PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS CONTROL ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to protect citizens' health and the environment from hazards posed by persistent pollutants and to promote international cooperation by prescribing matters necessary for the control of persistent pollutants, such as dioxins, mercury and mercury compounds, which are prescribed by both the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Minamata Convention on Mercury for the implementation thereof. <Amended on Jan. 27, 2016>

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 27, 2016; May 26, 2020; Jun. 10, 2022; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The term "persistent pollutants" means chemical substances that pose hazards to people and ecosystems, having the characteristics of toxicity, persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transportability, etc., which are prescribed by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (hereinafter referred to as the "Stockholm Convention") and the Minamata Convention on Mercury (hereinafter referred to as the "Minamata Convention"), and the details of which shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment;

2. The term "discharge facilities" means facilities, machines, implements, or other objects prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment that discharge persistent pollutants;

3. The term "wastes containing persistent pollutants" means trash, burnt ashes, sludge, waste oil, waste acid, waste alkali, etc. contaminated with persistent pollutants exceeding the standards for persistent pollutants content prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment among the commercial wastes as defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act, which are wastes prescribed by Presidential Decree among substances that become unnecessary for citizens' lives or their business activities.

Article 3(Scope of application) #

This Act shall not apply to the control of persistent pollutants at sea (referring to the sea defined in Article 3 of the framework act on marine fishery development). <Amended on Jan. 27, 2016>

PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS CONTROL ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Scope of application) #

Article 4(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 5(Master plan for control of persistent pollutants) #

Article 6(Implementation plans for persistent pollutants) #

Article 7 #

Article 8 #

Article 9(Establishment of health-based guidance values) #

Article 10(Establishment of environmental standards) #

Article 11(Installation and operation of measurement network) #

Article 12(Use of land) #

Article 13(Prohibition of, or restriction on, manufacture, exportation, importation, or use of persistent pollutants) #

Article 14(Permissible discharge standards) #

Article 15(Standards for installation of discharge facilities) #

Article 16(Improvement orders, orders of suspension of use and orders of closure) #

Article 17(Disposition of penalty surcharges) #

Article 18(Investigations of sources of discharge and quantity of discharge) #

Article 19(Measurement of persistent pollutants, impact assessment on surrounding areas) #

Article 19-2(Designation of institutions specializing in measurement and analysis of persistent pollutants) #

Article 20(Emergency measures and reporting in time of accident and measures to prevent recurrence) #

Article 21(Classification and control of wastes containing persistent pollutants) #

Article 22(Standards for disposal of wastes containing persistent pollutants) #

Article 23(Restriction on recycling) #

Article 24(Making list of contaminated implements) #

Article 24-2(Reporting on implements subject to control) #

Article 24-3(Restriction on importation and exportation of implements subject to control) #

Article 25(Safety control of contaminated implements) #

Article 26(Deadline for disposal of contaminated implements) #

Article 27(Assistance in installation of facilities) #

Article 28(International cooperation) #

Article 29(Reporting and examination) #

Article 29-2(Submission of annual reports) #

Article 30(Hearings) #

Article 31(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 31-2(Statutory treatment as public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions) #

Article 32(Penalty provisions) #

Article 32-2(Penalty provisions) #

Article 33(Penalty provisions) #

Article 33-2(Penalty provisions) #

Article 34(Penalty provisions) #

Article 35(Penalty provisions) #

Article 36(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 37(Administrative fines) #