ACT ON THE MANAGEMENT AND USE OF LIVESTOCK EXCRETA
Act No. 8010, Sep. 27, 2006
Amended by Act No. 8354, Apr. 11, 2007
Act No. 8466, May 17, 2007
Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008
Act No. 8957, Mar. 21, 2008
Act No. 9433, Feb. 6, 2009
Act No. 10035, Feb. 4, 2010
Act No. 10615, Apr. 28, 2011
Act No. 10893, Jul. 21, 2011
Act No. 10973, Jul. 28, 2011
Act No. 11965, Jul. 30, 2013
Act No. 11998, Aug. 6, 2013
Act No. 12516, Mar. 24, 2014
Act No. 13526, Dec. 1, 2015
Act No. 14481, Dec. 27, 2016
Act No. 14476, Dec. 27, 2016
Act No. 14532, Jan. 17, 2017
Act No. 15103, Nov. 28, 2017
Act No. 15510, Mar. 20, 2018
Act No. 15829, Oct. 16, 2018
Act No. 17091, Mar. 24, 2020
Act No. 17326, May 26, 2020
Act No. 18027, Apr. 13, 2021
Act No. 19208, Dec. 31, 2022
Act No. 19656, Aug. 16, 2023
Act No. 21065, Oct. 1, 2025
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the sustainable development of the livestock industry in harmony with the environment and to the improvement of national health by converting livestock excreta into resources or disposing thereof properly, thereby preventing environmental pollution.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Dec. 27, 2016; Oct. 1, 2025>
| 1. | The term "livestock" means cattle, swine, horses, chickens, and other domesticated animals prescribed by Presidential Decree; |
| 2. | The term "livestock excreta" means excrement and urine excreted by livestock, or a mixture of water used in the course of raising livestock and excrement and urine of livestock; |
| 3. | The term "livestock facility" means a facility or place where livestock manure is generated from livestock raising, such as a livestock barn, an exercise yard, and any other facilities or places prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; |
| 4. | The term "resource recovery plant" means a facility for converting livestock excreta into manure, liquid manure, or bio-energy (hereinafter referred to as "resource recovery") referred to in subparagraph 2f of Article 2 of the Act on the Promotion of the Development, Use and Diffusion of New and Renewable Energy; |
| 4-2. | The term "livestock excreta solid fuel" means solid fuel produced through separation, drying, formulation, etc. of livestock excreta; |
| 5. | The term "manure" means any substance excluding liquid manure, made by fermenting livestock excreta containing ingredients of fertilizers, which meets standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; |
| 6. | The term "liquid manure" means any substance made by fermenting livestock excreta in liquid form, which meets standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; |
| 7. | The term "purification facility" means a facility that purifies livestock excreta according to the methods prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (hereinafter referred to as "purification"), such as sedimentation, decomposition; |
| 8. | The term "disposal facility" means a resource recovery plant or purification facility for recycling or purifying livestock excreta (hereinafter referred to as "disposal"); |
| 9. | The term "public disposal facilities" means the following facilities: |
| a. | A disposal facility installed by the head of a local government; |
| b. | A resource recovery plant installed by an association or a national federation (including nonghyup agribusiness group; hereinafter referred to as "agricultural cooperative") prescribed in Article 2 of the Agricultural Cooperatives Act with approval from the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, Metropolitan City Mayor, Do Governor (hereinafter referred to as the "Mayor/Do Governor"), Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor under Article 24(3); |
| 10. | The term "producers' organization" means any of the following organizations: |
| a. | An agricultural cooperative; |
| d. | A nonprofit corporation consisting of livestock farmers. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 3 (Responsibilities of State, local governments, and livestock farmers) |
| (1) | The Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, the Special Self-Governing Province Governor, and the head of a Si/Gun/Gu (the head of a Gu refers to the head of an autonomous Gu; hereinafter referred to as the "head of a Si/Gun/Gu") shall endeavor to prevent environmental pollution caused by livestock excreta and to recover livestock excreta by measures such as ascertaining the current status of livestock excreta generated in his or her jurisdiction, installing public disposal facilities as provided for in this Act. |
| (2) | The Mayor/Do Governor shall provide the head of a Si/Gun/Gu with technical and financial support so that the head of a Si/Gun/Gu can perform his or her duties under paragraph (1) in good faith. |
| (3) | The State shall conduct research and development of, and provide support for, technology of treating livestock excreta, and provide each Mayor/Do Governor and the head of a Si/Gun/Gu with necessary technical and financial support to enable each of them to perform his or her duties under paragraph (1) or (2) in good faith. |
| (4) | Each livestock farmer shall endeavor to conserve the environment and prevent environmental pollution by creating an environment for environment-friendly raising of livestock and disposing of livestock excreta appropriately. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 4 (Wider disposal of livestock excreta) |
If it is deemed necessary to jointly dispose of livestock excreta generated in at least two Special Metropolitan Cities, Metropolitan Cities, or Dos (hereinafter referred to as "City/Do"), or Metropolitan Self-Governing Cities, Special Self-Governing Provinces, or Sis/Guns/Gus (Gu refers to an autonomous Gu; hereinafter referred to as "Si/Gun/ Gu"), the local governments having the jurisdiction over the relevant areas may jointly install and operate public disposal facilities.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 5 (Master plans for management of livestock excreta) |
| (1) | A Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall formulate a master plan for the management of livestock excreta in their jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as a "master plan for the management of livestock excreta") every 10 years and shall obtain approval of such plan from the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. The same shall also apply to the modification of important matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in the master plan for the management of livestock excreta. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | When the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment intends to approve the formulation or modification of a master plan for the management of livestock excreta under paragraph (1), the Minister shall consult with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the heads of relevant central administrative agencies. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | Where any reason for the formulation, revision, etc. of the following master plans arises, the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall incorporate such reason into the master plan for the management of livestock excreta: <Amended on Nov. 28, 2017; Dec. 31, 2022> |
| 2. | The master plan for a circular economy under Article 10(1) of the Act on Facilitation of Transition to Circular Economy and Society; |
| 3. | Any other public plan necessary for the management of livestock excreta. |
| (4) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall formulate a detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta within his or her jurisdiction (hereinafter referred to as "detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta") based on a master plan for the management of livestock excreta, and submit it to the Mayor/Do Governor; provided, in cases of a Metropolitan Self-Governing City or Special Self-Governing Province, procedures for formulating a detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta shall be prescribed by ordinance of the relevant local government. |
| (5) | Matters to be included in master plans for the management of livestock excreta and a detailed plan for the management of livestock excreta and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 6 Deleted. <Feb. 4, 2010> |
CHAPTER II MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK
| Article 7 (Fact-finding survey on livestock excreta) |
| (1) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, a Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall conduct a fact-finding survey on the quantity of fertilizers contained in farmland, the quantity of fertilizers supplied, and the status of environmental pollution caused by livestock excreta, etc., (hereinafter referred to as "fact-finding survey on livestock excreta") in order to efficiently formulate and implement policies related to the management and use of livestock excreta. In such cases, the Mayor/Do Governor, the Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or the Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall incorporate the result of the fact-finding survey on livestock excreta into the relevant master plan for the management of livestock excreta. <Amended on Aug. 16, 2023; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | Survey item by purpose, designation of an area subject to a survey, survey methods, and other necessary matters for the fact-finding survey on livestock excreta shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
| (3) | When the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment conducts a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta, the head of the relevant local government shall cooperate to ensure that such survey is conducted smoothly. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (4) | When conducting a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta, a Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor shall report the survey plan and its results to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (5) | If livestock farmers in an area where the quantity of fertilizers contained in farmland is found to be excessive or the quantity of fertilizers supplied is found to exceed its demand in the course of a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta relocate or demolish their livestock pens, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may subsidize costs incurred in relocating or demolishing the livestock pens, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 7-2 (Access to land owned by others) |
| (1) | If it is necessary to conduct a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, a Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor may authorize a relevant public official to enter the relevant area or an adjacent land owned by another person, or to collect the minimum amount of samples necessary for the survey; and if it is particularly required, they may remove or alter trees or other obstacles (hereinafter referred to as "obstacles, etc."). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | When a person intends to access land owned by others pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she shall notify it to the occupant of relevant land in advance, and when a person intends to use land owned by others or to remove or alter obstacles, etc., he or she shall notify it to an owner and an occupant of such land in advance and gather consensus therefrom; provided, when it is impracticable to make a prior notification, a notification may be made in a method prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
| (3) | Before or after dark, no access to a housing lot or land owned by others which is surrounded by walls or fences shall be allowed without approval from an occupant of relevant land. |
| (4) | No occupant of relevant land shall refuse or interfere with access to or use of land under paragraph (1) without justifiable grounds. |
| (5) | A person who intends to access land owned by others under paragraph (1) shall carry an identification indicating his or her authority, and show it to relevant persons, where requested. |
| (6) | Matters necessary for identification under paragraph (5) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 8 (Restrictions on raising of livestock) |
