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ACT ON THE INTEGRATED CONTROL OF POLLUTANT-DISCHARGING FACILITIES — 법갈피

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ACT ON THE INTEGRATED CONTROL OF POLLUTANT-DISCHARGING FACILITIES

법률타법개정시행 2025-10-01기후에너지환경부 · 제21065호 · 공포 2025-10-01

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to promote the development of environmental technology and protect people's health and environment by integrating the control of pollutant-discharging facilities so as to effectively reduce pollutants produced from each business establishment and by establishing a system under which best techniques for environmental control can be applied to meet conditions of each business establishment.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. "Pollutants, etc." means the following substances, etc. that cause environmental pollution:

a. Air pollutants defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;

b. Volatile organic compounds defined in subparagraph 10 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;

c. Fugitive dust defined in Article 43(1) of the Clean Air Conservation Act;

d. Noise and vibration defined in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Noise and Vibration Control Act;

e. Water pollutants defined in subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act;

f. Malodor defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Malodor Prevention Act;

g. Persistent organic pollutants defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Control Act;

h. Soil contaminants defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Soil Environment Conservation Act;

i. Wastes defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Wastes Control Act;

2. "Discharging facilities, etc." means the following facilities, machines, systems that discharge pollutants, etc.:

a. Facilities discharging volatile organic compounds, as defined in subparagraph 10 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;

b. Facilities emitting air pollutants, as defined in subparagraph 11 of Article 2 of the Clean Air Conservation Act;

Article 6(Integrated permission) #

(1) A person who intends to install and operate discharging facilities, etc. (limited to discharging facilities, etc. required to obtain permission or approval or to file a report according to the classification under the subparagraphs of Article 10(1)) in any of the following business establishments, among the business establishments engaged in the types of business prescribed by Presidential Decree as having a significant environmental impact, shall obtain permission from the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. In such cases, the time of application for each type of business prescribed by Presidential Decree may be specified in phases, considering the progress of preparation for the standards for best available techniques under Article 24(2): <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017; Jun. 10, 2022; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. A business establishment that discharges at least 20 tons, per year, of the air pollutants prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, among the air pollutants defined in subparagraph 1a of Article 2;

2. A business establishment that discharges at least 700 cubic meters, per day, of wastewater defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act.

(2) If a person who obtains permission granted under paragraph (1) intends to modify any of the important matters prescribed by Presidential Decree among the permitted matters, he or she shall obtain permission for modification; provided,, if a person intends to modify any of the matters prescribed by Presidential Decree among the matters not included in the matters for which permission for modification has been granted or modifies any of the matters prescribed by Presidential Decree, he or she shall file a report on modification.

(3) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment grants permission under paragraph (1) or permission for modification under paragraph (2), he or she may attach conditions thereto as necessary for minimizing the impact on people's health or environment (hereinafter referred to as "conditions of permission"). In such cases, if a person who installs and operates discharging facilities, etc. violates any of the following orders to prevent environmental pollution or reduce or remove pollutants issued by the State or the local government or fails to comply with the relevant order, the details related to the compliance with the order may be included in conditions of permission: <Amended on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. An order to remediate contaminated soil under Article 15(3) of the Soil Environment Conservation Act;

2. An order to take measures for preventing the pollution of groundwater under Article 16(2) of the Groundwater Act;

3. An order to prevent environmental pollution and remove pollutants, which is prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(4) A person who intends to apply for permission under paragraph (1) or permission for modification under paragraph (2) or who intends to file a report on modification shall file an application or a report with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, along with a plan for integrated environmental control, including the following matters (limited to the modified matters, among the following matters, in cases of permission for modification, or the modified matters, among the matters specified in subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, and 6, in cases of a report on modification), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. A plan for the installation and operation of discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities;

2. Results of an analysis conducted to assess the impact of pollutants, etc. from discharging facilities, etc. on the surrounding environment, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment;

3. A plan for ex-post monitoring, maintenance, and management;

4. Preventive measures and ex-post countermeasures against environmental pollution accidents;

5. Details of results of ex-ante consultation, reflected in the application under Article 5(2) (limited to where an applicant who has been notified of results of ex-ante consultation under Article 5(3) applies for permission or permission for modification, reflecting the results of the consultation in the application);

6. Matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, in addition to the matters specified in subparagraphs 1 through 5.

(5) Upon receipt of a report on modification under the proviso of paragraph (2), the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall review of the details thereof and accept such report if it conforms to this Act. <Added on Jan. 5, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) A person who intends to install and operate, or has installed and operates, discharging facilities, etc. (limited to discharging facilities, etc. that need the permission, approval, or reporting according to the classification under each subparagraph of Article 10(1)) in a business establishment for any of the types of business prescribed by Presidential Decree pursuant to paragraph (1), among the business establishments not subject to integrated control, may apply for the permission under paragraph (1). In such cases, the relevant provisions of this Act shall apply to such a business establishment, deeming it a business establishment subject to integrated control. <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

(7) The matters prescribed by Presidential Decree may be excluded from the matters that a person who applies for the permission under paragraph (1) in accordance with paragraph (6) shall include in the plan for integrated environmental control under paragraph (4). <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

(8) A person who intends to apply for permission under paragraph (1) or who intends to apply for permission for modification or to file a report on modification under paragraph (2) may allow a person who has filed for registration of agency business for integrated permission pursuant to Article 11-2(1) to prepare a plan for integrated environmental control under paragraph (4) and related documents (hereinafter referred to as "documents, etc. for integrated permission") on his or her behalf. <Added on Jan. 5, 2021>

(9) Matters necessary for the methods, procedures, etc. for preparation, submission, etc. of a plan for integrated environmental control under paragraph (4) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Added on Jan. 5, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 7(Criteria for permission) #

(1) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to issue permission or permission for modification under Article 6, he or she shall examine whether the following criteria for permission are met: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The pollutants, etc. discharged from discharging facilities, etc. shall be controlled to a level not higher than the level specified for permissible discharges under the former part of Article 8(1);

2. Discharging facilities, etc. shall be installed or operated to prevent them from seriously affecting people's health or environment;

3. An appropriate policy shall be formulated to take preventive measures and ex-post countermeasures so as to prevent pollutants from affecting people's health or environment, if pollutants caused by an environmental pollution accident are discharged or leaked to the environs of the relevant business establishment.

