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ACT ON THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LIVESTOCK EXCRETA

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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the sustainable development of the livestock industry in harmony with the environment and to the improvement of national health by converting livestock excreta into resources or disposing thereof properly, thereby preventing environmental pollution.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Dec. 27, 2016; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The term "livestock" means cattle, swine, horses, chickens, and other domesticated animals prescribed by Presidential Decree;

2. The term "livestock excreta" means excrement and urine excreted by livestock, or a mixture of water used in the course of raising livestock and excrement and urine of livestock;

3. The term "livestock facility" means a facility or place where livestock manure is generated from livestock raising, such as a livestock barn, an exercise yard, and any other facilities or places prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment;

4. The term "resource recovery plant" means a facility for converting livestock excreta into manure, liquid manure, or bio-energy (hereinafter referred to as "resource recovery") referred to in subparagraph 2f of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of the Development, Use and Diffusion of New and Renewable Energy;

4-2. The term "livestock excreta solid fuel" means solid fuel produced through separation, drying, formulation, etc. of livestock excreta;

5. The term "manure" means any substance excluding liquid manure, made by fermenting livestock excreta containing ingredients of fertilizers, which meets standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;

6. The term "liquid manure" means any substance made by fermenting livestock excreta in liquid form, which meets standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;

7. The term "purification facility" means a facility that purifies livestock excreta according to the methods prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (hereinafter referred to as "purification"), such as sedimentation, decomposition;

Article 5(Master plans for management of livestock excreta) #

(1) A Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall formulate a master plan for the management of livestock excreta in their jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as a "master plan for the management of livestock excreta") every 10 years and shall obtain approval of such plan from the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. The same shall also apply to the modification of important matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in the master plan for the management of livestock excreta. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to approve the formulation or modification of a master plan for the management of livestock excreta under paragraph (1), the Minister shall consult with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the heads of relevant central administrative agencies. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) Where any reason for the formulation, revision, etc. of the following master plans arises, the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall incorporate such reason into the master plan for the management of livestock excreta: <Amended on Nov. 28, 2017; Dec. 31, 2022>

1. The framework plan for sewerage maintenance under Article 6 of the Sewerage Act;

2. The master plan for a circular economy under Article 10(1) of the Act on Facilitation of Transition to Circular Economy and Society;

3. Any other public plan necessary for the management of livestock excreta.

(4) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall formulate a detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta within his or her jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as "detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta") based on a master plan for the management of livestock excreta, and submit it to the Mayor/Do Governor; provided, in cases of a Metropolitan Self-Governing City or Special Self-Governing Province, procedures for formulating a detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government.

(5) Matters to be included in master plans for the management of livestock excreta and a detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 7(Fact-finding survey on livestock excreta) #

(1) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, a Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall conduct a fact-finding survey on the quantity of fertilizers contained in farmland, the quantity of fertilizers supplied, and the status of environmental pollution caused by livestock excreta, etc., (hereinafter referred to as "fact-finding survey on livestock excreta") in order to efficiently formulate and implement policies related to the management and use of livestock excreta. In such cases, the Mayor/Do Governor, the Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or the Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall incorporate the result of the fact-finding survey on livestock excreta into the relevant master plan for the management of livestock excreta. <Amended on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) Survey item by purpose, designation of an area subject to a survey, survey methods, and other necessary matters for the fact-finding survey on livestock excreta shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(3) When the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment conducts a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta, the head of the relevant local government shall cooperate to ensure that such survey is conducted smoothly. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) When conducting a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta, a Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall report the survey plan and its results to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) If livestock farmers in an area where the quantity of fertilizers contained in farmland is found to be excessive or the quantity of fertilizers supplied is found to exceed its demand in the course of a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta relocate or demolish their livestock pens, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may subsidize costs incurred in relocating or demolishing the livestock pens, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 8(Restrictions on raising of livestock) #

(1) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may designate and publicly notify a specific area to impose restrictions on raising livestock within the area, as prescribed by ordinance of the local government, if it is deemed necessary to impose such restrictions in any of the following areas in order to conserve the living environment of residents or the quality of potable water sources; provided, if there is a request of an adjacent local government in the border area between local governments, the head may impose restrictions on raising livestock by designating and publicly notify a specific area in consultation with the relevant local governments: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. A high-density residential area, the living environment of which needs to be protected;

2. A water-source protection area under Article 7 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, an area subject to special measures under Article 38 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy, or any similar area, the water environment of which needs to be preserved;

3. Waterfront areas designated and publicly notified pursuant to Article 4(1) of the Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents of the Han River Basin; Article 4(1) of the Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Nakdong River Basin; Article 4(1) of the Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Geum River Basin; and Article 4(1) of the Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Yeongsan and Seomjin River Basins;

4. An area that exceeds environmental standards under Article 12 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy;

5. An area requested by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the competent Mayor/Do Governor to be designated and publicly notified as a zone where the raising of livestock may be restricted under paragraph (2).

(2) For an area that has caused or is likely to cause damage or harm to the conservation of water quality or the aquatic ecosystem due to livestock excreta, etc., among the areas where a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta has been conducted under Article 7(1) and the areas specified in paragraph (1)2 through 4, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the competent Mayor/Do Governor may request the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu to designate and publicly notify such area as a zone where the raising of livestock may be restricted. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order a person who raises livestock within an area designated and publicly notified as a zone in which livestock raising is restricted pursuant to paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "livestock-raising restriction zone") to relocate livestock pens, remove hazards, and take other necessary measures.

(4) When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu issues an order to relocate livestock pens pursuant to paragraph (3), he or she shall grant a grace period of at least one year, and shall provide reasonable compensation for relocation, such as financial support, arranging a site in accordance with the standards and procedures prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(5) If it is deemed necessary to modify or revoke the designation of a livestock-raising restriction zone, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall modify or revoke such designation, as prescribed by ordinance of the local government and shall publicly notify the modification or revocation; provided, for a livestock-raising restriction zone under paragraph (1) 5, the head shall consult with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the competent Mayor/Do Governor who requested the designation and public notice. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 9(Designation of environment-friendly livestock farms) #

(1) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may designate a livestock farm that maintains livestock pens in an environment-friendly manner and contributes to appropriate management and use of livestock excreta as an environment-friendly livestock farm.