| (1) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may designate and publicly notify a specific area to impose restrictions on raising livestock within the area, as prescribed by ordinance of the local government, if it is deemed necessary to impose such restrictions in any of the following areas in order to conserve the living environment of residents or the quality of potable water sources; provided, if there is a request of an adjacent local government in the border area between local governments, the head may impose restrictions on raising livestock by designating and publicly notify a specific area in consultation with the relevant local governments: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | A high-density residential area, the living environment of which needs to be protected; |
| 3. | Waterfront areas designated and publicly notified pursuant to Article 4(1) of the Act on the Improvement of Water Quality and Support for Residents of the Han River Basin; Article 4(1) of the Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Nakdong River Basin; Article 4(1) of the Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Geum River Basin; and Article 4(1) of the Act on Water Management and Resident Support in the Yeongsan and Seomjin River Basins; |
| 5. | An area requested by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the competent Mayor/Do Governor to be designated and publicly notified as a zone where the raising of livestock may be restricted under paragraph (2). |
| (2) | For an area that has caused or is likely to cause damage or harm to the conservation of water quality or the aquatic ecosystem due to livestock excreta, etc., among the areas where a fact-finding survey on livestock excreta has been conducted under Article 7(1) and the areas specified in paragraph (1)2 through 4, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the competent Mayor/Do Governor may request the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu to designate and publicly notify such area as a zone where the raising of livestock may be restricted. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order a person who raises livestock within an area designated and publicly notified as a zone in which livestock raising is restricted pursuant to paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "livestock-raising restriction zone") to relocate livestock pens, remove hazards, and take other necessary measures. |
| (4) | When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu issues an order to relocate livestock pens pursuant to paragraph (3), he or she shall grant a grace period of at least one year, and shall provide reasonable compensation for relocation, such as financial support, arranging a site in accordance with the standards and procedures prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
| (5) | If it is deemed necessary to modify or revoke the designation of a livestock-raising restriction zone, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall modify or revoke such designation, as prescribed by ordinance of the local government and shall publicly notify the modification or revocation; provided, for a livestock-raising restriction zone under paragraph (1) 5, the head shall consult with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the competent Mayor/Do Governor who requested the designation and public notice. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 9 (Designation of environment-friendly livestock farms) |
| (1) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may designate a livestock farm that maintains livestock pens in an environment-friendly manner and contributes to appropriate management and use of livestock excreta as an environment-friendly livestock farm. |
| (2) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may attach the following conditions when designating an environment-friendly livestock farm: |
| 2. | Livestock excreta shall be recovered and shall be fully reinstated as farmland; |
| 3. | An environment-friendly livestock pen shall be created by planting trees for landscaping, etc.; |
| 4. | Facilities for reducing malodors shall be installed and operated so as not to undermine the living conditions in nearby areas; |
| 5. | Other standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall be observed. |
| (3) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may provide the following support to livestock farms designated as environmentally-friendly livestock farms: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | Financial support necessary for the management of livestock pens and livestock excreta; |
| 2. | Exemption from reporting and inspections under Article 41; |
| 3. | Other matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| (4) | If a person whose farm is designated as an environment-friendly livestock farm falls under any of the following, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may cancel such designation; provided, the designation shall be cancelled in cases falling under subparagraph 1: |
| 1. | If the person obtains the designation by fraudulent or other illegal means; |
| 2. | If the person fails to fulfill any condition attached pursuant to paragraph (2); |
| 3. | If the farm ceases to meet any of the standards for the designation prescribed in paragraph (6); |
| 4. | If the person becomes subject to an administrative disposition, punishment, or administrative fine for violating this Act or the Livestock Industry Act, making his or her farm inappropriate as an environment-friendly livestock farm. |
| (5) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, a Mayor/Do Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, and a producers' organization shall proactively utilize exemplary cases of the operation of an environmentally-friendly livestock farm for education or public relations. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (6) | Matters necessary for standards for the designation of environment-friendly livestock farms, the procedures for application, and other relevant matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 10 (Duty to treat livestock excreta, manure, and liquid manure) |
| (1) | No person who discharges, collects, transports, disposes of, or sprays livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure shall commit an act of flowing or with a risk of flowing livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure to public waters provided for in subparagraph 9 of Article 2 of the Water Environment Conservation Act (hereinafter referred to as "public waters") by leaking or neglecting the same or by spraying liquid manure in violation of any of the standards for spraying liquid manure prescribed in Article 17(1)5. <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017> |
| (2) | Where a living environment or pubic waters has been polluted or is at the risk of being polluted due to livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure flown out or neglected, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order a person who discharges, collects, transports, disposes of, or sprays livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure and others who are an owner or manager of livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure to take necessary measures for the prevention of environmental pollution, such as changing the way they keep livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure, the collection of livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
CHAPTER III MANAGEMENT OF WASTE-GENERATING FACILITIES AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES, AND SPRAYING OF MANURE OR LIQUID MANURE
| Article 11 (Installation of waste-generating facilities) |
| (1) | A person who intends to install, or has been installing or operating a waste-generating facility at least the size prescribed by Presidential Decree, shall prepare a plan for the installation of the waste-generating facility (including matters regarding livestock excreta disposal and reducing malodors) as prescribed by Presidential Decree, and obtain permission from the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (2) | A person who has obtained permission under paragraph (1) shall obtain permission for modification when intending to modify any significant matter prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and shall file a report on modification when intending to modify any other matter. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | A person who intends to install, or is installing or operating, a livestock facility at least the size prescribed by Presidential Decree, shall report thereon to the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, if the livestock facility is not subject to permission under paragraph (1). The same shall also apply to any modification to the reported matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (4) | No person shall use a waste-generating facility installed or altered without permission, permission for alteration, a report, or a report on alteration prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), or entrust the raising of livestock (hereinafter referred to as "entrustment of livestock raising") by providing his or her livestock, feed, etc. to those who raise livestock by using such facility. |
| (5) | When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu receives a report on alteration under paragraph (2), a report under the former part of paragraph (3), or a report on alteration under the latter part of that paragraph, he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 12 (Duty to install disposal facilities) |
| (1) | A person who holds permission for installation or alteration, or a person who completes reporting on alteration under Article 11(1) or (2), or a person who completes reporting or reporting on alteration under paragraph (3) of the aforesaid Article (hereinafter referred to as "waste-generating facility installer") shall install or alter disposal facilities; provided, where a person can appropriately dispose of livestock excreta other than by installing or altering disposal facilities, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, such person may not install or alter disposal facilities. |
| (2) | A waste-generating facility installer may install a facility for jointly disposing of livestock excreta (hereinafter referred to as a "co-disposal facility"), in any of the following cases. In such cases, it shall be deemed that a relevant disposal facility has been installed for each waste-generating facility: |
| 1. | Where a waste-generating facility installer intends to install a resource recovery plant for disposing of livestock excreta discharged from waste-generating facilities located in the same Si/Gun/Gu; |
| 2. | Where a waste-generating facility installer intends to jointly install a resource recovery plant or a purification facility because waste-generating facilities are located adjacent to each other (including cases where waste-generating facilities are not located in the same Si/Gun/Gu). |
| (3) | The State or a local government may provide a person who installs or alters disposal facilities or co-disposal facilities under paragraph (1) or (2) with necessary technical and financial support. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 12-2 (Standards for installation of disposal facilities) |
| (1) | A person who intends to install a treatment facility (hereinafter referred to as "treatment facility installer"), from among livestock facility installers, joint treatment facility installers, public treatment facility installers, persons who have filed a recycling report under Article 27, and a person with permission for livestock excreta treatment business under Article 28 (1) 2, shall comply with the standards for the installation of treatment facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | A person who installs a resource recovery plant producing liquid organic fertilizer shall secure grassland, farmland, an area designated as an experimental forest under Article 47 of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act, or golf courses among sports facilities under Article 3 of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act, which are necessary for applying liquid organic fertilizer (hereinafter referred to as "areas permitted for applying liquid organic fertilizer") in accordance with the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, following consultation conducted by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | A person who installs a purification facility shall install a facility capable of separating livestock excreta into feces and urine for separate storage, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, this shall not apply where certain requirements prescribed by Presidential Decree are satisfied, such as where compliance with the effluent water quality standards under Article 13 (hereinafter referred to as "effluent water quality standards") is possible without separating feces and urine for separate storage. |