(2) If the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment deems it necessary to modify or amend a document submitted under Article 6(4) as a result of the examination under paragraph (1), he or she may request the person who has submitted the document to modify or amend it, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall notify the person who has submitted the document under Article 6(4) of the results of the examination under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. In such cases, when the person has any opinion, he or she may present the opinion to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment within 30 days. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall notify the person who has submitted the document of the results of his or her review on the opinion presented under the latter part of paragraph (3) within 10 days after the day on which the opinion is presented; provided, the deadline may be extended by not more than 10 days only once, if it is impracticable to give such notice by the deadline due to any unavoidable cause. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall examine whether discharging facilities, etc. installed in a business establishment subject to integrated control within an area subject to restriction on the installation of discharging facilities under Article 23(6) of the Clean Air Conservation Act or Article 33(7) of the Water Environment Conservation Act meet all the following criteria, in addition to the criteria for permission under paragraph (1): <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017; Oct. 16, 2018; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Standards for permissible discharges under the former part of Article 8(1) shall be strictly established and implemented, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, so as to attain the targeted level of environmental control for maintaining and improving environmental levels;

2. It shall be acknowledgeable that residents' health and property can be protected by observing the standards, etc. for the installation, maintenance, and management of the facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree so that the emission of pollutants, etc. to the outside of the facilities can be blocked.

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall not issue permission or permission for modification under Article 6 for the installation of discharging facilities, etc. in any of the following areas where the installation of discharging facilities, etc. is restricted by any other statute: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. A water-source protection area designated under Article 7(1) of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act;

2. An area where the establishment of a factory is restricted under Article 7-2(1) of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act;

3. A special measures area defined by Article 38 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy;

4. Areas publicly notified by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment after consulting with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies, in addition to the areas specified in subparagraphs 1 through 3.

Article 8(Permissible discharge standards) #

(1) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to issue permission or permission for modification under Article 6, he or she shall establish permissible discharge standards, which shall not be higher than the maximum discharge standards under Article 24(4). In such cases, the methods and procedure for establishing permissible discharge standards shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment establishes permissible discharge standards under paragraph (1), he or she may consider the following matters: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Environmental standards under Article 12(1) of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy (including local environmental standards under Article 12(3) of that Act);

2. The targeted environmental quality reflected in the environmental plan of each City/Do and the environmental plan of each Si/Gun/Gu under Articles 18 and 19 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy;

3. The current status of pollution of air and water and of the use of river systems in the area in which discharging facilities, etc. are to be installed;

4. The targeted level of environmental quality prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, in addition to the matters specified in subparagraphs 1 through 3.

(3) Any person who possesses permission or permission for modification issued under Article 6 or has filed a report on modification (hereinafter referred to as "business operator") shall not discharge pollutants in excess of permissible discharge standards when he or she installs and operates discharging facilities, etc. In such cases, the standards for determining whether pollutants discharged exceed the permissible discharge standards shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, considering the concentration of discharged pollutants, etc., methods for measuring concentrations of discharges, etc. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 9(Amendment of conditions of permission and permissible discharge standards) #

(1) In cases prescribed by Presidential Decree as deemed necessary to review and amend conditions of permission under Article 6(3) or permissible discharge standards at an interval of 5 years after granting permission under Article 6, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may amend the conditions of permission or the permissible discharge standards after hearing opinions of business operators. In such cases, the permissible discharge standards may be amended only where the maximum discharge standards under Article 24(4) are amended. <Amended on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) Where a business operator applies for permission for modification (limited to permission for modification of the matters prescribed by presidential decree, such as an increase of pollutants produced or discharged by a certain amount; hereafter in this paragraph the same shall apply), the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may, notwithstanding paragraph (1), review and amend the existing conditions of permission or the existing permissible discharge standards and may review and amend such conditions of permission or such permissible discharge standards every 5 years from the date permission for modification is obtained. In such cases, paragraph (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the requirements, procedures, etc. for amending conditions of permission or permissible discharge standards. <Added on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) In any of the cases prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as where business operators continuously maintain the level of discharged pollutants, etc. at a level significantly lower than the permissible discharge standards, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may extend the interval of the review on the conditions of permission or the permissible discharge standards under the former part of paragraph (1) by not more than 3 years. <Amended on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) Matters necessary for procedures for amending conditions of permission and permissible discharge standards, and the interval, method, etc. of the review on conditions of permission and permissible discharge standards under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 10(Special cases concerning application of acts to integrated permission) #

(1) Where permission or permission for modification has been issued or a report on modification has been filed, the following Acts shall apply as if such permission, permission for modification or report on modification is deemed permission and permission for modification to be issued or an approval or approval for modification to be issued under the following classification. In such cases, the relevant Act shall apply as if the authority of the Special Metropolitan City Governor, a Metropolitan City Governor, or a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor regarding the relevant permission, permission for modification, approval, approval for modification, reporting, or reporting on modification is the authority of the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The permission, reporting, permission for modification, or reporting on modification for the installation of a facility discharging air pollutants under Article 23(1) or (2) of the Clean Air Conservation Act, the reporting or reporting on modification for the installation and operation of a facility discharging fugitive dust under Article 38-2(1) or (2) of that Act, the reporting or reporting on modification of a business producing fugitive dust under Article 43(1) of that Act, the reporting or reporting on modification for the installation of a facility discharging volatile organic compounds under Article 44(1) or (2) of that Act: The Clean Air Conservation Act;