(2) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may attach the following conditions when designating an environment-friendly livestock farm:

1. The density of raised livestock shall be maintained in compliance with matters to be observed prescribed in Article 26 of the Livestock Industry Act, and its living environment shall be improved;

2. Livestock excreta shall be recovered and shall be fully reinstated as farmland;

3. An environment-friendly livestock pen shall be created by planting trees for landscaping, etc.;

4. Facilities for reducing malodors shall be installed and operated so as not to undermine the living conditions in nearby areas;

5. Other standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall be observed.

(3) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may provide the following support to livestock farms designated as environmentally-friendly livestock farms: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Financial support necessary for the management of livestock pens and livestock excreta;

2. Exemption from reporting and inspections under Article 41;

3. Other matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

(4) If a person whose farm is designated as an environment-friendly livestock farm falls under any of the following, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may cancel such designation; provided, the designation shall be cancelled in cases falling under subparagraph 1:

1. If the person obtains the designation by fraudulent or other illegal means;

2. If the person fails to fulfill any condition attached pursuant to paragraph (2);

3. If the farm ceases to meet any of the standards for the designation prescribed in paragraph (6);

4. If the person becomes subject to an administrative disposition, punishment, or administrative fine for violating this Act or the Livestock Industry Act, making his or her farm inappropriate as an environment-friendly livestock farm.

(5) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, a Mayor/Do Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, and a producers' organization shall proactively utilize exemplary cases of the operation of an environmentally-friendly livestock farm for education or public relations. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) Matters necessary for standards for the designation of environment-friendly livestock farms, the procedures for application, and other relevant matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 11(Installation of waste-generating facilities) #

(1) A person who intends to install, or has been installing or operating a waste-generating facility at least the size prescribed by Presidential Decree, shall prepare a plan for the installation of the waste-generating facility (including matters regarding livestock excreta disposal and reducing malodors) as prescribed by Presidential Decree, and obtain permission from the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>

(2) A person who has obtained permission under paragraph (1) shall obtain permission for modification when intending to modify any significant matter prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and shall file a report on modification when intending to modify any other matter. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) A person who intends to install, or is installing or operating, a livestock facility at least the size prescribed by Presidential Decree, shall report thereon to the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, if the livestock facility is not subject to permission under paragraph (1). The same shall also apply to any modification to the reported matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) No person shall use a waste-generating facility installed or altered without permission, permission for alteration, a report, or a report on alteration prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), or entrust the raising of livestock (hereinafter referred to as "entrustment of livestock raising") by providing his or her livestock, feed, etc. to those who raise livestock by using such facility.

(5) When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu receives a report on alteration under paragraph (2), a report under the former part of paragraph (3), or a report on alteration under the latter part of that paragraph, he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 12-2(Standards for installation of disposal facilities) #

(1) A person who intends to install a treatment facility (hereinafter referred to as "treatment facility installer"), from among livestock facility installers, joint treatment facility installers, public treatment facility installers, persons who have filed a recycling report under Article 27, and a person with permission for livestock excreta treatment business under Article 28 (1) 2, shall comply with the standards for the installation of treatment facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) A person who installs a resource recovery plant producing liquid organic fertilizer shall secure grassland, farmland, an area designated as an experimental forest under Article 47 of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act, or golf courses among sports facilities under Article 3 of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act, which are necessary for applying liquid organic fertilizer (hereinafter referred to as "areas permitted for applying liquid organic fertilizer") in accordance with the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, following consultation conducted by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) A person who installs a purification facility shall install a facility capable of separating livestock excreta into feces and urine for separate storage, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, this shall not apply where certain requirements prescribed by Presidential Decree are satisfied, such as where compliance with the effluent water quality standards under Article 13 (hereinafter referred to as "effluent water quality standards") is possible without separating feces and urine for separate storage.

(4) If a person obligated to install facilities for separating livestock into excrement and urine for separate storage pursuant to paragraph (3) fails to install such facilities, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order him or her to install the facilities within a specified period, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 15(Completion inspections of waste-generating facilities) #

(1) When a livestock facility installer or a treatment facility installer has completed the installation or modification of a livestock facility or a treatment facility, such installer shall file an application for completion inspection with the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, to undergo a completion inspection (hereinafter referred to as "completion inspection"); provided, this shall not apply to a person who has filed for registration of fertilizer production business under Article 11 of the Fertilizer Control Act. In such cases, documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment may be submitted in lieu of a completion inspection. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) In receipt of an application for a completion inspection, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall inspect whether facilities subject to the inspection have been installed in compliance with the following and shall determine and notify whether the facilities successfully pass the completion inspection within 15 days from the date an application is filed:

1. Details of the permission or permission for alteration or report for installation or alteration under Article 11;

2. Standards for installation, etc. under Article 12-2(1) through (3);

3. Details of a report on recycling or a report on alteration of recycling under Article 27;

4. Details of permission for, permission for alternation of, or a report on alternation of the livestock excreta disposal business prescribed in Article 28(1)2.

(3) If it is necessary to change the scheduled time of a completion inspection due to unavoidable circumstances, a person who has filed an application for a completion inspection under paragraph (1) shall file an application for a change of the completion inspection, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, before undergoing the completion inspection under paragraph (2). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) A treatment facility installer who has been notified that the completion inspection under paragraph (2) has been passed shall operate the facility to treat livestock excreta in conformity with the following standards within a period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; in such cases, Articles 17(5) and 53(1)1 through 3 and (2)2 shall not apply during the period: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Quality standards for discharged water under Article 13;

2. Standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure under Article 13-2(1) or legal standards of commercial fertilizer in cases of manure or liquid manure to which the Fertilizer Control Act applies;

3. Standards for solid fuel under Article 13-2(2).

(5) With respect to facilities for which a notification of passing a completion inspection has been made pursuant to paragraph (2), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall inspect the operational status of such facilities without delay after the period pursuant to paragraph (4), and request an inspection agency prescribed by Presidential Decree to conduct an inspection by collecting a sample in order to examine whether the standards of each subparagraph of paragraph (4) are met. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015>

(6) An agency, in receipt of a request for an inspection under paragraph (5), shall examine as to whether a relevant sample satisfies the standards of each subparagraph of paragraph (4), and notify the head of a Si/Gun/Gu of the results thereof within one month from the date an inspection is requested. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015>

(7) The standards for taking a sample, the methods for examining the quality of discharged water, manure, liquid manure or livestock excreta solid fuel pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 17(Management of waste-generating and disposal facilities) #

(1) A livestock facility installer and an operator of the installed livestock facility (hereinafter referred to as "livestock facility installer and operator"), a treatment facility installer and an operator of the installed treatment facility (hereinafter referred to as "treatment facility installer and operator"), or a person who applies compost or liquid organic fertilizer shall not engage in any of the following conduct in treating livestock excreta or applying compost or liquid organic fertilizer: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Discharging livestock excreta without treating it through a disposal facility or installing a facility through which livestock excreta can be discharged without treating it through a disposal facility;