| (4) | If a person obligated to install facilities for separating livestock into excrement and urine for separate storage pursuant to paragraph (3) fails to install such facilities, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order him or her to install the facilities within a specified period, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 13 (Standards for quality of discharged water) |
| (1) | The effluent water quality standards for purification facilities shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. In such cases, for an area subject to special measures under Article 38 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy or an area prescribed by Presidential Decree as necessary for the preservation of the quality of potable water sources, living environment, or natural environment, different effluent water quality standards may be established. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | Where the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor deems it difficult to maintain the environmental standards provided for in Article 12(1) or (3) of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy, he or she may apply more stringent standards than the quality standards for discharged water under paragraph (1) by local government ordinance. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 13-2 (Standards for converting excreta into manure and liquid manure) |
| (1) | The standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure of a resource recovery plant (hereinafter referred to as "standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure") shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree; provided, in cases of manure or liquid manure prescribed in the Fertilizer Control Act, it shall meet the legal standards for manure or liquid manure (hereinafter referred to as "legal standards") among the legal standards for fertilizers publicly notified pursuant to subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of that Act. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
| (2) | The standards for compositions, etc. of livestock excreta solid fuel of resource recovery plants (hereinafter referred to as "solid fuel standards") shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Added on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
[Title Amended on Dec. 1, 2015]
| Article 14 (Succession to status of waste-generating facility installers) |
| (1) | If a waste-generating facility installer or a disposal facility installer transfers his or her waste-generating facility or disposal facility to a third person or dies, or if a waste-generating facility installer or a disposal facility installer is merged with another corporation, the transferee, heir, or the corporation surviving or incorporated following such merger shall succeed to the status of the preceding waste-generating facility installer or disposal facility installer. |
| (2) | A person who takes over a waste-generating facility or a disposal facility as a whole in accordance with any of the following procedures shall succeed to the status of the preceding waste-generating facility installer or disposal facility installer: <Amended on Dec. 27, 2016> |
| 4. | Other procedures corresponding to the provisions of subparagraphs 1 through 3. |
| (3) | A person who succeeds to the status of the preceding livestock facility installer or treatment facility installer under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall report to the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 15 (Completion inspections of waste-generating facilities) |
| (1) | When a livestock facility installer or a treatment facility installer has completed the installation or modification of a livestock facility or a treatment facility, such installer shall file an application for completion inspection with the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, to undergo a completion inspection (hereinafter referred to as "completion inspection"); provided, this shall not apply to a person who has filed for registration of fertilizer production business under Article 11 of the Fertilizer Control Act. In such cases, documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment may be submitted in lieu of a completion inspection. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | In receipt of an application for a completion inspection, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall inspect whether facilities subject to the inspection have been installed in compliance with the following and shall determine and notify whether the facilities successfully pass the completion inspection within 15 days from the date an application is filed: |
| 1. | Details of the permission or permission for alteration or report for installation or alteration under Article 11; |
| 3. | Details of a report on recycling or a report on alteration of recycling under Article 27; |
| 4. | Details of permission for, permission for alternation of, or a report on alternation of the livestock excreta disposal business prescribed in Article 28(1)2. |
| (3) | If it is necessary to change the scheduled time of a completion inspection due to unavoidable circumstances, a person who has filed an application for a completion inspection under paragraph (1) shall file an application for a change of the completion inspection, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, before undergoing the completion inspection under paragraph (2). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (4) | A treatment facility installer who has been notified that the completion inspection under paragraph (2) has been passed shall operate the facility to treat livestock excreta in conformity with the following standards within a period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; in such cases, Articles 17(5) and 53(1)1 through 3 and (2)2 shall not apply during the period: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | Quality standards for discharged water under Article 13; |
| 2. | Standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure under Article 13-2(1) or legal standards of commercial fertilizer in cases of manure or liquid manure to which the Fertilizer Control Act applies; |
| (5) | With respect to facilities for which a notification of passing a completion inspection has been made pursuant to paragraph (2), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall inspect the operational status of such facilities without delay after the period pursuant to paragraph (4), and request an inspection agency prescribed by Presidential Decree to conduct an inspection by collecting a sample in order to examine whether the standards of each subparagraph of paragraph (4) are met. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
| (6) | An agency, in receipt of a request for an inspection under paragraph (5), shall examine as to whether a relevant sample satisfies the standards of each subparagraph of paragraph (4), and notify the head of a Si/Gun/Gu of the results thereof within one month from the date an inspection is requested. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
| (7) | The standards for taking a sample, the methods for examining the quality of discharged water, manure, liquid manure or livestock excreta solid fuel pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6), and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 15-2 (Use reports of livestock excreta solid fuel) |
| (1) | A person who intends to use livestock excreta solid fuel shall report to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in any of the following cases: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | Where he or she intends to firstly use livestock excreta solid fuel; |
| 2. | Where he or she intends to re-use livestock excreta solid fuel after having stopped using it for at least one year; |
| 3. | Where he or she intends to use livestock excreta solid fuel of which any of the following is changed: |
| a. | Suppliers of livestock excreta solid fuel; |
| b. | Kinds of livestock excreta solid fuel. |
| (2) | When the head of a Si/ Gun/Gu receives a report under paragraph (1), he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (3) | A person who uses livestock excreta solid fuel shall use it in the facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Added on Dec. 1, 2015]
| Article 16 (Designing and building disposal facilities) |
| (1) | A person who intends to install or modify a treatment facility shall order any of the following persons to design and construct it; provided, this shall not apply when a livestock facility installer intends to install or modify a treatment facility (limited to plants producing compost or liquid organic fertilizer) on the basis of a standard drawing determined by the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, in consultation with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | A person who has registered the design and construction business pursuant to Article 34(1); |
| (2) | Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person who intends to install or alter a disposal facility of size and work classification prescribed by Presidential Decree shall have a person, who is equipped with the facility, equipment, and technological capacity that meet the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree from among those falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1), engage in design and construction. <Amended on May 26, 2020> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 17 (Management of waste-generating and disposal facilities) |
| (1) | A livestock facility installer and an operator of the installed livestock facility (hereinafter referred to as "livestock facility installer and operator"), a treatment facility installer and an operator of the installed treatment facility (hereinafter referred to as "treatment facility installer and operator"), or a person who applies compost or liquid organic fertilizer shall not engage in any of the following conduct in treating livestock excreta or applying compost or liquid organic fertilizer: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | Discharging livestock excreta without treating it through a disposal facility or installing a facility through which livestock excreta can be discharged without treating it through a disposal facility; |
| 2. | Discharging livestock excreta flowing into a disposal facility without resource recovery or without discharging it through the final discharge outlet (hereinafter referred to as "halfway discharge") or installing a facility for discharging livestock excreta halfway; provided, this shall not apply where the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu recognizes that halfway discharge is necessary for producing liquid manure in the process of disposing of livestock excreta, etc. by a disposal facility; |
| 3. | Mixing water with livestock excreta flowing into a purification facility in an attempt to purify it, or discharging livestock excreta after mixing it with water; provided, this shall not apply where the head of the competent a Si/Gun/Gu recognizes that it is possible to purify livestock excreta only by mixing it with water in such process, subject to consultation with the Korea Environment Corporation under the Korea Environment Corporation Act or other relevant specialized institutions; |
| 4. | Producing and using compost or liquid organic fertilizer which fails to meet any of the standards for composting and liquid organic fertilizer production, or transferring such compost or liquid organic fertilizer to a third person, where livestock excreta are treated at a resource recovery plant; provided, this shall not apply where compost or liquid organic fertilizer which fails to meet any of the standards for composting and liquid organic fertilizer production is transferred to a person who intends to use it after fermenting it again, as prescribed by Presidential Decree; |
| 5. | Applying liquid organic fertilizer produced at a resource recovery plant producing liquid organic fertilizer over any place other than where the installer of a relevant resource recovery plant has secured to apply liquid organic fertilizer, or violating the application standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; |