2. The reporting, permission, or reporting on modification for the installation of a facility making noise or vibration under Article 8(1) or (2) of the Noise and Vibration Control Act: The Noise and Vibration Control Act;

3. The permission, reporting, permission for modification, or reporting on modification for the installation of a facility discharging wastewater under Article 33(1) through (3) of the Water Environment Conservation Act or the reporting or reporting on modification for the installation of a non-point pollution source under Article 53(1) of that Act: The Water Environment Conservation Act;

4. The reporting or reporting on modification of a facility emitting malodor under Article 8(1) or 8-2(2) of the Malodor Prevention Act: The Malodor Prevention Act;

5. The reporting or reporting on modification of a specified facility subject to the control of soil contamination under Article 12(1) of the Soil Environment Conservation Act: The Soil Environment Conservation Act;

6. The approval, reporting, approval for modification, or reporting on modification for the installation of a waste disposal facility under Article 29(2) or (3) of the Wastes Control Act: The Wastes Control Act.

(2) Where the Act referred to in any subparagraph of paragraph (1) shall apply under the former part of the same paragraph and the relevant statutes cite "standards for permission of discharges," the relevant Act shall apply, deeming that the statutes cite "permissible discharge standards."

Article 11(Succession to rights and obligations) #

(1) When a business operator dies or transfers discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities or where a business operator in the form of a corporation is merged with another corporation, the heir, the transferee, the corporation surviving the merger, or the corporation newly established by the merger shall succeed to rights and obligations of the preceding business operator for permission, permission for modification, or reporting on modification.

(2) A person who acquires discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities from a business operator through any of the following procedures shall succeed to rights and obligations of the preceding business operator for permission, permission for modification, or reporting on modification: <Amended on Dec. 27, 2016>

1. An auction under the Civil Execution Act;

2. Realization under the Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act;

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

4. Other procedures equivalent to the procedures referred to in subparagraphs 1 through 3.

(3) Where discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities are leased, the lessee shall be deemed the business operator for the purpose of applying Articles 14 through 21, 22 (excluding provisions concerning the revocation of permission), 23, 25, 27, and 30 through 33.

(4) Where a business operator transfers discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities or is deceased or where a business operator in the form of a corporation is merged with another corporation, the effect of an administrative disposition taken against the preceding business operator under Articles 12(4), 14, 15, 20(3) or (4), 21(3), 22, or 23 shall be transferred to the transferee, the heir, or the corporation newly established or surviving after the merger for 1 year after the end of the period subject to the administrative disposition, and any proceeding pending for an administrative disposition may continue against the transferee, the heir, or the corporation newly established or surviving after the merger.

Article 11-4(Matters to be observed by agents for integrated permission) #

(1) An agent for integrated permission shall comply with the following: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The person shall not prepare documents, etc. for integrated permission and materials that are the basis of preparing such documents, etc. falsely or insufficiently;

2. The person shall retain documents, etc. for integrated permission and materials that are the basis of preparing such documents, etc. for a period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, this shall not apply where documents, etc. for integrated permission are prepared in electronic form and entered in the integrated environmental permission system under Article 28, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment;

3. The agent shall not lend his or her registration certificate or name to other persons;

4. The agent shall not subcontract affairs related to the preparation of documents, etc. for integrated permission to other persons or be subcontracted by other persons to perform such affairs; provided, this shall not apply where he or she subcontracts part of the affairs related to examining, measuring, and analyzing the items to be prepared of documents, etc. for integrated permission in accordance with the requirements and fields prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, with approval by the person who places the order for the relevant affairs;

5. The agent shall observe other matters regarding agency business for integrated permission prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.

(2) A person who intends to apply for permission or permission for modification or to file a report on modification under Article 6 shall comply with the following: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The person shall not prepare documents, etc. for integrated permission and materials that are the basis of preparing such documents, etc. falsely or insufficiently;

3. Where the person concludes an agency contract for the preparation of documents, etc. for integrated permission with an agency for integrated permission, he or she shall not request the agent for integrated permission to falsely prepare documents, etc. for integrated permission, materials that are the basis of preparing such documents, etc., and the results of predicting and analyzing the impact of discharge, or to insufficiently prepare important materials affecting permission, permission for modification, or report on modification under Article 6 such as by omitting the materials.

(3) Matters necessary for specific criteria for judging a false or insufficient preparation under paragraphs (1) 1 and (2) 1 and 3 and procedures for approval and subcontracts under the proviso of paragraph (1)4 shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Added on Jan. 5, 2021]

Article 11-7(Revocation of registration) #

(1) Where an agent for integrated permission falls under any of the following, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may revoke his or her registration or issue an order to suspend all or part of his or her business for a period not exceeding 6 months; provided, in cases falling under any of subparagraphs 1 through 3 or 7, the registration shall be revoked: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Where the agent files for registration of his or her business by fraud or other improper means;

2. Where the agent concludes a new agency contract during the period of suspension of business;

3. Where the agent fails to commence agency business for integrated permission within 2 years after registration or has no performance records of agency service for integrated permission for at least 2 years;

4. Where the agent undergoes an evaluation of his or her business performance capability under Article 11-8(1) by fraud or other improper means;

5. Where the agent fails to have the technical personnel, facilities, and equipment under Article 11-2(1);

6. Where the agent revises important matters without filing for registration of revision, in violation of the latter part of Article 11-2(1);

7. Where the agent is disqualified on any ground prescribed in Article 11-3; provided, this shall not apply where a corporation that falls under subparagraph 5 of Article 11-3 appoints a new executive officer within 6 months;

8. Where the agent violates the matters to be observed under Article 11-4(1).

(2) A person subject to revocation of registration or suspension of business under paragraph (1) may continue his or her agency business for integrated permission only under the agency contract concluded before such revocation or suspension.