2. Discharging livestock excreta flowing into a disposal facility without resource recovery or without discharging it through the final discharge outlet (hereinafter referred to as "halfway discharge") or installing a facility for discharging livestock excreta halfway; provided, this shall not apply where the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu recognizes that halfway discharge is necessary for producing liquid manure in the process of disposing of livestock excreta, etc. by a disposal facility;

3. Mixing water with livestock excreta flowing into a purification facility in an attempt to purify it, or discharging livestock excreta after mixing it with water; provided, this shall not apply where the head of the competent a Si/Gun/Gu recognizes that it is possible to purify livestock excreta only by mixing it with water in such process, subject to consultation with the Korea Environment Corporation under the Korea Environment Corporation Act or other relevant specialized institutions;

4. Producing and using compost or liquid organic fertilizer which fails to meet any of the standards for composting and liquid organic fertilizer production, or transferring such compost or liquid organic fertilizer to a third person, where livestock excreta are treated at a resource recovery plant; provided, this shall not apply where compost or liquid organic fertilizer which fails to meet any of the standards for composting and liquid organic fertilizer production is transferred to a person who intends to use it after fermenting it again, as prescribed by Presidential Decree;

5. Applying liquid organic fertilizer produced at a resource recovery plant producing liquid organic fertilizer over any place other than where the installer of a relevant resource recovery plant has secured to apply liquid organic fertilizer, or violating the application standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment;

6. Dumping manure or liquid manure without using it as a fertilizer, or dumping livestock excreta solid fuel without using it as fuel;

7. Discharging livestock excreta not in compliance with the quality standards for discharged water by not operating purification facilities properly without justifiable grounds.

(2) Where the installer and operator of a treatment facility find it difficult to ensure the normal operation of a purification facility for any unavoidable cause prescribed by Presidential Decree, and thus if there is a concern of failure to meet the effluent water quality standards, such installer and operator shall report it to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu in advance as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, and take necessary measures to prevent the leakage of livestock excreta. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu receives a report under paragraph (2), he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021>

(4) A livestock facility installer and operator or treatment facility installer and operator shall use it in the facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) If the head of a Si/Gun/Gu finds that a waste-generating facility or a disposal facility has been operated in breach of paragraph (1) or (4), he or she may order the installer and operator of a relevant waste-generating facility, the installer and operator of a relevant discharge facility, or a person who sprays manure or liquid manure, to make necessary improvements to the relevant facility, the act of spraying manure or liquid manure, etc. within a specified period as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 18(Cancellation of permission) #

(1) Where an installer or operator of a waste-generating facility or an operator of a disposal facility installed by the waste-generating facility installer falls under any of the following, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may cancel the relevant permission for installation or alteration of the waste-generating facility, or order its closure or the suspension of its use for not more than six months; provided, the permission for installation or alteration of a waste-generating facility shall be canceled, or the closure of a waste-generating facility shall be ordered, when falling under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4, 12, and 13: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

1. Where he or she acquires the permission for installation or alteration or reports on installation or alteration by fraudulent or other illegal means;

2. Where he or she fails to engage in the raising of livestock for at least three years without just grounds;

3. Where he or she removes the waste-generating facility in order to discontinue raising livestock, or if it is confirmed that the waste-generating facility has been demolished;

4. Where he or she has installed the waste-generating facility in places where the installation of a waste-generating facility is banned under this Act or other Acts;

5. Where he or she fails to comply with measures ordered under Article 10(2);

6. Where he or she has installed the waste-generating facility without acquiring permission for, or reporting on, the installation of a waste-generating facility prescribed in Article 11(1) or (3) in places not banned from the installation of a waste-generating facility under this Act or other Acts;

7. Where he or she alters the waste-generating facility without acquiring permission for alteration or reporting on alteration as required under Article 11(2) and (3);

8. Where he or she fails to install or alter the disposal facility as required under Article 12(1);

9. Where he or she uses the waste-generating facility or disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection prescribed in Article 15 for the relevant waste-generating facility or disposal facility;

10. Where he or she commits an offence falling under Article 17(1)1 or 2;

11. Where he or she fails to comply with an improvement order prescribed in Article 17(5);

12. Where it is found that the quality standards for discharged water and the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure are not met as the result of an examination and inspection prescribed in Article 18-3(2), and where it is deemed impracticable to satisfy the quality standards for discharged water and the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure even after the relevant waste-generating facility is improved or a disposal facility is installed or improved;

13. Where he or she fails to comply with an order to suspend operation issued as he or she is found to fall under any of subparagraphs 5 through 11.

(2) Matters necessary for the detailed standards for administrative dispositions under paragraph (1) and other relevant matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 24(Installation of public disposal facilities) #

(1) The heads of local governments or agricultural cooperatives may install a public treatment facility (in cases of agricultural cooperatives, it shall be limited to resource recovery plants into resources; hereinafter the same shall apply) if necessary to treat livestock excreta generated at livestock farms; provided, the installation of a public treatment facility by agricultural cooperatives shall be permitted only when it serves public purposes prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) The heads of local governments or agricultural cooperatives shall install a public treatment facility in compliance with the installation standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or agricultural cooperatives intend to install or modify a public treatment facility under paragraph (1), they shall obtain approval from the competent Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor (referring to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment when the Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor installs a public treatment facility; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. This shall also apply where they intend to modify important matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment among approved matters. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) Where the heads of local governments or agricultural cooperative intend to install a public treatment facility by obtaining financial support from the State, they shall consult with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment in advance regarding financing installation projects as well as expenditure details, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) Where the heads of local governments finally treat livestock excreta that has undergone intermediate treatment at public disposal facilities (referring to the status of treatment that fails to meet the quality standards for discharged water; hereinafter the same shall apply) by channelling such excreta into public sewerage treatment plants under subparagraph 9 of Article 2 of the Sewerage Act (hereinafter referred to as "public sewerage treatment plants") or excreta treatment facilities under subparagraph 11 of that Article, and where they have determined and publicly notified the project plan for public sewerage installation including matters related to the installation of the relevant public disposal facilities, or publicly notified the change thereof, or obtained authorization or authorization for change pursuant to Article 11 of that Act, it shall be deemed that they have obtained approval or approval for change under paragraph (3).

(6) Where the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor grants approval pursuant to paragraph (3), if any of the following matters is required in order to install a public disposal facility for disposing of livestock excreta after mixing it with wastes, such as food wastes, or to change an existing public disposal facility to a public disposal facility for disposing of livestock excreta after mixing it with wastes, such as food wastes, he or she shall pre-consult with the head of the relevant administrative agency:

1. Permission, permission for alteration, or report on alteration of the waste treatment business under Article 25(3) and (11) of the Wastes Control Act;

2. Approval, approval for alteration, report, or report on alteration in relation to the installation of a waste disposal facility under Article 29(2) and (3) of the Wastes Control Act.