| 6. | Dumping manure or liquid manure without using it as a fertilizer, or dumping livestock excreta solid fuel without using it as fuel; |
| 7. | Discharging livestock excreta not in compliance with the quality standards for discharged water by not operating purification facilities properly without justifiable grounds. |
| (2) | Where the installer and operator of a treatment facility find it difficult to ensure the normal operation of a purification facility for any unavoidable cause prescribed by Presidential Decree, and thus if there is a concern of failure to meet the effluent water quality standards, such installer and operator shall report it to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu in advance as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, and take necessary measures to prevent the leakage of livestock excreta. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu receives a report under paragraph (2), he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (4) | A livestock facility installer and operator or treatment facility installer and operator shall use it in the facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (5) | If the head of a Si/Gun/Gu finds that a waste-generating facility or a disposal facility has been operated in breach of paragraph (1) or (4), he or she may order the installer and operator of a relevant waste-generating facility, the installer and operator of a relevant discharge facility, or a person who sprays manure or liquid manure, to make necessary improvements to the relevant facility, the act of spraying manure or liquid manure, etc. within a specified period as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 18 (Cancellation of permission) |
| (1) | Where an installer or operator of a waste-generating facility or an operator of a disposal facility installed by the waste-generating facility installer falls under any of the following, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may cancel the relevant permission for installation or alteration of the waste-generating facility, or order its closure or the suspension of its use for not more than six months; provided, the permission for installation or alteration of a waste-generating facility shall be canceled, or the closure of a waste-generating facility shall be ordered, when falling under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4, 12, and 13: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| 1. | Where he or she acquires the permission for installation or alteration or reports on installation or alteration by fraudulent or other illegal means; |
| 2. | Where he or she fails to engage in the raising of livestock for at least three years without just grounds; |
| 3. | Where he or she removes the waste-generating facility in order to discontinue raising livestock, or if it is confirmed that the waste-generating facility has been demolished; |
| 4. | Where he or she has installed the waste-generating facility in places where the installation of a waste-generating facility is banned under this Act or other Acts; |
| 5. | Where he or she fails to comply with measures ordered under Article 10(2); |
| 6. | Where he or she has installed the waste-generating facility without acquiring permission for, or reporting on, the installation of a waste-generating facility prescribed in Article 11(1) or (3) in places not banned from the installation of a waste-generating facility under this Act or other Acts; |
| 7. | Where he or she alters the waste-generating facility without acquiring permission for alteration or reporting on alteration as required under Article 11(2) and (3); |
| 8. | Where he or she fails to install or alter the disposal facility as required under Article 12(1); |
| 9. | Where he or she uses the waste-generating facility or disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection prescribed in Article 15 for the relevant waste-generating facility or disposal facility; |
| 10. | Where he or she commits an offence falling under Article 17(1)1 or 2; |
| 11. | Where he or she fails to comply with an improvement order prescribed in Article 17(5); |
| 12. | Where it is found that the quality standards for discharged water and the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure are not met as the result of an examination and inspection prescribed in Article 18-3(2), and where it is deemed impracticable to satisfy the quality standards for discharged water and the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure even after the relevant waste-generating facility is improved or a disposal facility is installed or improved; |
| 13. | Where he or she fails to comply with an order to suspend operation issued as he or she is found to fall under any of subparagraphs 5 through 11. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for the detailed standards for administrative dispositions under paragraph (1) and other relevant matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 18-2 (Imposition of penalty surcharges) |
| (1) | Where the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall order the suspension of operation under Article 18(1)5 through 11, he or she may impose a penalty surcharge of not more than 100 million won in lieu of a disposition of the suspension of operation, if the suspension of operation is feared to cause difficulties in disposing of livestock or other significant harm to public interest. |
| (2) | Where a person subject to the imposition of a penalty surcharge under paragraph (1) fails to pay the penalty surcharge by the relevant payment deadline, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall collect it in accordance with the Act on the Collection of Local Administrative Penalty Charges. <Amended on Mar. 24, 2020> |
| (3) | Penalty surcharges collected under paragraph (1) shall be used only for the purpose of environmental conservation projects. |
| (4) | The types of violation subject to the imposition of a penalty surcharge, the scale of waste-generating facilities, the amount of a penalty surcharge based on the number of violations, etc. under paragraph (1), and other necessary matters, shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 18-3 (Report and confirmation of execution of orders) |
| (1) | Where any of the following persons has complied with an order, he or she shall report it to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu without delay: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| 1. | A person who receives an order to take necessary measures pursuant to Article 10(2); |
| 2. | A person who receives an order to make improvements pursuant to Article 17(5); |
| 3. | A person who receives an order of the suspension of operation or an order of closure pursuant to Article 18. |
| (2) | Upon receipt of a report pursuant to paragraph (1), the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall require a relevant public official to ascertain the status of the fulfillment of an order without delay, and when it is deemed necessary to inspect the quality of discharged water, the compositions of manure, liquid manure, or the compositions of livestock excreta solid fuel, he or she shall take a sample and request an inspection agency prescribed by Presidential Decree to conduct an inspection on the quality of discharged water, the compositions of manure, or liquid manure, or the compositions of livestock excreta solid fuel. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
| (3) | Each inspection agency, in receipt of a request for an inspection under paragraph (2), shall examine whether the relevant sample satisfies the quality standards for discharged water, the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure, the legal standards, or the standards for livestock excreta solid fuel, and notify the results thereof to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu within one month from the date a request for the inspection is received. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
| (4) | The standards for collecting samples pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), the methods for examining the quality of discharged water, manure, liquid manure, or livestock excreta solid fuel, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
CHAPTER IV FACILITATION OF USE OF LIVESTOCK EXCRETA
| Article 19 (Formulation of plans for facilitating use of manure and liquid manure) |
| (1) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall formulate a plan for facilitating use of manure and liquid manure every two years for establishing connections between producers of manure and liquid manure and farmers, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in order to facilitate the use of generated manure and liquid manure. |
| (2) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or each Mayor/Do Governor may provide necessary technical and financial support for implementing a plan for facilitating use of manure and liquid manure under paragraph (1). |
| (3) | Each producers' organization shall actively participate in a plan for facilitating use of manure and liquid manure under paragraph (1). |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 20 (Quality control of manure and liquid manure) |
| (1) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu or a producer's organization may analyze the ingredients of manure and liquid manure used within the jurisdiction and publicly announce results of the analysis. |
| (2) | A person who produces, or intends to use manure or liquid manure may collect samples and request a producers' organization to conduct an analysis of ingredients. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 21 (Administrative instructions for appropriate spraying of manure and liquid manure) |
| (1) | A waste-generating facility installer, disposal facility installer, or farmer may request the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu to provide instructions on the adequate quantity of fertilizers for each kind of crop, spraying method, etc., as prescribed by Ministerial Decree of the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. In such cases, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall actively cooperate therewith through guidance agencies under his or her control. |
| (2) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may provide waste-generating facility installers, disposal facility installers, or farmers with educational programs regarding the adequate quantity of fertilizers for each kind of crop, spraying method, timing for spraying, etc., in order to facilitate resource recovery of livestock excreta and expand the use of livestock excreta in his or her jurisdiction. |
| (3) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may set and implement a period necessary for intensively spraying liquid within his or her jurisdiction as a special period for spraying liquid manure in order to gain local residents' cooperation in spraying liquid manure. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 22 (Promotion of distribution of manure and liquid manure) |
| (1) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may organize and operate a distribution consultative group comprised of livestock farmers, farmers, and producers' organizations (hereinafter referred to as "consultative group for the distribution of manure and liquid manure") in order to promote the use and distribution of manure and liquid manure produced within his or her jurisdiction. |
| (2) | Matters necessary for the organization and operation of a consultative group for distribution of manure and liquid manure and other relevant matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| (3) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may provide financial and technical support to a consultative group for distribution of manure and liquid manure comprised pursuant to paragraph (1) to promote its operation. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 23 (Integrated management of livestock excreta) |
| (1) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may integrate systems for the management of livestock excreta, including the collection and resource recovery of livestock excreta and the distribution and management of manure and liquid manure, by linking public disposal facilities and sales networks in order to appropriately manage livestock excreta generated within his or her jurisdiction. |
| (2) | The State or any local government may provide necessary technical and financial support for the integrated management under paragraph (1), within budgetary limits. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
