(1) Reasons for Proposal
The Marine Waste and Marine Pollution Sediment Management Act (Act No. 16699; promulgated on December 3, 2019; to be enforced on December 4, 2020) was legislated to transfer provisions defined in the Marine Environment Management Act, improve shortcomings in conventional management, and strengthen the polluter’s responsibility to comprehensively and systematically manage marine waste and marine pollution sediment, and this Enforcement Rule aims to define matters required to implement the Act.
(2) Major Provisions
1) Define the scope of investigation for marine waste and marine pollution sediment (Article 2)
Define the status of pollution distribution by sea area, standing crop, pollution sources and anti-pollution measures, and collection and purification methods under investigation for marine waste and marine pollution sediment.
2) Define pollution standards for reclamation and isolation (Articles 12 and 13)
Define pollution standards for reclamation to follow those under the Enforcement Rule of the Soil Environment Conservation Act and pollution standards for isolation to follow marine waste discharge standards.
3) Define the method and procedure to collect marine waste (Articles 17 through 20)
Specifically divide the collection and disposal of marine waste into coastal, floating, and depository.
4) Define the purification method and post-purification management method of marine pollution sediment (Article 13)
Define the marine pollution sediment purification method as “improving seawater circulation,” “collecting and disposing,” and “inputting bio-colony and covering,” require post-purification management to be performed at least once every year for 5 years, and allow for requesting the competent authority to take action such as blocking pollutants if pollution is confirmed again.
5) Transfer provisions from another current law (Articles 3, 26, and 28)
Transfer provisions related to the management of marine waste and marine pollution sediment from the Marine Environment Management Act.