(3) A person who continues his or her agency business for integrated permission under paragraph (2) shall be deemed an agent for integrated permission under this Act until he or she completes the relevant business affairs.

(4) Where the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment deems that a person subject to revocation of registration on the ground specified in paragraph (1)1 or 5 is unable to conduct agency business for integrated permission properly, he or she may restrict the performance of all or part of the agency contract concluded before such revocation, notwithstanding paragraph (2). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) Detailed criteria for administrative dispositions taken 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 Added on Jan. 5, 2021]

Article 12(Reporting and acceptance of start of operation) #

(1) When a business operator intends to start the operation of discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities after completing the installation or alteration (limited to the cases prescribed by Presidential Decree, if facilities are altered after filing a report on modification) of all or some of the discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities, he or she shall report the start of operation to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. In such cases, when a waste disposal facility subject to an inspection conducted under Article 30(1) of the Wastes Control Act is included in discharging facilities, etc., the report on the start of operation shall be accompanied by a statement of results of the inspection. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) If discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities have been installed or altered according to permission, permission for modification, or report on modification under Article 6, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall accept the report filed under the former part of paragraph (1) after conducting an on-site inspection within the period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment after the filing date of the report, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) Articles 14 and 15, subparagraph 1 of Article 41, and Article 47(6)1 shall not apply to the facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as facilities for reducing nitrogen oxides in a power station and facilities for preventing water pollution, among the discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities on which a report has been accepted under paragraph (2), during the test operation period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) If the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment finds upon a result of an on-site inspection conducted under paragraph (2), that discharging facilities, etc. or prevention facilities, as installed or altered, do not conform to the permission or permission for modification issued or to the report on modification filed under Article 6, he or she may issue an order to make improvements within the period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 15(Imposition and collection of effluent charges) #

(1) To prevent or reduce environmental pollution caused by pollutants, etc., the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may impose effluent charges upon the following persons and collect the charges from them: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. A business operator who discharges air pollutants defined in subparagraph 1a of Article 2 or water pollutants defined in subparagraph 1e of Article 2 (including the persons who have installed and operate common-use prevention facilities under Article 35(4) of the Water Environment Conservation Act and Article 29(1) of the Clean Air Conservation Act);

2. A person who installs or alters a facility discharging air pollutants, as defined in subparagraph 2b of Article 2, or a facility discharging wastewater, as defined in subparagraph 2g of Article 2, without obtaining permission or permission for modification or filing a report on modification under Article 6.

(2) Effluent charges shall be imposed in accordance with the following classification, but matters necessary for the method, criteria, etc. for calculating effluent charges shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017>

1. Basic effluent charge:

a. Where air pollutants defined in subparagraph 1a of Article 2 are emitted: The effluent charge shall be imposed according to the volume, concentration, etc. of air pollutants emitted not exceeding the permissible discharge standards (referring to the maximum discharge standards under Article 24(4), if no permissible discharge standards are established; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply);

b. Where water pollutants defined in subparagraph 1e of Article 2 are discharged: The effluent charge shall be imposed according to the volume, concentration, etc. of water pollutants discharged not exceeding the permissible discharge standards but exceeding the quality standards of discharged water under Article 12(3) of the Water Environment Conservation Act;

2. Excess effluent charge: The effluent charge shall be imposed according to the volume, concentration, etc. of air pollutants defined in subparagraph 1a of Article 2 or water pollutants defined in subparagraph 1e of Article 2, which are emitted or discharged in excess of the permissible discharge standards.

(3) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall consider the following matters when he or she imposes an effluent charge under paragraph (1): <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Whether discharged pollutants exceed the permissible discharge standards;

2. The kinds of pollutants, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree;

3. The duration of discharge of pollutants, etc.;

4. The volume of pollutants, etc. discharged;

5. Whether self-measurements have been conducted in accordance with Article 31(1);

6. Other matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment as those relevant to pollution of air or water environment or improvement thereof.

(4) If a person obliged to pay an effluent charge fails to pay it by payment deadline, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall collect an additional charge. In such cases, Article 47-4 of the Framework Act on National Taxes shall apply mutatis mutandis to additional charges. <Amended on Nov. 26, 2019; Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) Effluent charges and additional charges referred to in paragraph (4) shall be treated as revenue for the special account for environmental improvement under the Framework Act on Environmental Policy.

(6) If a person obliged to pay an effluent charge or an additional charge under paragraph (4) fails to pay it by payment deadline, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall collect the charge in the same manner as delinquent national taxes are collected. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 18(Procedure for deferment of collection, installment payment, and collection of effluent charges) #

(1) If the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment finds that a person obliged to pay an effluent charge is unable to pay the effluent charge by payment deadline due to any of the following events, he or she may defer the collection of the effluent charge or may permit the person to pay it in installments: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. If a natural disaster or any other disaster causes serious damage to property of the relevant business operator;

2. If the relevant business operator sustains losses in business and his or her business is in a serious crisis;

3. If it is found inevitable to defer collection or permit payment in installments due to any cause or event equivalent to the event referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2.