CHAPTER V PUBLIC DISPOSAL OF LIVESTOCK EXCRETA
| Article 24 (Installation of public disposal facilities) |
| (1) | The heads of local governments or agricultural cooperatives may install a public treatment facility (in cases of agricultural cooperatives, it shall be limited to resource recovery plants into resources; hereinafter the same shall apply) if necessary to treat livestock excreta generated at livestock farms; provided, the installation of a public treatment facility by agricultural cooperatives shall be permitted only when it serves public purposes prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | The heads of local governments or agricultural cooperatives shall install a public treatment facility in compliance with the installation standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | When the head of a Si/Gun/Gu or agricultural cooperatives intend to install or modify a public treatment facility under paragraph (1), they shall obtain approval from the competent Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor (referring to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment when the Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor installs a public treatment facility; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. This shall also apply where they intend to modify important matters prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment among approved matters. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (4) | Where the heads of local governments or agricultural cooperative intend to install a public treatment facility by obtaining financial support from the State, they shall consult with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment in advance regarding financing installation projects as well as expenditure details, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (5) | Where the heads of local governments finally treat livestock excreta that has undergone intermediate treatment at public disposal facilities (referring to the status of treatment that fails to meet the quality standards for discharged water; hereinafter the same shall apply) by channelling such excreta into public sewerage treatment plants under subparagraph 9 of Article 2 of the Sewerage Act (hereinafter referred to as "public sewerage treatment plants") or excreta treatment facilities under subparagraph 11 of that Article, and where they have determined and publicly notified the project plan for public sewerage installation including matters related to the installation of the relevant public disposal facilities, or publicly notified the change thereof, or obtained authorization or authorization for change pursuant to Article 11 of that Act, it shall be deemed that they have obtained approval or approval for change under paragraph (3). |
| (6) | Where the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor grants approval pursuant to paragraph (3), if any of the following matters is required in order to install a public disposal facility for disposing of livestock excreta after mixing it with wastes, such as food wastes, or to change an existing public disposal facility to a public disposal facility for disposing of livestock excreta after mixing it with wastes, such as food wastes, he or she shall pre-consult with the head of the relevant administrative agency: |
| (7) | With regard to matters on which the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor consults with the head of the relevant administrative agency pursuant to paragraph (6) when he or she grants approval under paragraph (3), it shall be deemed that permission, permission for alteration, approval, or approval of alteration has been acquired, and report or report on alteration has been made under subparagraphs of paragraph (6) with respect to the relevant pubic disposal facility. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 25 (Operation of public disposal facilities) |
| (1) | Where the heads of local governments or agricultural cooperatives who have installed a public disposal facility (hereinafter referred to as "public disposal facility installer") intend to start to use or alter the public disposal facility, they shall publicly announce the scope of waste-generating facilities and areas subject to treatment; provided, in cases of agricultural cooperatives, they shall request the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu to make such public announcement. |
| (2) | Where a public treatment facility installer makes a public announcement under paragraph (1), he or she may issue the following orders to those who install and operate livestock facilities subject to treatment at the public treatment facility stated in the announcement, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, in cases of agricultural cooperatives, they shall request the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu to issue the following orders: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | To install facilities that can store livestock excreta; |
| 2. | To install facilities that can separate livestock excreta into excrement and urine for discharge. |
| (3) | A public disposal facility installer or a person who has gained permission for the business of management of livestock excreta facility prescribed in Article 28(1)3 to vicariously manage a public disposal facility (hereinafter referred to as "public disposal facility installer, etc.") shall preferentially import livestock excreta produced at small-scale waste-generating facilities when disposing of livestock excreta at public disposal facilities. |
| (4) | When a public disposal facility has surplus capacity for treatment, a public disposal facility installer, etc. may take livestock excreta generated in its jurisdiction into the public disposal facility for disposal. |
| (5) | Where the heads of local governments intend to treat livestock excreta that has undergone intermediate treatment at a public treatment facility by channeling it into a public sewerage treatment plant, he or she shall do so in compliance with the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (6) | A public treatment facility installer, etc. shall measure the quality of water discharged from the public treatment facility or test the composition of compost and liquid organic fertilizer produced, and keep records thereof for 3 years, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (8) | Where deemed necessary to improve the state of management of a public treatment facility as the result of a technical examination under paragraph (7), the relevant public treatment facility installer shall establish and implement an improvement plan, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (9) | No public treatment facility installer, etc. shall engage in any of the following conduct: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | Discharging water in excess of the quality standards for discharged water; |
| 2. | Producing manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure and liquid manure; |
| 3. | Producing livestock excreta solid fuel not in compliance with the standards for livestock excreta solid fuel; |
| 4. | Halfway discharging livestock excreta flowing into a public disposal facility or installing a facility through which livestock excreta can be discharged halfway; provided, this shall not apply where prior halfway discharge is deemed necessary to produce liquid manure during the disposal process at disposal facilities when approval for installation or alteration of a public disposal facility is obtained from the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor in accordance with Article 24(3); |
| 5. | Disposing of livestock excreta flowing into a public disposal facility by mixing it with water or discharging livestock excreta after mixing it with water; provided, this shall not apply if the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor recognizes that it is possible to treat pollutants only by mixing with water in the process of disposal of livestock excreta after consultations with relevant specialized institutions, such as Korea Environment Corporation under the Korea Environment Corporation Act; |
| 6. | Applying liquid organic fertilizer produced at a public treatment facility over any place other than a place where the relevant public treatment facility installer, etc. has secured to apply liquid organic fertilizer, or violating the application standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; |
| 7. | Dumping manure or liquid manure without using it as a fertilizer. |
| (10) | Where a public disposal facility installer, etc. falls under any of the following, the Mayor/Do Governor, Metropolitan Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor may order the public disposal facility installer, etc. to take necessary measures, such as improving the relevant facility, etc. within a specified period as prescribed by Presidential Decree: |
| 1. | When a public disposal facility installer, etc. fails to measure the quality of discharged water or to test the composition of manure and liquid manure as required under paragraph (6); |
| 2. | When a public disposal facility installer, etc. commits a prohibited act falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (9); |
| 3. | When a public disposal facility installer, etc. violates the standards for installation prescribed in Article 24(2). |
| (11) | The operational standards for public treatment facilities shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (12) | Where agricultural cooperatives install or operate public treatment facilities, the competent Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor may manage and supervise matters related to the execution of installation budget, the installation and operation of facilities, etc. as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 26 (Collection, transportation and disposal of livestock excreta, defrayment of costs) |
| (1) | A public disposal facility installer may collect or transport livestock excreta himself/herself, or require a person who has obtained permission for the business of collecting and transporting livestock excreta referred to in Article 28(2)1 (hereinafter referred to as "collector/transporter") to collect and transport it vicariously, or require a livestock farmer to transport livestock excreta on his or her own, as prescribed by Municipal Ordinance of the local government; provided, in cases of agricultural cooperatives, the collection and transportation by proxy may be allowed pursuant to the Articles of association of agricultural cooperatives following consultations with the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu. |
| (2) | Standards for the collection, transportation, or disposition of livestock excreta shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | No collector/transporter who vicariously collects or transports livestock excreta pursuant to paragraph (1) shall collect or transport livestock excreta generated from a discharge facility of a person who violates an order to take measures under Article 25(2). |
| (4) | A public disposal facility installer, etc. may refuse to dispose of livestock excreta generated from a waste-generating facility of a person who violates an order to take measures provided for in Article 25(2). |
| (5) | Where a public disposal facility installer collects, transports, or disposes of livestock excreta, he or she may recover the costs incurred in the operation of the public disposal facility from a person who discharges livestock excreta disposed of at the relevant public disposal facility, as prescribed by Municipal Ordinance of the local government. In such cases, such costs may be recovered at a differential rate according to the scale of each waste-generating facility, whether livestock excreta is separated for storage, and other factors. |
| (6) | Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the costs that agricultural cooperatives may recover shall be prescribed by the Articles of association of agricultural cooperatives following consultations with the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu. |
| (7) | The costs that the heads of local governments and agricultural cooperatives may recover pursuant to paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be used only for the purposes of the operation of public disposal facilities. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
CHAPTER VI LIVESTOCK EXCRETA-RELATED BUSINESS
| Article 27 (Reports on recycling of livestock excreta) |