(7) With regard to matters on which the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor consults with the head of the relevant administrative agency pursuant to paragraph (6) 　 when he or she grants approval under paragraph (3), it shall be deemed that permission, permission for alteration, approval, or approval of alteration has been acquired, and report or report on alteration has been made under subparagraphs of paragraph (6) with respect to the relevant pubic disposal facility.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 25(Operation of public disposal facilities) #

(1) Where the heads of local governments or agricultural cooperatives who have installed a public disposal facility (hereinafter referred to as "public disposal facility installer") intend to start to use or alter the public disposal facility, they shall publicly announce the scope of waste-generating facilities and areas subject to treatment; provided, in cases of agricultural cooperatives, they shall request the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu to make such public announcement.

(2) Where a public treatment facility installer makes a public announcement under paragraph (1), he or she may issue the following orders to those who install and operate livestock facilities subject to treatment at the public treatment facility stated in the announcement, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, in cases of agricultural cooperatives, they shall request the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu to issue the following orders: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. To install facilities that can store livestock excreta;

2. To install facilities that can separate livestock excreta into excrement and urine for discharge.

(3) A public disposal facility installer or a person who has gained permission for the business of management of livestock excreta facility prescribed in Article 28(1)3 to vicariously manage a public disposal facility (hereinafter referred to as "public disposal facility installer, etc.") shall preferentially import livestock excreta produced at small-scale waste-generating facilities when disposing of livestock excreta at public disposal facilities.

(4) When a public disposal facility has surplus capacity for treatment, a public disposal facility installer, etc. may take livestock excreta generated in its jurisdiction into the public disposal facility for disposal.

(5) Where the heads of local governments intend to treat livestock excreta that has undergone intermediate treatment at a public treatment facility by channeling it into a public sewerage treatment plant, he or she shall do so in compliance with the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) A public treatment facility installer, etc. shall measure the quality of water discharged from the public treatment facility or test the composition of compost and liquid organic fertilizer produced, and keep records thereof for 3 years, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(7) A public disposal facility installer shall undergo a technical examination of his or her public disposal facility once every five years pursuant to Article 13(1) of the Environmental Technology and Industry Support Act in order to check the state of management of the public disposal facility.

(8) Where deemed necessary to improve the state of management of a public treatment facility as the result of a technical examination under paragraph (7), the relevant public treatment facility installer shall establish and implement an improvement plan, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(9) No public treatment facility installer, etc. shall engage in any of the following conduct: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Discharging water in excess of the quality standards for discharged water;

2. Producing manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure and liquid manure;

3. Producing livestock excreta solid fuel not in compliance with the standards for livestock excreta solid fuel;

4. Halfway discharging livestock excreta flowing into a public disposal facility or installing a facility through which livestock excreta can be discharged halfway; provided, this shall not apply where prior halfway discharge is deemed necessary to produce liquid manure during the disposal process at disposal facilities when approval for installation or alteration of a public disposal facility is obtained from the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor in accordance with Article 24(3);

5. Disposing of livestock excreta flowing into a public disposal facility by mixing it with water or discharging livestock excreta after mixing it with water; provided, this shall not apply if the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor recognizes that it is possible to treat pollutants only by mixing with water in the process of disposal of livestock excreta after consultations with relevant specialized institutions, such as Korea Environment Corporation under the Korea Environment Corporation Act;

6. Applying liquid organic fertilizer produced at a public treatment facility over any place other than a place where the relevant public treatment facility installer, etc. has secured to apply liquid organic fertilizer, or violating the application standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment;

7. Dumping manure or liquid manure without using it as a fertilizer.

(10) Where a public disposal facility installer, etc. falls under any of the following, the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor may order the public disposal facility installer, etc. to take necessary measures, such as improving the relevant facility, etc. within a specified period as prescribed by Presidential Decree:

1. When a public disposal facility installer, etc. fails to measure the quality of discharged water or to test the composition of manure and liquid manure as required under paragraph (6);

2. When a public disposal facility installer, etc. commits a prohibited act falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (9);

3. When a public disposal facility installer, etc. violates the standards for installation prescribed in Article 24(2).

(11) The operational standards for public treatment facilities shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(12) Where agricultural cooperatives install or operate public treatment facilities, the competent Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor may manage and supervise matters related to the execution of installation budget, the installation and operation of facilities, etc. as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 26(Collection, transportation and disposal of livestock excreta, defrayment of costs) #

(1) A public disposal facility installer may collect or transport livestock excreta himself/herself, or require a person who has obtained permission for the business of collecting and transporting livestock excreta referred to in Article 28(2)1 (hereinafter referred to as "collector/transporter") to collect and transport it vicariously, or require a livestock farmer to transport livestock excreta on his or her own, as prescribed by Municipal Ordinance of the local government; provided, in cases of agricultural cooperatives, the collection and transportation by proxy may be allowed pursuant to the Articles of association of agricultural cooperatives following consultations with the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu.

(2) Standards for the collection, transportation, or disposition of livestock excreta shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) No collector/transporter who vicariously collects or transports livestock excreta pursuant to paragraph (1) shall collect or transport livestock excreta generated from a discharge facility of a person who violates an order to take measures under Article 25(2).

(4) A public disposal facility installer, etc. may refuse to dispose of livestock excreta generated from a waste-generating facility of a person who violates an order to take measures provided for in Article 25(2).

(5) Where a public disposal facility installer collects, transports, or disposes of livestock excreta, he or she may recover the costs incurred in the operation of the public disposal facility from a person who discharges livestock excreta disposed of at the relevant public disposal facility, as prescribed by Municipal Ordinance of the local government. In such cases, such costs may be recovered at a differential rate according to the scale of each waste-generating facility, whether livestock excreta is separated for storage, and other factors.

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the costs that agricultural cooperatives may recover shall be prescribed by the Articles of association of agricultural cooperatives following consultations with the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu.