(2) If the effluent charge imposed exceeds twice the capital or total equities (referring to total assets, if the payer is a sole proprietor) of the payer and the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment finds that it is impracticable to collect it within the collection deferment period due to the event referred to in any subparagraph of paragraph (1), he or she may extend the collection deferment period or permit the payer to pay it in more installments. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment defers the collection of an effluent charge under paragraph (1) or (2), he or she may demand that the payer shall provide an asset with a value equivalent to the deferred amount as security. In such cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall take measures necessary for safekeeping the security. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) In any of the following cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may revoke the deferment of collection of an effluent charge and may collect the deferred charge from the payer whose effluent charge has been deferred: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. If the payer fails to pay the deferred effluent charge by payment deadline;

2. If the payer fails to comply with an order issued by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment as necessary for replacing or safekeeping security;

3. If it is found that deferment of collection is unnecessary due to the status of property or any other change in circumstances.

(5) Matters necessary for the methods for deferment of collection and payment in installments of effluent charges and the extension of the collection deferment period shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

Article 20(Operation and management of measuring instruments) #

(1) Any business operator who has measuring instruments installed under Article 19(1) shall not commit any of the following acts: <Amended on May 26, 2020; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Intentionally making any measuring instrument inoperative or fail to work in a normal condition;

2. Abandoning any measuring instrument (excluding measuring instruments installed and operated by the minister of environment or a Mayor/Do Governor under the proviso of Article 19(1)) that does not work in a normal condition due to corrosion, wear-out, failure, or damage, without good cause;

3. Intentionally damaging any measuring instrument;

4. Omitting the outcomes of measurement or making false outcomes of measurement by tampering with any measuring instrument.

(2) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, each Mayor/Do Governor, and each business operator shall operate and manage installed measuring instruments in accordance with the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment so as to ensure that the reliability and accuracy of outcomes of measurement by the measuring instruments can be constantly maintained. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may order any business operator who fails to observe the standards under paragraph (2) to take measures necessary for operating and managing measuring instruments in accordance with the standards by the specified deadline, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may order any person who fails to comply with an order issued under paragraph (3) to take measures to suspend operation, entirely or partially, for not more than 6 months, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may operate a computer network that can computerize the outcomes of measurement by connecting measuring instruments to the network, and render technical assistance so that a Mayor/Do Governor or a business operator can maintain and manage measuring instruments in a normal condition. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) Expenses incurred in installing, operating, and managing measuring instruments by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or a Mayor/Do Governor shall be borne by the State, if the instruments are installed, operated, and managed by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment; or by the Special Metropolitan City or the relevant Metropolitan City, Special Self-Governing City, Do, Special Self-Governing Province, if the instruments are installed, operated, and managed by a Mayor/Do Governor. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 21(Operation and management of discharging facilities and prevention facilities) #

(1) Any business operator (including the persons who have installed and operate common-use prevention facilities under Article 35(4) of the Water Environment Conservation Act and Article 29(1) of the Clean Air Conservation Act) who operates a facility emitting air pollutants defined in subparagraph 2b of Article 2 or a facility discharging wastewater defined in subparagraph 2g of that Article and prevention facilities annexed thereto shall not commit any of the following acts: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Where a business operator operates facilities emitting air pollutants and prevention facilities annexed thereto:

a. Omitting to operate prevention facilities, while operating a facility emitting air pollutants, or emitting air pollutants produced from a facility emitting air pollutants after mixing the pollutants with air in order to lower the level of pollution; provided, the cases recognized by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment as necessary to prevent accidents, such as fire and explosion, shall be excluded herefrom;

b. Installing an air conditioning system or a branch pipeline through which air pollutants can be emitted without passing them through prevention facilities; provided, the cases recognized by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment as necessary to prevent accidents, such as fire and explosion, shall be excluded herefrom;

c. Abandoning any facility emitting air pollutants or any prevention facility, from which air pollutants leak due to corrosion or wear-out without good cause;

d. Abandoning the failure or damage of a machine or instrument annexed to a prevention facility without good cause;

2. Where a business operator operates facilities discharging wastewater and prevention facilities annexed thereto:

a. Discharging water pollutants from a facility discharging wastewater without passing them through prevention facilities, or installing any facility through which such water pollutants can be discharged without passing them through prevention facilities;

b. Discharging water pollutants flowing into prevention facilities without passing them through the final outlet, or installing a facility through which such water pollutants can be discharged without passing them through the final outlet;

c. Disposing of water pollutants from facilities discharging wastewater by mixing them with water not produced during the relevant process or with unpolluted water produced during the relevant process, or discharging water pollutants in excess of the permissible discharge standards after mixing them with water in order to lower the level of pollution before passing them through the final outlet of prevention facilities; provided, the cases recognized by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment as those where water pollutants can be treated only by diluting as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and other cases prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, shall be excluded herefrom;

3. Discharging pollutants, etc. in excess of the permissible discharge standards in any other manner without operating any facility emitting air pollutants or facility discharging wastewater and prevention facilities annexed thereto in a normal condition, without good cause.

(2) Every business operator shall observe the following standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in order to totally reduce pollutants from discharging facilities, etc.: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Standards for the installation and management of discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities and measures therefor:

a. Standards that shall follow in installing discharging facilities, etc. in order to control or reduce the discharge of pollutants, etc.;

b. Standards concerning the control and reduction of pollutants directly discharged from discharging facilities, etc. to the environment without passing them through a stack or other outlets;

c. Standards concerning appropriate management and measures for maintaining the reduction efficiency in reducing pollutants, etc. in accordance with items a and b above;

2. Standards for the measurement and survey of pollutants, etc.:

a. Standards concerning the measurement of pollutants directly discharged from discharging facilities, etc. to the environment without passing them through a stack or other outlets;

b. Standards concerning the scope, methods, etc. of survey on the impact that discharged pollutants, etc. have on the environs of discharging facilities, etc.