| (1) | A person who intends to recycle livestock excreta (limited to cases of producing compost or liquid organic fertilizer; hereinafter the same shall apply) in not less than the quantity prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment or to collect and transport livestock excreta for the purpose of recycling, shall file a report thereon with the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment; provided, this shall not apply where a person who holds permission for installation or reports installation under Article 11 (1) or (3) or who holds permission for the business of livestock excreta treatment under Article 28 (1) 2 (hereinafter referred to as "livestock excreta treatment business entity") intends to recycle livestock excreta. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | Where a person who files a report under the main clause of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "person who has filed a recycling report") intends to change any important matter prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, he or she shall report the change to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | When the head of a Si/ Gun/Gu receives a report under the main clause of paragraph (1), or a report on alteration under paragraph (2), he or she shall review the details and accept the report if it complies with this Act. <Added on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (4) | A person who has filed a recycling report shall install and operate recycling facilities in accordance with the installation and operation standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (5) | When the head of a Si/ Gun/Gu deems that a recycling facility is installed and operated not in conformity with the standards under paragraph (4), he or she may order the builder or operator of the recycling facility to improve the relevant facility for a fixed period, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (6) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order the closure of the recycling facility or set a period of not more than six months to prohibit the treatment of livestock excreta, such as prohibition of the importation of livestock excreta (hereinafter referred to as "prohibition of disposal"), if the person who reported recycling falls under any of the following: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| 1. | Where he or she fails to comply with an order to take necessary measures prescribed in Article 10(2); |
| 2. | Where he or she operates a disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection on the facility as prescribed in Article 15; |
| 3. | Where he or she fails to comply with an order to make improvements prescribed in Article 17(5); |
| 4. | Where he or she fails to comply with an order to make improvements prescribed in paragraph (5). |
| (7) | Article 18-3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reporting and confirmation of the implementation of the order to a recycling reporter who has received an order to close a recycling facility or an order to prohibit of disposal under paragraph (6). <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 28 (Livestock excreta-related business) |
| (1) | A person who intends to run a business vicariously performing the collection, transportation, or disposal of livestock excreta or the management of a disposal facility (hereinafter referred to as "livestock excreta-related business") shall be equipped with facilities, equipment, and technical capability complying with standards prescribed by Presidential Decree and obtain permission for each type of business according to the following classifications from the head of a Si/Gun/Gu. A person who intends to change any permitted matter shall obtain permission for such change or report such change in accordance with guidelines prescribed by Presidential Decree: |
| 1. | Livestock excreta collection and transportation business: the business of collecting and transporting livestock excreta; |
| 2. | Livestock excreta disposal business: the business of disposing of livestock excreta finally and safely by being equipped with resource recovery plants (excluding facilities for converting into manure or liquid manure) or purification facilities; |
| 3. | Livestock excreta facility management business: the business of vicariously performing the management and operation of disposal facilities. |
| (2) | A person who wishes to gain permission for a livestock excreta-related business may submit his or her business plan to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu before applying for permission under paragraph (1) and request the head of a Si/Gun/Gu to review, in advance, as to whether the submitted plan is appropriate, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall review a business plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (2), and notify the results thereof within one month from the date the request for review is received. |
| (4) | Where a person who is notified that his or her business plan is appropriate under paragraph (3) applies for permission prescribed in paragraph (1) after being equipped with the facilities, equipment, and technical capability according to the relevant business plan within six months from the date of the notification, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall grant permission without delay. |
| (5) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may, if necessary for efficiently collecting, transporting, or disposing of livestock excreta generated within his or her jurisdiction, designate a business area or attach necessary conditions when he or she grants permission or revised permission under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
| (6) | No person with permission for livestock excreta-related business under paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "business entity related to livestock excreta") shall allow any third person to use his or her trade name or personal name to run a livestock excreta-related business or lend his or her license to any third person. |
| (7) | Matters necessary for the methods and procedures for permission, permission for modification, and reporting on modification under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (8) | Where the head of a Si/Gun/Gu grants permission for the livestock excreta disposal business prescribed in paragraph (1)2, if any of the following is required to install a disposal facility for disposing of livestock excreta by mixing it with wastes, such as food wastes, he or she shall pre-consult with the head of the relevant administrative agency: |
| (9) | With respect to matters on which the head of a Si/Gun/Gu consults with the head of the relevant administrative agency pursuant to paragraph (8), permission, permission for alteration, approval, or approval for alteration shall be deemed acquired, or report or report on alteration shall be deemed made under the subparagraphs of that paragraph with respect to the relevant disposal facility. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 29 (Succession to status subject to permission or reporting) |
| (1) | If a recycling reporter or a business operator related to livestock excreta transfers his or her entire business or facilities to a third person or dies, or a recycling reporter or a business entity related to livestock excreta merges with another corporation, the transferee, heir, or the corporation surviving or incorporated following such merger shall succeed to the status of the preceding recycling reporter or business entity related to livestock excreta; provided, the foregoing shall not apply where the transferee of a business entity related to livestock excreta or the corporation surviving or incorporated following such merger with a business entity related to livestock excreta falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31. |
| (2) | A person who acquires the entire facilities of a recycling reporter or a business entity related to livestock excreta in accordance with any of the following procedures shall succeed to the status of the preceding recycling reporter or business entity related to livestock excreta: |
| 4. | Other procedures corresponding to the provisions of subparagraphs 1 through 3. |
| (3) | If an heir who succeeds to the status of a business entity related to livestock excreta pursuant to paragraph (1) falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31, or if a corporation that succeeds to such status pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) falls under subparagraph 5 of Article 31, the heir shall transfer the business to a third person, or the corporation shall replace the executive officer at issue, within six months from the beginning of the inheritance proceedings or the date a merger is effected. |
| (4) | A person who succeeds to the status under paragraph (1) or (2) shall report to the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 30 (Obligations of business entities related to livestock excreta) |
| (1) | No business entity related to livestock excreta (including its workers; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) shall receive any charge or fee in violation of guidelines prescribed by Municipal Ordinance of the competent local government. |
| (2) | A livestock excreta-related business entity shall comply with the standards for, and matters to be observed with respect to, the collection, transportation, and treatment of livestock excreta and the management of facilities, which are prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 31 (Grounds for disqualification) |
None of the following persons shall be qualified for permission for livestock excreta-related business under Article 28: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Jan. 17, 2017; May 26, 2020> | 1. | A person under adult guardianship; |
| 2. | A bankrupt person who has not been reinstated; |
| 3. | A person in whose case two years have not yet passed since imprisonment with prison labor or any heavier punishment sentenced to him or her for a violation of this Act, the Water Environment Conservation Act, or the Wastes Control Act was completely executed (Or is deemed completely executed) or discharged; |
| 4. | A person in whose case two years have not passed since his or her permission was cancelled pursuant to Article 32 (excluding subparagraphs 2 and 15 of that Article); |
| 5. | A corporation, any of whose executive officers falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 4. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 32 (Cancellation of permission) |
| (1) | If a business entity related to livestock excreta falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may cancel the permission or order the business corporation to suspend all or part of the business; provided, the permission shall be cancelled in cases falling under subparagraph 1,3, or 15: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| 1. | If the business corporation obtains permission or revised permission by fraudulent or other illegal means or fraudulently reports any change; |
| 2. | If the business corporation fails to commence the business within one year since it obtained permission or shuts down the business continuously for at least one year without just grounds; |
| 3. | If the business corporation continues the business during a period of business suspension; |
| 4. | If the business corporation violates any of the standards for the installation of disposal facilities provided for in Article 12-2(1) through (3); |
| 5. | If the business corporation uses a waste-generating facility or disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection on the waste-generating facility or disposal facility provided for in Article 15; |
| 6. | If the business corporation commits an act under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) in violation of the aforesaid paragraph; |
| 7. | If the business corporation violates any of the standards for the management of waste-generating facilities and disposal facilities provided for in Article 17(4); |
| 8. | If the business corporation violates any of the standards prescribed in Article 26(2) in collecting, transporting or disposing of livestock excreta; |
| 9. | If the business corporation engages in any type of business other than the business permitted pursuant to Article 28(1); |
| 10. | If the business corporation continues its business without obtaining a revised permission pursuant to Article 28(1); |
| 11. | If the business corporation ceases to satisfy any of the standards for permission under Article 28(1); |