(7) The costs that the heads of local governments and agricultural cooperatives may recover pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be used only for the purposes of the operation of public disposal facilities.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 27(Reports on recycling of livestock excreta) #

(1) A person who intends to recycle livestock excreta (limited to cases of producing compost or liquid organic fertilizer; hereinafter the same shall apply) in not less than the quantity prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment or to collect and transport livestock excreta for the purpose of recycling, shall file a report thereon with the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, this shall not apply where a person who holds permission for installation or reports installation under Article 11 (1) or (3) or who holds permission for the business of livestock excreta treatment under Article 28 (1) 2 (hereinafter referred to as "livestock excreta treatment business entity") intends to recycle livestock excreta. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) Where a person who files a report under the main clause of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "person who has filed a recycling report") intends to change any important matter prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, he or she shall report the change to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) When the head of a Si/ Gun/Gu receives a report under the main clause of paragraph (1), or a report on alteration under paragraph (2), he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021>

(4) A person who has filed a recycling report shall install and operate recycling facilities in accordance with the installation and operation standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) When the head of a Si/ Gun/Gu deems that a recycling facility is installed and operated not in conformity with the standards under paragraph (4), he or she may order the builder or operator of the recycling facility to improve the relevant facility for a fixed period, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

(6) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order the closure of the recycling facility or set a period of not more than six months to prohibit the treatment of livestock excreta, such as prohibition of the importation of livestock excreta (hereinafter referred to as "prohibition of disposal"), if the person who reported recycling falls under any of the following: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

1. Where he or she fails to comply with an order to take necessary measures prescribed in Article 10(2);

2. Where he or she operates a disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection on the facility as prescribed in Article 15;

3. Where he or she fails to comply with an order to make improvements prescribed in Article 17(5);

4. Where he or she fails to comply with an order to make improvements prescribed in paragraph (5).

(7) Article 18-3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reporting and confirmation of the implementation of the order to a recycling reporter who has received an order to close a recycling facility or an order to prohibit of disposal under paragraph (6). <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 28(Livestock excreta-related business) #

(1) A person who intends to run a business vicariously performing the collection, transportation, or disposal of livestock excreta or the management of a disposal facility (hereinafter referred to as "livestock excreta-related business") shall be equipped with facilities, equipment, and technical capability complying with standards prescribed by Presidential Decree and obtain permission for each type of business according to the following classifications from the head of a Si/Gun/Gu. A person who intends to change any permitted matter shall obtain permission for such change or report such change in accordance with guidelines prescribed by Presidential Decree:

1. Livestock excreta collection and transportation business: the business of collecting and transporting livestock excreta;

2. Livestock excreta disposal business: the business of disposing of livestock excreta finally and safely by being equipped with resource recovery plants (excluding facilities for converting into manure or liquid manure) or purification facilities;

3. Livestock excreta facility management business: the business of vicariously performing the management and operation of disposal facilities.

(2) A person who wishes to gain permission for a livestock excreta-related business may submit his or her business plan to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu before applying for permission under paragraph (1) and request the head of a Si/Gun/Gu to review, in advance, as to whether the submitted plan is appropriate, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall review a business plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (2), and notify the results thereof within one month from the date the request for review is received.

(4) Where a person who is notified that his or her business plan is appropriate under paragraph (3) 　 applies for permission prescribed in paragraph (1) after being equipped with the facilities, equipment, and technical capability according to the relevant business plan within six months from the date of the notification, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall grant permission without delay.

(5) 　 The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may, if necessary for efficiently collecting, transporting, or disposing of livestock excreta generated within his or her jurisdiction, designate a business area or attach necessary conditions when he or she grants permission or revised permission under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(6) No person with permission for livestock excreta-related business under paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "business entity related to livestock excreta") shall allow any third person to use his or her trade name or personal name to run a livestock excreta-related business or lend his or her license to any third person.

(7) Matters necessary for the methods and procedures for permission, permission for modification, and reporting on modification under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(8) Where the head of a Si/Gun/Gu grants permission for the livestock excreta disposal business prescribed in paragraph (1)2, if any of the following is required to install a disposal facility for disposing of livestock excreta by mixing it with wastes, such as food wastes, he or she shall pre-consult with the head of the relevant administrative agency:

1. Permission, permission for alteration, or report on alteration of the waste treatment business under Article 25(3) and (11) of the Wastes Control Act;

2. Approval, approval for alteration, report, or report on alteration in relation to the installation of a waste disposal facility under Article 29(2) and (3) of the Wastes Control Act.

(9) With respect to matters on which the head of a Si/Gun/Gu consults with the head of the relevant administrative agency pursuant to paragraph (8), permission, permission for alteration, approval, or approval for alteration shall be deemed acquired, or report or report on alteration shall be deemed made under the subparagraphs of that paragraph with respect to the relevant disposal facility.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 29(Succession to status subject to permission or reporting) #

(1) If a recycling reporter or a business operator related to livestock excreta transfers his or her entire business or facilities to a third person or dies, or a recycling reporter or a business entity related to livestock excreta merges with another corporation, the transferee, heir, or the corporation surviving or incorporated following such merger shall succeed to the status of the preceding recycling reporter or business entity related to livestock excreta; provided, the foregoing shall not apply where the transferee of a business entity related to livestock excreta or the corporation surviving or incorporated following such merger with a business entity related to livestock excreta falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31.

(2) 　 A person who acquires the entire facilities of a recycling reporter or a business entity related to livestock excreta in accordance with any of the following procedures shall succeed to the status of the preceding recycling reporter or business entity related to livestock excreta:

1. Auction under the Civil Execution Act;

2. Conversion under the Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act;

3. Sale of seized property under the National Tax Collection Act, the Customs Act or the Local Tax Act;

4. Other procedures corresponding to the provisions of subparagraphs 1 through 3.

(3) If an heir who succeeds to the status of a business entity related to livestock excreta pursuant to paragraph (1) falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31, or if a corporation that succeeds to such status pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) falls under subparagraph 5 of Article 31, the heir shall transfer the business to a third person, or the corporation shall replace the executive officer at issue, within six months from the beginning of the inheritance proceedings or the date a merger is effected.