(3) If any business operator fails to observe the standards referred to in any subparagraph of paragraph (2), the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may order the business operator to take measures for observing the standards. In such cases, when a business operator fails to comply with an order, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may entirely or partially revoke the permission or permission for modification issued under Article 6, or may order the business operator to suspend the operation or use of the relevant discharging facilities, etc., entirely or partially, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 21-2(Appointment of integrated environmental managers) #

(1) A business operator, who meets the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in consideration of the size of the place of the business establishment subject to integrated control, the volume of pollutants, etc. discharged therefrom, and other relevant factors, shall appoint an integrated environmental manager (referring to a person who manages discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities in a business establishment subject to integrated control; hereinafter the same shall apply), from among persons qualified under paragraph (3). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(2) An integrated environmental manager appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not concurrently perform duties of other compulsory employees (referring to persons who shall be employed mandatorily in accordance with statutes) other than the ones prescribed in Article 21-3 at the relevant business establishment subject to integrated control; provided, this shall not apply where there are reasons prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in consideration of the size of the business establishment subject to integrated control and the volume of pollutants, etc. discharged therefrom. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(3) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may grant qualification of an integrated environmental manager and issue a qualification certificate to a person who is recognized to have expertise in controlling discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities in a business establishment subject to integrated control and has completed curricula prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) Upon the appointment, dismissal, or retirement of an integrated environmental manager, a business operator shall without delay file a report on the appointment, dismissal, or retirement with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment and shall appoint a new integrated environmental manager within 30 days from the date of his or her dismissal or retirement; provided, where he or she is unable to appoint a new integrated environmental manager within such period, he or she can extend the period with approval from the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) Where an integrated environmental manager a business operator appoints under paragraph (1) cannot temporarily perform any of his or her duties due to his or her travel, illness, or other reasons, the business operator shall designate an agent to act on behalf of the integrated environmental manager.

(6) Other details regarding granting of qualification of an integrated environmental manager, the appointment thereof, etc. shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[This Article Added on Jun. 10, 2022]

[Enforcement Date: Jan. 1, 2025]

Article 22(Revocation of permission) #

(1) In any of the following cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may, entirely or partially, revoke the permission or permission for modification issued to a business operator or a person who has installed and operates discharging facilities, etc. (limited to cases falling under subparagraph 2) under Article 6 or may order the business operator or the person to close the discharging facilities, etc., entirely or partially, or to suspend the operation or use of the discharging facilities, etc., entirely or partially for not more than 6 months; provided, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment must revoke the permission or permission for modification in cases of subparagraph 1: <Amended on Jun. 10, 2022; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. If a business operator obtains permission or permission for modification or files a report on modification under Article 6, by fraud or other improper means;

2. If a person has installed or operates discharging facilities, etc. without obtaining permission under Article 6(1);

3. If it is found that a business operator fails to install discharging facilities, etc., demolishes the relevant facilities, or closes business without compelling cause, within 5 years after obtaining permission or permission for modification under Article 6;

4. If a business operator fails to obtain permission for modification under Article 6(2);

5. If a business operator fails to fulfill the conditions of permission under Article 6(3);

6. If a business operator operates discharging facilities, etc. without filing a report on the start of operation under Article 12(1);

7. If a business operator fails to comply with an order issued to suspend operation or discontinue use under Article 14(2);

8. If a business operator fails to install measuring instruments under Article 19(1);

9. If a business operator commits any of the acts specified in Article 20(1);

10. If a business operator fails to comply with an order issued to suspend operation under Article 20(4);

11. If a business operator commits any of the acts specified in Article 21(1);

12. If a business operator fails to comply with an order issued to suspend the operation of a facility or to discontinue the use of a facility under Article 21(3);

13. If a business operator removes relevant discharging facilities, etc. in order to discontinue business;

14. If a business operator continues the operation of a facility during the operation suspension period.

15. If a business operator fails to appoint an integrated environmental manager under Article 21-2(1) or (4).

(2) In any of the following cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may order a business operator to suspend the operation of the relevant discharging facilities, etc. or to discontinue the use of the relevant discharging facilities, etc., entirely or partially, for not more than 6 months: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. If a business operator fails to file a report on modification under Article 6(2);

2. If a business operator fails to measure pollutants, etc., in violation of Article 31(1), or violates any of the methods of measurement in measuring pollutants, etc.;

3. If a business operator makes false records of outcomes of measurement or fails to keep records of outcomes of measurement, in violation of Article 31(1);

4. If a business operator makes false records with regard to any of the matters referred to in Article 32 or fails to make and keep records of such matters.

(3) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to revoke permission or permission for modification or to issue an order to close discharging facilities, etc. under paragraph (1) or revoke permission or permission for modification under the latter part of Article 21(3), he or she shall hold hearings. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) Matters concerning the criteria for administrative dispositions under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, taking into consideration the frequency of violation, the level of the impact on people's health or the environment, etc. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[Enforcement Date: Jan. 1, 2025]

Article 23(Penalty surcharges) #

(1) If the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall order a business operator to suspend the operation or use of a facility under Articles 14(2), 20(4) and latter part of Article 21(3) or Article 22(1) and (2) (limited to where it is ordered to suspend the use of a facility under Article 14(2) by reason that persistent organic pollutants, which are defined in subparagraph 1g of Article 2 and continuously discharged, exceed the permissible discharge standards for such pollutants) but the suspension of the operation or use of a facility is likely to seriously harm residents' lives, international credibility, the national economy, including employment and prices, or the public interests, he or she may impose a penalty surcharge of not more than 300 million won, in replacement of the order of suspension of the operation or use of the facility; provided, an order of suspension of the operation or use of a facility shall not be replaced by a penalty surcharge in any of the following cases: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Where a business operator is ordered to suspend the operation of a facility under Article 14(2) (limited to where air pollutants defined in subparagraph 1a of Article 2 or water pollutants defined in subparagraph 1e of Article 2 have been discharged in excess of the permissible discharge standards);

2. Where a business operator becomes subject to an order of suspension of the use of a facility for at least 30 days due to an act specified in any subparagraph of Article 21(1).

