds the status of the soil-related specialized agency or the soil purification business
operator pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (2) shall make a report thereon to the Minister of Environment
within one month from the date on which he succeeds
such status under the conditions as prescribed
by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 23-13 (Succession of Effect of Administrative Disposition)
When anyone who obtains the designation of his soil-related specialized agency pursuant to Article
23-2 or anyone who registers
his soil purification business pursuant to Article 23-7 transfers his soil-related
specialized agency or his soil purification business
or a merger of corporation takes place, the transferee,
the inheritor, the corporation that is newly incorporated after a merger
or the surviving corporation
shall succeed the effect of the administrative disposition taken to the previous soil-related specialized
agency or the previous soil purification business operator on the grounds of violating each subparagraph
of Article 23-6 or 23-10
for one year from the date on which the disposition period expires and when
the procedures for the administrative disposition are
underway, such procedures for the administrative
disposition to the transferee, the inheritor, the corporation that is newly incorporated
after a merger
or the surviving corporation may continue: Provided, That the same shall not apply to a case where
the transferee,
the corporation that is newly incorporated after a merger or the surviving corporation
verifies that he or it does not learn of
the disposition or the fact of violation at the time when the
acquisition by transfer or the merger takes place.
[This Article
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Article 23-14 (Training of Technical Manpower by Soil-Related Specialized Agencies,
etc.)
(1) The technical manpower that works for any soil-related specialized agency and any soil purification
business shall undergo
training under the conditions as prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Environment.
(2) Anyone who employs persons liable to undergo the training referred to in paragraph (1) shall get
them to undergo the training.
In this case, expenses required for the training shall be borne by the
employer.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
CHAPTER SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 24 (Execution by Proxy)
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Where any person subjected to an examination of soil contamination, an order under Articles 11 (3)
and 14 (1), an order of detailed
soil survey under Article 15 (1), an order under Article 15 (3), an
order to execute the project to improve contaminated soil under
Article 19 (1), or an order to remove
the soil contaminants or to withdraw the facilities, etc. under Article 21 (3), fails to comply
with such
orders, the head of Si/Gun/Gu may carry out the orders by proxy under the conditions as determined
by the Administrative
Vicarious Execution Act, and collect the relevant expenses from the person
who has violated the orders. 1. Cultivation of fertile agricultural soil such as bringing fertile soil from another place to prevent
soil contamination, etc.;
2. Measures to prevent contamination of surrounding agricultural land on account of wastes and hazardous
materials from abandoned
mines;
3. Restoration of soil that is damaged by installation of industrial facilities, etc.; or
4. Other matters which are determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment as necessary
for soil conservation.
Article 26 (State Subsidy)
The State may subsidize or finance the soil conservation project that is promoted by a local government
within the budget.
Article 26-2 (Report and Examination, etc.)
(1) The head of Si/Gun/Gu may, under the conditions as determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry
of Environment, order the installer
of the facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination
to furnish the data necessary for his supervision, and have
public officials under his control enter
the facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination to inspect whether
the facilities to
prevent soil contamination is installed, the examination of soil contamination is conducted and its results
are
preserved, etc. 1. The current state of the facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination;
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2. The result of the soil contamination examination that is informed of pursuant to Article 13 (4);
and
3. Details of the order given to take measures and the result of the survey provided for in Article
14.
(2) The Mayor/Do governor shall put together the material that is submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1) and report such material
to the Minister of Environment by the end of February every year.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 26-4 (Standards for Administrative Disposition)
The detailed standards for the administrative disposition provided for in
Articles 23-6 and 23-10 shall
be set by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment taking into account the categories of the act
of violation and the extent of violation, etc.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 26-5 (Hearing)
The Minister of Environment or the head of Si/Gun/Gu shall, where he intends to make dispositions
falling under any of the following
subparagraphs, conduct the hearing:
1. Order to withdraw facilities under Article 21 (3);
2. Revocation of designation of the soil-related specialized agency under Article 23-6; and
3. Revocation of the registration of the soil purification business provided for in Article 23-10.
[This Article Newly Inserted by
Act No. 6452, Mar. 28, 2001]
Article 27 (Delegation of Powers)
The power of the Minister of Environment as prescribed by this Act may be delegated in part to
the head of agency under his control,
as determined by the Presidential Decree.
Article 28 (Penal Provisions)
Anyone who fails to carry out the execution order as provided in Article 19 (1) or person who initiates
the project to improve soil
contamination without obtaining the approval as provided in Article 19 (2),
shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than
5 years or a fine not exceeding 30 million won.