| 12. | If the business corporation allows any third person to run a livestock excreta-related business, using its trade name or personal name, or lends its license to another person; |
| 13. | If the business corporation receives a charge or fee, in violation of guidelines under Article 30(1); |
| 14. | If the business corporation fails to comply with any of the standards for and matters to be observed with respect to the collection, transportation, and disposal of livestock excreta and the management of facilities prescribed in Article 30(2); |
| 15. | If the business corporation falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 3 or 5 of Article 31; provided, the foregoing shall not apply where the business corporation which has an executive officer who falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31 replaces such executive officer within six months; |
| 16. | If the business corporation fails to comply with matters related to the operation and management of the electronic transfer management system, including its operational methods, procedures referred to in Article 37-3(1); |
| 17. | If the business corporation, in receipt of a request from the relevant administrative agency or public officials belonging to it, fails to provide cooperation in helping them to verify details about the transfer, disposal in violation of Article 37-3(2); |
| 18. | If the business corporation fails to keep or preserve records, or made any false entry thereof, in violation of Article 39; |
| 19. | If the business corporation refuses to submit a report or data referred to in Article 41(1) or (2), submits a false report or data, or refuses, interferes with, or evades access, inspection |
| (2) | Detailed guidelines for administrative dispositions 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 Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 33 (Imposition of penalty surcharges) |
| (1) | If a business entity related to livestock excreta shall be subject to a disposition for business suspension because it falls under any provision of subparagraphs 4 through 14 and 16 through 19 of Article 32(1), but if business suspension is likely to cause severe inconvenience to users of the business, environmental pollution, the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu may impose and collect a penalty surcharge not exceeding 100 million won in lieu of a disposition for business suspension. |
| (2) | The types of violation subject to the imposition of a penalty surcharge, the scale of waste-generating facilities, the amount of a penalty surcharge based on the frequency of violations under paragraph (1), and other necessary matters, shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
| (4) | No penalty surcharges collected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used for any purpose other than environmental conservation projects. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 34 (Registration of business of design and construction of disposal facilities) |
| (1) | A person who intends to run a business of design and construction of disposal facilities (hereinafter referred to as "design and construction business"), excluding a person who falls under Article 16(1)2 through 4, shall have facilities, equipment, and technical capability in accordance with standards prescribed by Presidential Decree and register the business with the head of a Si/Gun/Gu. |
| (2) | A person who intends to modify any registered matter under paragraph (1) shall file a registration for modification or file a report on modification, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | The head of a Si/Gun/ Gu shall notify the reporting person of whether the report is accepted or not within 10 days from the date of receiving the report of change under paragraph (2). <Added on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (4) | Where the head of a Si/Gun/Gu fails to notify a reporting person of whether to accept the report within the period prescribed in paragraph (3) or of the extension of period of handling prescribed in statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, an acceptance of a report shall be deemed to have been accepted on the day following the day on which the period expires (in case the processing period has been extended or re-extended in accordance with prescribed in statutes or regulations pertaining to handling civil petitions, referring to the relevant processing period). <Added on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (5) | Matters necessary for methods and procedures for registration, change registration, or change report under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (6) | No person who has registered a design and construction business in accordance with paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "designer/contractor") shall allow a third party to engage in a design and construction business in his or her trade name or personal name or lend his or her registration certificate to a third person. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (7) | As to the succession to the status of a designer/contractor and grounds for disqualification, Articles 29 and 31 shall apply mutatis mutandis respectively. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| (8) | The scope of subcontracts for awarded construction works, obligations of a design and construction business entity, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 35 (Cancellation of registration) |
| (1) | If a designer/contractor falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu may cancel the registration or order him or her to suspend all or part of the business for a specified period not exceeding six months; provided, a registration shall be cancelled in cases falling under subparagraph 1,2, or 8: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021> |
| 1. | If he or she registers his or her business by fraud or other improper means; |
| 2. | If he or she executes a new contract and continues his or her business during a period of business suspension; |
| 3. | If he or she poorly performs design and construction of a disposal facility or fails to fulfill obligations under Article 34(8); |
| 4. | If he or she ceases to satisfy any of the standards for the registration under Article 34(1); |
| 5. | If he or she fails to commence business within one year since he or she completed the registration under Article 34(1) or closes the business continuously for at least one year without justifiable grounds; |
| 6. | If he or she continues his or her bushiness without filing for the registration of a change or reporting changes under Article 34(2) or fraudulently files for the registration of a change or reporting changes; |
| 7. | If he or she allows a third party to engage in his or her business in his or her trade name or personal name or lends his or her business license to a third person in violation of Article 34(6); |
| 8. | If he or she falls under any provision of subparagraphs 1 through 3 and 5 of Article 31 which shall apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34(7); provided, the foregoing shall not apply where a corporation which has an executive officer falling under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4 of Article 31, replaces such executive officer within six months; |
| 9. | If he or she refuses to submit a report or data prescribed in Article 41(1) or (2), submits a false report or data, or refuses, interferes with, or evades access, inspection |
| (2) | Detailed guidelines for administrative dispositions 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 Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 36 (Projects continued by designers/contractors) |
| (1) | A designer/contractor subject to cancellation of registration or suspension of business pursuant to Article 35 may continue design and construction works only for the projects contracted before such disposition is made. |
| (2) | The head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu may designate a person qualified as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, as a project supervisor to authorize him or her to manage and supervise projects that a design and construction business entity continues to perform under paragraph (1). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | Where a designer/contractor continues to engage in design and construction works pursuant to paragraph (1) after he or she is subject to a disposition for cancellation of registration, he or she shall be deemed a designer/contractor until he or she completes design and construction of the ongoing projects. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 37 (Technical managers of disposal facilities) |
| (1) | A person who installs and operates a disposal facility of at least a size prescribed by Presidential Decree shall employ a technical manager who takes charge of technical affairs; provided, the foregoing shall not apply to any of the following cases: <Amended on Jan. 17, 2017> |
| 1. | Where the person entrusts the management of the relevant disposal facility to a person with permission for the livestock excreta facility management business provided for in Article 28(1)3; |
| (2) | Matters necessary for the qualification criteria for, and matters to be observed by, a technical manager and others under paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
| Article 37-2 (Establishment and operation of electronic transfer management system for livestock excreta) |
| (1) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall establish and operate an electronic transfer management system to handle the management affairs of livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer under Article 37-3 efficiently. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall ensure that the installer and operator of a livestock facility, installer and operator of a treatment facility, person who has filed a recycling report, livestock excreta-related business entity, public treatment facility installer can use the electronic transfer management system to handle matters related to the business affairs prescribed by Presidential Decree, including an application for permission for modification and report on such modification under Article 11(2) and (3), the maintenance of books and records under Article 39. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall retain records related to the transfer, treatment, or application of livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer entered under Article 37-3(1), as well as records entered under paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "electronic records") for 3 years. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (4) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall ensure that those who discharge, collect, transport, treat, or apply livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer, the relevant Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of the relevant Si/Gun/Gu can search, review, or print out electronic records. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (5) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Mayor/Do Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, and those prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment may request the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment to provide data managed by the electronic transfer management system. In such cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment shall provide the relevant data within a period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (6) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may partially or fully recover costs incurred in processing the relevant data, from a person who uses the electronic transfer management system under paragraph (2), (4), or (5) or Article 37-3. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 37-3 (Management of electronic transfer of livestock excreta) |
| (1) | A person who discharges, collects, transports, treats, or applies livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer prescribed by Presidential Decree shall comply with the matters related to the operation and management of the electronic transfer management system, including its operational methods, procedures, when he or she discharges, collects, transports, treats, or applies the livestock excreta or liquid organic fertilizer, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | When a person who collects, transports, or sprays livestock excreta or liquid manure under paragraph (1) receives a request from the relevant administrative agency or public officials belonging to it while collecting or transporting livestock excreta or liquid manure, he or she shall provide cooperation so that details of transfer, disposal, or spray of livestock excreta or liquid manure which are entered in the electronic transfer management system can be verified. |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 38 (Education of workers in charge of livestock excreta) |