(2) Matters necessary for the amount of a penalty surcharge according to the type of violation subject to a penalty surcharge under paragraph (1) and the degree, etc. of violation shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(3) Penalty surcharges imposed and collected under paragraph (1) shall be treated as revenue for the special account for environmental improvement under the Framework Act on Environmental Policy.

(4) If a person obliged to pay a penalty surcharge under paragraph (1) fails to pay it by payment deadline, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall collect it in the same manner as delinquent national taxes are collected. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 24(Best available techniques) #

(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall introduce techniques comprising technically and economically applicable control techniques (hereinafter referred to as "best available techniques") that can most effectively reduce discharge of pollutants as environmental control techniques for the designing, installation, operation, and management of discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities, considering the following matters: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Practicability in the relevant business establishment;

2. The effect of reducing the volume of pollutants, etc. produced and discharged;

3. Expenses incurred in applying and managing environmental control techniques;

4. Whether the techniques can promote the reduction or recycling of wastes;

5. Efficiency in the use of energy;

6. Whether it is possible to take preventive measures for the control of pollution by reducing pollutants, etc. from sources;

7. Except as provided in subparagraphs 1 through 6, matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.

(2) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall formulate and distribute standards for best available techniques, which shall contain the following matters, so that best available techniques can be easily applied to each business establishment. In such cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall periodically review the standards for best available techniques, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, and may modify and supplement the standards, if necessary, considering the level of development of science and technology: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. General status of each type of business, including characteristics of each category of industry;

2. Current status of production and discharge of major pollutants, etc.;

3. Best available techniques introduced in accordance with paragraph (1);

4. Matters concerning environmental control techniques newly developed in addition to the best available techniques introduced under paragraph (1);

5. The range of concentrations of pollutants, etc. that are likely to be discharged, if best available techniques are applied to discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities;

6. Except as provided in subparagraphs 1 through 5, matters deemed necessary by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment.

(3) The best available techniques and the standards for best available techniques introduced or formulated under paragraphs (1) and (2), shall be brought to the Central Environmental Policy Committee under Article 58(1) of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy for deliberation.

(4) The maximum discharge standards, which specify the maximum amounts of pollutants, etc. that may be discharged when best available techniques are applied to discharging facilities, etc., shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment after consulting with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies thereon. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may form and operate a technical workforce team for each type of business as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in order to render working-level assistance in introducing best available techniques and formulating standards for best available techniques under paragraphs (1) and (2). In such cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall hear the opinion of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources on the formation of technical workforce teams. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may render financial and technical support to business operators who apply best available techniques or any environmental control technique recognized as more efficient than best available techniques, considering the economic size of each of the business operators, the level of the environmental control technique to be applied, etc., as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 27(Disclosure of information) #

(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall disclose information about the following matters to the public, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. The results of a review conducted by the specialized environmental assessment institute designated under Article 29 on an application for ex-ante consultation under Article 5(1);

2. The results of a review on the ex-ante consultation under Article 5(2);

3. Information about applications for permission or permission for modification under Article 6 and decisions thereon;

4. Annual reports prescribed in Article 33;

5. Except as provided in subparagraphs 1 through 4, information about the matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment need not disclose information about the matters specified in that paragraph in either of the following cases: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Where the Minister concludes that the disclosure of information will seriously harm national security, maintenance of public order, or public welfare;

2. Where the Minister concludes that it is necessary not to disclose part of information in connection with trade secret of any company.

(3) The deliberation committee for the disclosure of information about integrated environmental control shall be established to deliberate on whether to disclose information under paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall give written notice to the persons whose information becomes subject to disclosure as a result of deliberation by the deliberation committee for the disclosure of information about integrated environmental control and shall give them opportunities to present their cases. In such cases, the persons whose information becomes subject to disclosure may request the protection of information, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(5) The disclosure referred to in paragraph (1) shall be done by posting information on the integrated environmental permission system defined in Article 28(1) or the web-site approved by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(6) Matters necessary for the method and procedure for the disclosure of information and the formation, operation, etc. of the deliberation committee for the disclosure of information about integrated environmental control under paragraphs (1) through (5) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.

Article 30(Reporting and inspection) #

(1) The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may order any business operator, any agent for integrated permission, or any person to whom the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment entrusts affairs under Article 35(2) to submit a necessary report or data or may instruct relevant public officials (including employees of a specialized institution to whom the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment entrusts affairs under Article 35(2)) to measure pollutants or to enter any place to inspect relevant documents, facilities, equipment, etc., as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>

1. Whether the business operator or the person has conducted operation in accordance with the permission or permission for modification issued or the report on modification filed under Article 6;

2. Whether permissible discharge standards and conditions of permission under Article 6(3) are appropriate;

2-2. Whether matters concerning the registration, etc. of agents for integrated permission under Articles 11-2 through 11-11 are observed;

3. Whether measuring instruments are installed and operated in a normal condition;

4. Whether the business operator or the person observes provisions of Article 21 concerning the operation, management, etc. of discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities;

5. Whether the business operator or the person observes Article 31 concerning measurement and the making and keeping of records;

6. Whether the business operator or the person observes Article 32 concerning the making and keeping of records.

(2) Public officials who intend to enter a place or conduct an inspection under paragraph (1) shall carry a certificate indicating their authority and present it to people involved.