Article 29 (Penal Provisions)
Anyone falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by imprisonment for not
more than 2 years or by a fine
not exceeding 10 million won:
1. One who has failed to execute an order given to take measures to purify contaminated soil under
Article 11 (3) or 14 (1);
2. One who has failed to execute an order given to suspend the use of the facilities subject to the
control of specific soil contamination
under Article 14 (3);
3. One who has failed to execute an order given under Article 15 (3);
4. One who has dumped any contaminated soil in violation of subparagraph 1 of Article 15-4;
5. One who has failed to execute an order given to remove soil contaminants or withdraw facilities,
etc. under Article 21 (3);
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6. One who has performed the work of the soil-related specialized agency without obtaining the designation
required under Article
23-2 (1); and
7. One who has run the soil purification business without having the business registered pursuant
to Article 23-7 (1).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 30 (Penal Provisions)
Anyone falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by imprisonment with
prison labor for not more than one
year or by a fine not exceeding 5 million won:
1. One who has lowered the contamination level that falls short the scale subject to the verification
of the purification process
provided for in the proviso of Article 15-6 (1) by flimsily conducting
the detailed soil survey provided for in Article 11 (3),
14 (1) or 15 (1) by deliberation or gross
negligence;
2. One who has installed the facilities subject to the control of specific soil contamination without
making a report thereon required
under the former part of Article 12 (1) or has made a false
report thereon;
3. One who has failed to install the soil-contamination prevention facilities in violation of Article
12 (3);
4. One who has failed to execute an order given to install or improve the soil-contamination prevention
facilities provided for in
Article 14 (1);
5. One who has purified any contaminated soil in violation of Article 15-3 (1);
6. One who has shipped any contaminated soil to a place that is neither the site where the soil is
contaminated or nor the site of
the facilities that are owned by any soil purification business operator
for the purpose of purifying such contaminated soil in
violation of Article 15-3 (3);
7. One who has lowered the soil contamination density by mixing the contaminated soil with other
soil in violation of Article 15-3
(4);
8. One who has discharged or leaked any contaminated soil in violation of subparagraph 2 of Article
15-4;
9. One who has failed to get the soil-related specialized agency to perform the verification in violation
of Article 15-6 (1);
10. One who has not treated any contaminated soil below the purification standards by failing to comply
with the procedures for,
the contents of and the methods of the verification provided for in Article
15-6 (4) by deliberation or gross negligence;
11. One who has rejected, impeded or dodged the guidance and supervision provided for in Article
19 (1);
12. One who has installed any facilities in the region requiring countermeasures in violation of Article
21 (2);
13. One who has had his soil-related specialized agency designated or his soil purification business
registered by means of fraud
and illegality;
14. One who has got any other person to perform the work of the soil-related specialized agency
by permitting the latter to use his
name or has lent his written designation to any other person
in violation of Article 23-4;
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15. One who has got any other person to run the soil purification business by permitting the latter
to use his name and firm name
or has lent his registration certificate to any other person in violation
of Article 23-9 (1);
16. One who has subcontracted his contracted soil purification work in the block in violation of Article
23-9 (2); and
17. One who has rejected, impeded or dodged the access and check of public officials provided for
in Article 26-2 (1) and (2).
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 7291, Dec. 31, 2004]
Article 31 (Joint Penal Provisions)
In a case where the representative of a juristic person or an agent, servant or employee of a juristic
person or an individual commits
an act falling under any of Articles 28 through 30 in relation to the
business of such juristic person or individual, the juristic
person or the individual, as well as the offender
shall be subject to a fine under the respective Articles.
Article 32 (Fines for
Negligence)
(1) Anyone falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by a fine for negligence
not exceeding 2 million won:
1. One who has obstructed or rejected the activities of public officials or staff of the soil-related
specialized agency provided
for in Article 8 (5) without any justifiable grounds;
2. One who has failed to execute an order given to conduct the detailed soil survey provided for
in Article 11 (3), 14 (1) or 15
(1);
3. One who has failed to promptly inform the head of Si/Gun/Gu of the result of the detailed soil
survey in violation of Article
11 (4), 14 (2) or 15 (2);
4. One who has failed to make a change report in violation of the latter part of Article 12 (1);
5. One who has failed to undergo the examination or to keep the result of the examination provided
for in Article 13 (1) or (4);
6. One who has failed to submit the plan for purifying the contaminated soil or the changed plan for
purifying the contaminated soil
provided for in Article 15-6 (2);
7. One who has dumped specific substances harmful to water quality, wastes, toxic chemicals, sewage,
excreta or livestock excreta
in the region requiring countermeasures in violation of Article 21 (1);
8. One who has failed to obtain the changed designation provided for in the latter part of Article
23-2 (1);
9. One who has failed to observe the matters provided for in Articles 23-2 (4) and 23-9 (3);
10. One who has failed to register the changed matters provided for in the latter part of Article 23-7
(1);
11. One who has failed to undergo the training or one who has prevented anyone from undergoing the
training in violation of Article
23-14 (1) or (2); and
12. One who has failed to make a report or submit material or has made a false report or submitted
false material in violation of
Article 26-2 (1) and (2).