(4) A person who succeeds to the status under paragraph (1) or (2) shall report to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 32(Cancellation of permission) #

(1) If a business entity related to livestock excreta falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may cancel the permission or order the business corporation to suspend all or part of the business; provided, the permission shall be cancelled in cases falling under subparagraph 1,3, or 15: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

1. If the business corporation obtains permission or revised permission by fraudulent or other illegal means or fraudulently reports any change;

2. If the business corporation fails to commence the business within one year since it obtained permission or shuts down the business continuously for at least one year without just grounds;

3. If the business corporation continues the business during a period of business suspension;

4. If the business corporation violates any of the standards for the installation of disposal facilities provided for in Article 12-2(1) through (3);

5. If the business corporation uses a waste-generating facility or disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection on the waste-generating facility or disposal facility provided for in Article 15;

6. If the business corporation commits an act under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) in violation of the aforesaid paragraph;

7. If the business corporation violates any of the standards for the management of waste-generating facilities and disposal facilities provided for in Article 17(4);

8. If the business corporation violates any of the standards prescribed in Article 26(2) in collecting, transporting or disposing of livestock excreta;

9. If the business corporation engages in any type of business other than the business permitted pursuant to Article 28(1);

10. If the business corporation continues its business without obtaining a revised permission pursuant to Article 28(1);

11. If the business corporation ceases to satisfy any of the standards for permission under Article 28(1);

12. If the business corporation allows any third person to run a livestock excreta-related business, using its trade name or personal name, or lends its license to another person;

13. If the business corporation receives a charge or fee, in violation of guidelines under Article 30(1);

14. If the business corporation fails to comply with any of the standards for and matters to be observed with respect to the collection, transportation, and disposal of livestock excreta and the management of facilities prescribed in Article 30(2);

15. If the business corporation falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 3 or 5 of Article 31; provided, the foregoing shall not apply where the business corporation which has an executive officer who falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31 replaces such executive officer within six months;

16. If the business corporation fails to comply with matters related to the operation and management of the electronic transfer management system, including its operational methods, procedures referred to in Article 37-3(1);

17. If the business corporation, in receipt of a request from the relevant administrative agency or public officials belonging to it, fails to provide cooperation in helping them to verify details about the transfer, disposal in violation of Article 37-3(2);

18. If the business corporation fails to keep or preserve records, or made any false entry thereof, in violation of Article 39;

19. If the business corporation refuses to submit a report or data referred to in Article 41(1) or (2), submits a false report or data, or refuses, interferes with, or evades access, inspection

(2) Detailed guidelines for administrative dispositions under paragraph (1) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 34(Registration of business of design and construction of disposal facilities) #

(1) A person who intends to run a business of design and construction of disposal facilities (hereinafter referred to as "design and construction business"), excluding a person who falls under Article 16(1)2 through 4, shall have facilities, equipment, and technical capability in accordance with standards prescribed by Presidential Decree and register the business with the head of a Si/Gun/Gu.

(2) A person who intends to modify any registered matter under paragraph (1) shall file a registration for modification or file a report on modification, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The head of a Si/Gun/ Gu shall notify the reporting person of whether the report is accepted or not within 10 days from the date of receiving the report of change under paragraph (2). <Added on Apr. 13, 2021>

(4) Where the head of a Si/Gun/Gu fails to notify a reporting person of whether to accept the report within the period prescribed in paragraph (3) or of the extension of period of handling prescribed in statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, an acceptance of a report shall be deemed to have been accepted on the day following the day on which the period expires (in case the processing period has been extended or re-extended in accordance with prescribed in statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, referring to the relevant processing period). <Added on Apr. 13, 2021>

(5) Matters necessary for methods and procedures for registration, change registration, or change report under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) No person who has registered a design and construction business in accordance with paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "designer/contractor") shall allow a third party to engage in a design and construction business in his or her trade name or personal name or lend his or her registration certificate to a third person. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

(7) As to the succession to the status of a designer/contractor and grounds for disqualification, Articles 29 and 31 shall apply mutatis mutandis respectively. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

(8) The scope of subcontracts for awarded construction works, obligations of a design and construction business entity, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

(9) Notwithstanding Articles 8(1) and 9(1) of the aforesaid Act, a designer/contractor may engage in the design and construction works, if his or her activities of designing and construction constitute construction works under subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 35(Cancellation of registration) #

(1) If a designer/contractor falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu may cancel the registration or order him or her to suspend all or part of the business for a specified period not exceeding six months; provided, a registration shall be cancelled in cases falling under subparagraph 1,2, or 8: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

1. If he or she registers his or her business by fraud or other improper means;

2. If he or she executes a new contract and continues his or her business during a period of business suspension;

3. If he or she poorly performs design and construction of a disposal facility or fails to fulfill obligations under Article 34(8);

4. If he or she ceases to satisfy any of the standards for the registration under Article 34(1);

5. If he or she fails to commence business within one year since he or she completed the registration under Article 34(1) or closes the business continuously for at least one year without justifiable grounds;

6. If he or she continues his or her bushiness without filing for the registration of a change or reporting changes under Article 34(2) or fraudulently files for the registration of a change or reporting changes;

7. If he or she allows a third party to engage in his or her business in his or her trade name or personal name or lends his or her business license to a third person in violation of Article 34(6);

8. If he or she falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 3 and 5 of Article 31 which shall apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34(7); provided, the foregoing shall not apply where a corporation which has an executive officer falling under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31, replaces such executive officer within six months;

9. If he or she refuses to submit a report or data prescribed in Article 41(1) or (2), submits a false report or data, or refuses, interferes with, or evades access, inspection

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 37-2(Establishment and operation of electronic transfer management system for livestock excreta) #

(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall establish and operate an electronic transfer management system to handle the management affairs of livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer under Article 37-3 efficiently. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall ensure that the installer and operator of a livestock facility, installer and operator of a treatment facility, person who has filed a recycling report, livestock excreta-related business entity, public treatment facility installer can use the electronic transfer management system to handle matters related to the business affairs prescribed by Presidential Decree, including an application for permission for modification and report on such modification under Article 11(2) and (3), the maintenance of books and records under Article 39. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall retain records related to the transfer, treatment, or application of livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer entered under Article 37-3(1), as well as records entered under paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "electronic records") for 3 years. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall ensure that those who discharge, collect, transport, treat, or apply livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer, the relevant Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu can search, review, or print out electronic records. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Mayor/Do Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, and those prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment may request the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment to provide data managed by the electronic transfer management system. In such cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall provide the relevant data within a period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may partially or fully recover costs incurred in processing the relevant data, from a person who uses the electronic transfer management system under paragraph (2), (4), or (5) or Article 37-3. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 38-2(Establishment and operation of livestock environment management agency) #

(1) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall establish a Livestock Environmental Management Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "Management Institute") in order to efficiently create an environment where livestock farmers can raise livestock in an environmentally-friendly manner and to promote the utilization of livestock excreta through resource recovery; provided, with respect to the business of the Management Institute under paragraph (4), the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall consult with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) The management agency shall be a corporation.

(3) The management agency shall be established at the time when it registers such establishment at the seat of its principal office.