(3) When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to measure pollutants, etc. under paragraph (1), he or she shall request the testing institution prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment to measure them; provided, this shall not apply to the pollutants, etc. prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment as those that can be measured on the site. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

(4) Matters necessary for the interval, methods, etc. of the measurement of pollutants, etc. and entrance and inspection of relevant documents, facilities, equipment, etc. shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

Article 47(Administrative fines) #

(1) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine of not more than 15 million won:

1. A person who breaches any of the conditions of permission under Article 6(3);

2. A person who breaches any of the standards for the measurement and survey of pollutants, etc. under Article 21(2)2.

(2) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding 10 million won: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

1. A person who fails to file a report on modification under the proviso of Article 6(2);

2. A person who insufficiently prepares documents, etc. for integrated permission or materials that are the basis of preparing such documents, etc., in violation of Article 11-4(1)1 or (2)1.

(3) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding 7 million won: <Amended on Jun. 10, 2022>

1. A person who fails to appoint an integrated environmental manager under Article 21-2(1) or (4);

2. A person who fails to file a report on the appointment, dismissal, or retirement of an integrated environmental manager, in violation of Article 21-2(4);

3. A person who fails to designate an agent, in violation of Article 21-2(5) or 21-4(3);

4. A person who fails to submit a report or data in accordance with Article 30(1) or submits false reports or data;

5. A person who fails to make or keep records of the matters under the subparagraphs of Article 32 or who makes false records of such matters.

(4) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine of not more than 5 million won: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

1. A person who commits an act referred to in Article 20(1)2;

2. A person who fails to observe the standards for the operation and management of measuring instruments under Article 20(2);

3. A person who fails to measure pollutants, fails to make and keep records of outcomes of measurement, or makes and keeps false records of such outcomes, in violation of Article 31(1);

4. A person who revises important matters without filing for registration of revision, in violation of the latter part of Article 11-2(1);

5. A person who fails to file a report on succession to rights and obligations, in violation of Article 11-5(2);

6. A person fails to report performance records of agency service, in violation of Article 11-9(1).

(5) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding 3 million won: <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

1. A person who fails to submit an annual report under Article 33(1) or prepares and submits a false annual report;

2. An agent for integrated permission who fails to require education and training under Article 11-10(2) without good reason;

3. A person who fails to bear expenses, in violation of Article 11-10(3);

4. A person who gives any disadvantage to technical persons providing agency service for integrated permission by reason of bearing expenses, in violation of Article 11-10(4).

(6) Any of the following persons shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding 2 million won: <Amended on Jun. 10, 2022>

1. A person who makes noise or vibration defined in subparagraph 1d of Article 2 in excess of the permissible discharge standards established under Article 8(1);

2. A person who commits an act specified in Article 21(1)1c or d;

3. A person who transports any particulate material, such as cement, coal, soil, animal feed, and scrapped metal, in violation of the standards for the establishment and management of discharging facilities, etc. and prevention facilities and measures therefor under Article 21(2)1;

4. A business operator who fails to require an integrated environmental manager to receive continuing education or to bear expenses incurred therein, in violation of Article 21-4(4).

(7) Administrative fines prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (6) shall be imposed and collected by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>

[Enforcement Date: Jan. 1, 2025]

ACT ON THE INTEGRATED CONTROL OF POLLUTANT-DISCHARGING FACILITIES

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 4(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 5(Ex-ante consultation) #

Article 6(Integrated permission) #

Article 7(Criteria for permission) #

Article 8(Permissible discharge standards) #

Article 9(Amendment of conditions of permission and permissible discharge standards) #

Article 10(Special cases concerning application of acts to integrated permission) #

Article 11(Succession to rights and obligations) #

Article 11-2(Registration of agency business for integrated permission) #

Article 11-3(Grounds for disqualification) #

Article 11-4(Matters to be observed by agents for integrated permission) #

Article 11-5(Succession to rights and obligations of agents for integrated permission) #

Article 11-6(Closure or suspension of business) #

Article 11-7(Revocation of registration) #

Article 11-8(Evaluation and announcement of business performance capabilities of agents for integrated permission) #

Article 11-9(Reporting performance records of agency service) #

Article 11-10(Training of technical personnel engaging in agency business for integrated permission) #

Article 11-11(Duty to maintain confidentiality) #

Article 12(Reporting and acceptance of start of operation) #

Article 13(Measurement of pollution level) #

Article 14(Order of improvement) #

Article 15(Imposition and collection of effluent charges) #

Article 16(Exemption or reduction of effluent charges) #

Article 17(Adjustment of effluent charges) #

Article 18(Procedure for deferment of collection, installment payment, and collection of effluent charges) #

Article 19(Installation of measuring instruments) #

Article 20(Operation and management of measuring instruments) #

Article 21(Operation and management of discharging facilities and prevention facilities) #

Article 21-2(Appointment of integrated environmental managers) #

Article 21-3(Duties of integrated environmental managers) #

Article 21-4(Continuing education) #

Article 21-5(Entrustment of education) #

Article 22(Revocation of permission) #

Article 23(Penalty surcharges) #

Article 24(Best available techniques) #

Article 25(Fact-finding survey) #

Article 26(Assistance in development of technology) #

Article 27(Disclosure of information) #

Article 28(Establishment of integrated environmental permission system) #

Article 29(Operation of specialized environmental assessment institute) #

Article 30(Reporting and inspection) #

Article 31(Self-measurement) #

Article 32(Recording and retention) #

Article 33(Annual reports) #

Article 34(Fees) #

Article 34-2(Establishment of association) #

Article 35(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 36(Legal fiction of deeming public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions) #

Article 37(Re-examination of regulation) #

Article 38(Penalty provisions) #

Article 39(Penalty provisions) #

Article 40(Penalty provisions) #

Article 41(Penalty provisions) #

Article 42(Penalty provisions) #

Article 43(Penalty provisions) #

Article 44(Penalty provisions) #

Article 45(Penalty provisions) #

Article 46(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 47(Administrative fines) #