(1) Reasons for Proposal

This Amendment aims to prescribe the grounds for requiring those who intend to develop a housing lot to install a waste disposal facility and the local governments to pay an amount equivalent to the expenses for such installation without installing the facility, and to require the housing lot developers to pay the installation expenses for convenience and beneficial facilities when the developers agree to install the said facility and pay the installation expenses for a waste disposal facility, so as to ensure that the Act serves its original purpose via efficient utilization of land resources and pleasant environment creation. 

(2) Major Provisions

A. Underground installation of waste disposal facilities for housing lot development projects (Article 4(3))

- Where there is a house next to the site or where there are more than 20 houses within 300 meters from the site, mandate the local government to review the feasibility of the underground installation of the facility.

B. Payment of the installation charge of waste disposal facilities in housing lot development projects (Article 4 (4))

- Where the waste generated from housing sites may be disposed of at existing facilities or an agreement has been reached for it to be sent to other local governments, require the developer to pay the installation expenses to the local government. 

C. Materialization of the standards for calculating the amount of contribution for the installation (Article 4 (5) and attached Form 5)

- Newly enforce attached Form 5 (standards for calculating the amount of contribution) to prescribe the method of calculation for the amount of contribution for installing waste disposal facilities (facility installation expenses and site purchasing expenses).

D. Reduction in the composition requirements for the Location Selection Committee (Article 7 and attached Form 1)

- Reduce the quota and commission standards of each member of the Location Selection Committee prescribed under attached Form 1 and prescribe the said matters under the Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment or the Municipal Ordinance of local governments, where necessary. 

E. Expansion of the installation of convenience and beneficial facilities (Article 24)

- Increase the limit on the installation of convenience and beneficial facilities to increase the receptiveness of residents (10→20%).

- Where a housing lot developer pays for the installation expenses for a waste disposal facility, require the developer to also pay the installation expenses for convenience and beneficial facilities (20%). 

F. Raise the ratio of residents support fund (Article 25)

- In order to properly compensate residents for damage caused by waste brought in and disposed of, raise the ratio of residents support fund raised out of the fees for bringing in the waste (10→20%).