(4) The Management Institute shall conduct the following business: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Consulting regarding the installation and operation of facilities installed by waste-generating facility installers or disposal facility installers;

2. Guidance and training of waste-generating facility installers or disposal facility installers;

3. Support for environment-friendly livestock farms prescribed in Article 9;

4. Business affairs related to the quality control of manure and liquid manure under Article 20;

5. Integrated management, including the collection and conversion of livestock excreta into resources, the distribution of manure and liquid manure under Article 23;

6. Evaluation of disposal facilities and disposal technologies under Article 43;

7. Projects entrusted by the State, local governments, or other organizations;

8. Affairs incidental to the businesses referred to in subparagraphs 1 through 7 as prescribed by the Articles of incorporation;

9. Other business recognized as necessary by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment to fulfill the purposes of the Management Institute.

(5) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may partially or fully subsidize costs incurred in conducting business under paragraph (4). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Civil Act governing incorporated foundations shall apply mutatis mutandis to the management agency.

(7) The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may manage and supervise the Management Institute, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 41(Reporting and inspection) #

(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (limited to cases falling under subparagraph 1; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may require any of the following persons to submit a necessary report or materials: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The installer and operator of a waste-generating facility or the installer and operator of a disposal facility;

2. A public disposal facility operator;

3. A builder or operator of a recycling facility under Article 27;

4. A business entity related to livestock excreta;

5. A designer/contractor.

(2) In order to ascertain the actual status of treatment of livestock excreta, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may require the competent public officials to enter a facility or place of business of any person specified in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) to inspect relevant documents, facilities, equipment or to conduct inspections on the quality of effluent water, compost, liquid organic fertilizer, or livestock excreta solid fuel to examine compliance with the effluent water quality standards, the standards for converting excreta into compost and liquid organic fertilizer, the legal standards, or solid fuel standards. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The installer and operator of a waste-generating facility, installer and operator of a disposal facility, recycling reporter, business entity related to livestock excreta, the installer of public disposal facility, and other related persons shall not refuse, interfere with, or evade the report, access, or inspection provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) without just grounds.

(4) A public official who has access and conducts an inspection pursuant to paragraph (2) shall carry with him or her an identification card indicating his or her authority and produce it to relevant persons.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 49(Penalty provisions) #

Each of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years, or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>

1. A person who installs or alters a waste-generating facility without obtaining permission for installation or alteration prescribed in Article 11(1) or (2) or by obtaining permission for installation or alteration by fraud or other improper means, or raises livestock or entrusts the raising of livestock using such waste-generating facility;

2. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who acquire permission prescribed in Article 11(1);

3. A person with permission for installation or alteration under Article 11(1) or (2), who uses a waste-generating facility without installing or altering disposal facilities, in violation of Article 12;

4. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) without filing a report, in violation of Article 11(3);

5. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an act which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), without undergoing a completion inspection prescribed in Article 15;

6. A person who fails to comply with an order for suspension of operation prescribed in Article 18;

7. A person who conducts recycling without filing a report or after filing a report by fraud or other improper means, in violation of Article 27(1), who operates an unreported recycling facility, or who collects livestock excreta for the purpose of using an unreported recycling facility;

8. A person who fails to comply with an order for prohibition against disposal referred to in Article 27(6);

9. A person who engages in a livestock excreta-related business without obtaining permission for a livestock excreta-related business referred to in Article 28(1) or after obtaining such permission by fraud or other improper means;

10. A business entity related to livestock excreta which discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1);

11. A business entity related to livestock excreta or designer/contractor who operates business during a period of suspension of business referred to in Article 32 or 35;

12. A person who engages in the design and construction business without registration under Article 34 or with registration obtained by fraud or other improper means.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 50(Penalty provisions) #

Each of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>

1. A person who fails to comply with an order to relocate livestock pens or to take other measures issued pursuant to Article 8(3);

2. A person who fails to comply with an order to take necessary measures prescribed in Article 10(2);

3. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties, without permission under Article 11(1) or with such permission obtained fraud or other improper means;

4. A person who installs a waste-generating facility without filing a report or after filing a report by fraud or other improper means in violation of Article 11(3), or raises livestock or entrusts the raising of livestock using such waste-generating facility;

5. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence falling under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who file a report or spray manure or liquid manure under Article 11(3);

6. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters, in violation of Article 10(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties, from among those who obtain permission under Article 11(1), those who fail to undergo a completion inspection, in violation of Article 15, or business corporations related to livestock excreta, or a business entity related to livestock excreta which commits an offence falling under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties;

7. A person who fails to comply with an order to make improvements under Article 17(5), from among the installer and operator of a waste-generating facility, the installer and operator of a disposal facility, and a person who sprays manure or liquid manure (excluding a person who falls under subparagraph 3 of Article 51);

8. A person who uses a waste-generating facility without installing or altering a disposal facility referred to in Article 12 among those who report installation or alteration under Article 11(2) or (3);

9. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties without filing a report prescribed in Article 11(3) or after filing a false report;

10. A person who fails to comply with an order to take necessary measures, such as the improvement of facilities prescribed in Article 25(10);

11. A recycling reporter who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an act which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1);

12. A person who fails to comply with an order to make improvements referred to in Article 27(5);

13. A person who engages in a livestock excreta-related business without a revised permission for the livestock excreta-related business or with revised permission obtained by fraudulent means, in violation of Article 28(1);

14. A person who allows a third person to engage in a livestock excreta-related business in his or her trade name or personal name or lends his or her license to a third person, in violation of Article 28(6);

15. A person who runs a design and construction business without revising registration or with revised registration obtained by fraudulent means, in violation of Article 34(2);

16. A person who allows a third person to operate design and construction business in his or her trade name or personal name or lends his or her registration certificate to a third person, in violation of Article 34(6).

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 51(Penalty provisions) #

Each of the following persons shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>

1. A person who refuses or interferes with access to, or the use of, land, in violation of Article 7-2(4);

2. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties, in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence falling under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who file a report under Article 11(3), recycling reporters, or who spray manure or liquid manure;

3. A person who fails to comply with an improvement order issued under Article 17(5), from among those who file a report under Article 11(3) or those who operate their waste-generating facility or disposal facility;

4. A person who uses a waste-generating facility or disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection under Article 15;

5. A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), from among those not falling under any of the following:

a. A person who is required to acquire permission for the installation of a waste-generating facility or file a report under Article 11(1) or (3);

b. A person who sprays manure or liquid manure;

c. A person subject to reporting under Article 27(1);

d. A person subject to obtaining permission for a livestock excreta-related business under Article 28(1);

6. A person who installs and operates a recycling facility in violation of standards for the installation and operation prescribed in Article 27(4);

7. A business entity related to livestock excreta which fails to comply with the standards for and matters to be observed concerning the collection, transport, and disposal of livestock excreta and the management of facilities, in violation of Article 30(2);

8. A person who fails to employ a technical manager, in violation of Article 37(1);

9. A person who, in receipt of a request from the relevant administrative agency or public officials belonging thereto, fails to give cooperation in helping them to check details about the transfer, disposal or spray, in violation of Article 37-3(2);

10. A person who refuses, interferes with, evades access and an inspection by a competent public official, in violation of Article 41(3).

