MANAGEMENT OF MARINE GARBAGE AND CONTAMINATED MARINE SEDIMENT ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the conservation of the marine environment and the improvement of citizens’ quality of life by prescribing matters necessary for environmentally friendly and systematic management of marine garbage and contaminated marine sediments.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "garbage" means garbage defined in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Marine Environment Management Act;

2. The term "discharge" means discharge defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Marine Environment Management Act;

3. The term "sea" means sea defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Marine Fishery Development;

4. The term "seashore" means space between a coastline referred to in Article 6(1)4 of the Act on the Establishment and Management of Spatial Data and an area registered on the cadastral record;

5. The term "marine garbage" means garbage that is released, dumped, or abandoned in the sea or along the seashore;

6. The term "contaminated marine sediment" means material deposited in the sea, which contains any substance that exceeds the marine environmental standards pursuant to Article 13 of the Act on Conservation and Utilization of the Marine Environment, or which adversely affects human health as well as property, living environment, or natural environment;

7. The term "sea area management authority" means a sea area management authority pursuant to subparagraph 8 of Article 2 of the Act on Conservation and Utilization of the Marine Environment.

Article 3(Scope of application) #

(1) This Act shall apply to the management of marine garbage and contaminated marine sediments in the following sea areas and water zones (including the seashore in regard to collection of coastal garbage under Article 12; hereinafter the same shall apply):

MANAGEMENT OF MARINE GARBAGE AND CONTAMINATED MARINE SEDIMENT ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Scope of application) #

Article 4(Responsibilities of the State) #

Article 5(Formulation of master plan for managing marine garbage and contaminated marine sediments) #

Article 5-2(Marine garbage management committee) #

Article 6(Fact-finding surveys) #

Article 7(Prohibition of discharge of garbage into sea) #

Article 8(Discharge of garbage into sea following natural disasters) #

Article 9(Reclamation of garbage) #

Article 10(Storage and management of carbon dioxide streams in marine geological structures) #

Article 11(Measures to block inflow of garbage into sea) #

Article 12(Collection of coastal garbage) #

Article 13(Collection of floating garbage) #

Article 14(Collection of deposited garbage) #

Article 15(Operation of ships for collection of marine garbage) #

Article 15-2(Marine environmental guards) #

Article 16(Detoxification of contaminated marine sediments) #

Article 17(Follow-up management) #

Article 17-2(Reporting on completion of orders to take measures) #

Article 18(Use of dredged materials) #

Article 19(Registration of marine garbage management business) #

Article 20(Grounds for disqualification from registration) #

Article 21(Duties of marine garbage management business entities) #

Article 21-2(Education for technical personnel for marine garbage management business) #

Article 22(Orders for disposal of entrusted marine garbage) #

Article 23(Succession of rights and obligations) #

Article 24(Revocation of registration) #

Article 25(Designation of specialized institutions) #

Article 26(Revocation of designation as specialized institutions) #

Article 27(Establishment and operation of management center) #

Article 28(Vicarious execution) #

Article 29(Administrative, financial, and technical assistance) #

Article 29-2(Coastal cleanup day) #

Article 30(Electronic information processing system to manage marine garbage) #

Article 31(Hearings) #

Article 32(Access and inspections) #

Article 33(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 34(Legal fiction as public officials for purposes of penalty provisions) #

Article 35(Penalty provisions) #

Article 36(Penalty provisions) #

Article 37(Penalty provisions) #

Article 38(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 39(Administrative fines) #