(2) Deleted.
(3) The Minister of Environment, the Mayor/Do governor, or the head of Si/Gun/Gu (hereinafter referred
to as the "imposing authority")
shall impose and collect the fine for negligence as provided in paragraph
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(1) under the conditions as prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
(4) The person who is dissatisfied with a disposition of fine for negligence as provided in paragraph
(3) may raise an objection
to the imposing authority within 30 days of the notification of the fine for
negligence.
(5) In a case where the person who has been subjected to the disposition of the fine for negligence
under paragraph (3) raises an
objection as provided in paragraph (4), the imposing authority shall
notify a competent court of the objection without delay, and
the notified court shall proceed to a trial
on the fine for negligence in accordance with the Non-Contentious Case Litigation Procedure
Act.
(6) If an objection has not been raised within the designated period as provided in paragraph (4) and
the fine has not been
paid, such fine for negligence shall be collected by referring to the practices
of dispositions on default of national or local
taxes.
ADDENDA
(1) (Enforcement Date) This Act shall enter into force one year following the date of its promulgation.
(2) (Transitional Measures
with Regard to Installer of Facilities Inducing Soil Contamination) The person
who is in the process of installing the facilities
inducing soil contamination (including those who operates
such the facilities) at the time of the enforcement of this Act, shall
make a report to the Mayor/Do
governor with respect to the matters as prescribed in Article 11 (1), and take preventive measures
against
soil contamination as prescribed in Article 11 (2), within six months after the enforcement date of this
Act.
ADDENDUM
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 1998. (Proviso Omitted.)
ADDENDUM
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2002.
Article 2 (Transitional Measures for Result of Regular Measuring)
The result
of regular measuring of the measurement networks installed by the Mayor/Do governor
under the previous provisions at the time of
enforcement of this Act shall be deemed to be the result
of investigation of actual conditions of soil contamination under the amendments
to Article 5 (2).
Article 3 (Transitional Measures for Facilities Inducing Soil Contamination)
Activities of reports, etc. filed
with the Mayor/Do governor and activities of corrective orders, etc.
by the Mayor/Do governor in connection with the facilities
inducing soil contamination under the previous
provisions at the time of enforcement of this Act shall be deemed to be activities
against the Mayor/Do
governor or activities by the Mayor/Do governor in connection with the facilities inducing a specific
soil
contamination under this Act.
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Article 4 (Transitional Measures for Soil-Related Specialized Agency)
The soil-related specialized agency under the previous provisions
at the time of enforcement of this
Act shall be deemed to be the soil-related specialized agency designated under the amendments
to
Article 23-2.
Article 5 (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)
In applying penal provisions to activities committed prior to the enforcement
of this Act, the previous
provisions shall govern.
Article 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2003.
Articles 2 through 12 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the
amended provisions of Articles
15-3 (2) and (3), 15-6, 23-2 (1) 1 (d) and (e) and 23-14 shall enter
into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Article
2 (Application Example concerning Soil Purification Work)
The amended provisions of Article 15-3 (2), Article 15-6 and Article 23-9
(2) shall apply to the soil
purification work that is performed on and after the enforcement of this Act.
Article 3 (Application
Example concerning Administrative Disposition Taken to Soil-Related Specialized Agency)
In taking an administrative disposition
provided for in the amended provisions of subparagraph 7 of
Article 23-6 to anyone who is designated as the soil-related specialized
agency at the time of the
enforcement of this Act, the date on which its business commences shall be deemed the date on which
this
Act enters into force.
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Article 4 (Transitional Measure concerning Region Requiring Countermeasures)
The development and implementation of any countermeasure
plan, restrictions on the use of lands,
etc. and restrictions on any act for and in the area that is designated as the region requiring
countermeasures
pursuant to the previous provisions at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall be governed
by the previous
provisions, notwithstanding the amended provisions of Articles 18, 20 and 21.
Article 5 (Transitional Measure concerning Grounds
of Disqualification of Soil-Related Specialized Agency)
The amended provisions of subparagraph 4 or 5 of Article 23-3 shall not
apply to anyone who is
designated as the soil-related specialized agency at the time of the enforcement of this Act for 2
years
from the date on which this Act enters into force.
Article 6 (Transitional Measure concerning Registration of Soil Purification
Business)
Anyone who runs the soil purification business at the time of the enforcement of this Act shall have
his business registered
with the Minister of Environment within 3 months from the date on which
this Acts enters into force in accordance with the amended
provisions of Article 23-7.
Article 7 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 6 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 9 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 11 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 11 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
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This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso Omitted.)
Articles 2 through 16 Omitted.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDUM
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
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