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

Article 53(Administrative fines) #

(1) Any person falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding 10 million won:

1. A person who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure not in compliance with the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure, from among those who install a disposal facility after acquiring permission under Article 11(1);

2. A public disposal facility installer who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure;

3. A livestock excreta disposal business operator who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure.

(2) Each of the following persons shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding five million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015>

1. A person who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure, from among those who install a disposal facility after filing a report under Article 11(3);

2. A person who produces livestock excreta solid fuel without satisfying the standards for solid fuel under Article 13-2(2), from among those who install disposal facilities by obtaining permission or filing a report under Article 11, installers of public disposal facilities under Article 24, or livestock excreta disposal business operators under Article 28;

3. A person who fails to report on the use of livestock excreta solid fuel, in violation of Article 15-2;

4. A person who designs or constructs a disposal facility, in violation of Article 16.

(3) Each of the following persons shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding one million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>

1. A person who alters a waste-generating facility without reporting such alteration under Article 11(2) or (3) and after reporting alteration by fraud or other improper means or who uses such waste-generating facility;

2. A person who fails to meet the standards for the installation of disposal facilities prescribed in Article 12-2(1) through (3) in installing a disposal facility or who uses such disposal facility;

3. A person who fails to comply with an order for installation prescribed in Article 12-2(4);

4. A person who fails to file a report on succession to the status referred to in Articles 14(3) and 29(4) (including cases applied mutatis mutandis under Article 34(7));

5. A person who installs or operates a waste-generating facility or disposal facility in breach of the management standards referred to in Article 17(4);

6. A person who fails to comply with an order to take measures referred to in Article 25(2);

7. A public disposal facility installer who fails to measure the quality of discharged water or to test the composition of manure or liquid manure, or livestock excreta solid fuel, or to keep records thereof, in violation of Article 25(6);

8. A person who installs or operates a public disposal facility or a livestock farmer who collects, transports or disposes of livestock excreta in violation of the standards referred to in Article 26(2);

9. A person who engages in recycling without reporting on alteration or after falsely reporting on alteration, in violation of Article 27(2), or collects livestock excreta for the purpose of operating such recycling facility or conducting recycling;

10. A person who fails to report alteration under Article 28(1) or 34 (2) or falsely reports on alteration;

11. A person who runs a business of collection and transportation of livestock excreta outside his or her business territory under Article 28(5) or breaches any other necessary condition;

12. A person who breaches an obligation of a designer/contractor under Article 34(8);

13. A person who breaches an obligation under Article 37(2);

14. A person who fails to comply with matters to be observed in relation to the operation and management of the electronic transfer management system, including its operational methods, procedures provided for in Article 37-3(1);

15. A person who fails to provide an worker in charge of livestock excreta with education without good cause, in violation of Article 38(1);

16. A person who fails to keep and preserve records of the matters specified in the subparagraphs of Article 39 or makes false records thereof, in violation of that Article;

17. A person who fails to obtain permission for temporary closure, permanent closure, or resumption of business, in violation of Article 40, or who fails to file a report thereon;

18. A person who fails to submit a report or data referred to in Article 41(1) or who submits a false report or data.

(4) Administrative fines under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be imposed and collected by the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]

ACT ON THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LIVESTOCK EXCRETA

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of State, local governments, and livestock farmers) #

Article 4(Wider disposal of livestock excreta) #

Article 5(Master plans for management of livestock excreta) #

Article 6 #

Article 7(Fact-finding survey on livestock excreta) #

Article 7-2(Access to land owned by others) #

Article 8(Restrictions on raising of livestock) #

Article 9(Designation of environment-friendly livestock farms) #

Article 10(Duty to treat livestock excreta, manure, and liquid manure) #

Article 11(Installation of waste-generating facilities) #

Article 12(Duty to install disposal facilities) #

Article 12-2(Standards for installation of disposal facilities) #

Article 13(Standards for quality of discharged water) #

Article 13-2(Standards for converting excreta into manure and liquid manure) #

Article 14(Succession to status of waste-generating facility installers) #

Article 15(Completion inspections of waste-generating facilities) #

Article 15-2(Use reports of livestock excreta solid fuel) #

Article 16(Designing and building disposal facilities) #

Article 17(Management of waste-generating and disposal facilities) #

Article 18(Cancellation of permission) #

Article 18-2(Imposition of penalty surcharges) #

Article 18-3(Report and confirmation of execution of orders) #

Article 19(Formulation of plans for facilitating use of manure and liquid manure) #

Article 20(Quality control of manure and liquid manure) #

Article 21(Administrative instructions for appropriate spraying of manure and liquid manure) #

Article 22(Promotion of distribution of manure and liquid manure) #

Article 23(Integrated management of livestock excreta) #

Article 24(Installation of public disposal facilities) #

Article 25(Operation of public disposal facilities) #

Article 26(Collection, transportation and disposal of livestock excreta, defrayment of costs) #

Article 27(Reports on recycling of livestock excreta) #

Article 28(Livestock excreta-related business) #

Article 29(Succession to status subject to permission or reporting) #

Article 30(Obligations of business entities related to livestock excreta) #

Article 31(Grounds for disqualification) #

Article 32(Cancellation of permission) #

Article 33(Imposition of penalty surcharges) #

Article 34(Registration of business of design and construction of disposal facilities) #

Article 35(Cancellation of registration) #

Article 36(Projects continued by designers/contractors) #

Article 37(Technical managers of disposal facilities) #

Article 37-2(Establishment and operation of electronic transfer management system for livestock excreta) #

Article 37-3(Management of electronic transfer of livestock excreta) #

Article 38(Education of workers in charge of livestock excreta) #

Article 38-2(Establishment and operation of livestock environment management agency) #

Article 39(Keeping and preservation of records) #

Article 40(Reporting on temporary shutdown, permanent closure) #

Article 41(Reporting and inspection) #

Article 42(Subsidization from national treasury) #

Article 43(Evaluation of disposal facilities and disposal technology) #

Article 44(Reporting on results of management and disposal of livestock excreta) #

Article 45(Fees) #

Article 46(Hearings) #

Article 47(Delegation or entrustment of authority or affairs) #

Article 48(Penalty provisions) #

Article 49(Penalty provisions) #

Article 50(Penalty provisions) #

Article 51(Penalty provisions) #

Article 52(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 53(Administrative fines) #