| (1) | Any of the following persons shall provide his or her employees in charge of technical works (hereinafter referred to as "persons in charge of livestock excreta management") with opportunities to undergo education provided by the competent Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment: <Amended on Oct. 16, 2018; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | A person who installs and operates a disposal facility, required to employ a technical manager under Article 37(1); |
| 2. | A business entity related to livestock excreta; |
| 3. | A designer/contractor. |
| (2) | A Mayor/Do Governor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor may collect expenses incurred in providing education under paragraph (1) from persons who employ persons in charge of livestock excreta management, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | The detailed scope of persons in charge of livestock excreta management and other matters shall be prescribed by Decree of the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 38-2 (Establishment and operation of livestock environment management agency) |
| (1) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall establish a Livestock Environmental Management Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "Management Institute") in order to efficiently create an environment where livestock farmers can raise livestock in an environmentally-friendly manner and to promote the utilization of livestock excreta through resource recovery; provided, with respect to the business of the Management Institute under paragraph (4), the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall consult with the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | The management agency shall be a corporation. |
| (3) | The management agency shall be established at the time when it registers such establishment at the seat of its principal office. |
| (4) | The Management Institute shall conduct the following business: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | Consulting regarding the installation and operation of facilities installed by waste-generating facility installers or disposal facility installers; |
| 2. | Guidance and training of waste-generating facility installers or disposal facility installers; |
| 3. | Support for environment-friendly livestock farms prescribed in Article 9; |
| 4. | Business affairs related to the quality control of manure and liquid manure under Article 20; |
| 5. | Integrated management, including the collection and conversion of livestock excreta into resources, the distribution of manure and liquid manure under Article 23; |
| 6. | Evaluation of disposal facilities and disposal technologies under Article 43; |
| 7. | Projects entrusted by the State, local governments, or other organizations; |
| 8. | Affairs incidental to the businesses referred to in subparagraphs 1 through 7 as prescribed by the Articles of incorporation; |
| 9. | Other business recognized as necessary by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment to fulfill the purposes of the Management Institute. |
| (5) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may partially or fully subsidize costs incurred in conducting business under paragraph (4). <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (6) | Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Civil Act governing incorporated foundations shall apply mutatis mutandis to the management agency. |
| (7) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may manage and supervise the Management Institute, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Added on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 39 (Keeping and preservation of records) |
The installer and operator of a livestock facility, installer and operator of a treatment facility, person who has filed a recycling report, livestock excreta-related business entity, public treatment facility installer shall maintain books and records, record the following matters therein, and retain such books and records, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. In such cases, the retention period shall be 3 years from the date of recording: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
| 1. | Quantities of livestock excreta discharged and disposed of; |
| 2. | Places where livestock excreta is collected, the quantity of livestock excreta collected, and the status of disposal; |
| 3. | The status of operation of disposal facilities. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 40 (Reporting on temporary shutdown, permanent closure) |
When a livestock excreta-related business entity or a design and construction business entity temporarily or permanently close or resumes its business, it or he or she shall obtain permission therefor or report thereon, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 41 (Reporting and inspection) |
| (1) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (limited to cases falling under subparagraph 1; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may require any of the following persons to submit a necessary report or materials: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| 1. | The installer and operator of a waste-generating facility or the installer and operator of a disposal facility; |
| 2. | A public disposal facility operator; |
| 3. | A builder or operator of a recycling facility under Article 27; |
| 4. | A business entity related to livestock excreta; |
| 5. | A designer/contractor. |
| (2) | In order to ascertain the actual status of treatment of livestock excreta, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may require the competent public officials to enter a facility or place of business of any person specified in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) to inspect relevant documents, facilities, equipment or to conduct inspections on the quality of effluent water, compost, liquid organic fertilizer, or livestock excreta solid fuel to examine compliance with the effluent water quality standards, the standards for converting excreta into compost and liquid organic fertilizer, the legal standards, or solid fuel standards. <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (3) | The installer and operator of a waste-generating facility, installer and operator of a disposal facility, recycling reporter, business entity related to livestock excreta, the installer of public disposal facility, and other related persons shall not refuse, interfere with, or evade the report, access, or inspection provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) without just grounds. |
| (4) | A public official who has access and conducts an inspection pursuant to paragraph (2) shall carry with him or her an identification card indicating his or her authority and produce it to relevant persons. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 42 (Subsidization from national treasury) |
| (1) | The State may fully or partially subsidize costs incurred in installing public disposal facilities to local governments or agricultural cooperatives, within budgetary limits. |
| (2) | The State may fully or partially subsidize costs incurred by livestock farmers and farmers in expanding the resource recovery of livestock excreta and creating the foundation for an environment-friendly livestock industry within budgetary limits. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 43 (Evaluation of disposal facilities and disposal technology) |
| (1) | In order to provide livestock farmers with necessary information regarding the disposal of livestock excreta, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may evaluate disposal facilities and related technology and provide them to livestock farmers. |
| (2) | The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall formulate and implement detailed guidelines for the methods of, and the procedures for, evaluations under paragraph (1). |
| (3) | The head of a Si/Gun/Gu or a producers' organization shall give full cooperation and assistance with related human resources and equipment in conducting evaluations pursuant to paragraph (1). |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 44 (Reporting on results of management and disposal of livestock excreta) |
| (1) | The Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall report the results of the management and disposal of livestock excreta generated within his or her jurisdiction each year to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment by no later than the end of February of the following year, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment in receipt of such report shall notify the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs thereof. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment or the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs may order the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu to report the results of instruction and crackdown activities conducted in relation to livestock excreta to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
A person who intends to obtain permission or revised permission, file for registration or revised registration, or file a report under any of the following subparagraphs, shall pay fees as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment: <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025>
| 4. | Permission or revised permission for a livestock excreta-related business under Article 28(1); |
| 5. | The registration or revised registration of a design and construction business under Article 34. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall hold a hearing, when he or she intends to make any of the following dispositions within the scope of his or her authority: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021; Oct. 1, 2025>
| 1. | Cancellation of the designation of an environment-friendly livestock farm under Article 9(4); |
| 2. | Cancellation of permission for the installation or for the alteration of a waste-generating facility or an order for its closure under Article 18; |
| 3. | Order for closure of a recycling facility under Article 27(6); |
| 4. | Cancellation of permission for a livestock excreta-related business under Article 32; |
| 5. | Cancellation of the registration of a design and construction business under Article 35. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 47 (Delegation or entrustment of authority or affairs) |
| (1) | Part of the authority of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs or the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment vested under this Act may be delegated to the head of a regional environmental office, the president of the National Institute of Environmental Research, the Mayor/Do Governor, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, or the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration, or entrusted to the head of the Management Institute, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
| (2) | The Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment may entrust some of the duties related to the establishment and operation of the electronic transfer management system regarding livestock excreta under Article 37-2 to a relevant specialized institution prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Oct. 1, 2025> |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
CHAPTER VIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
| Article 48 (Penalty provisions) |
Each of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding fifty million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>
| 1. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who fail to acquire permission prescribed in Article 11(1) or acquire the permission by fraud or other improper means; |
| 2. | A person who fails to comply with an order for closure prescribed in Article 18; |
| 3. | A person who interferes with disposal of livestock excreta by destroying a public disposal facility installed pursuant to Article 24 or impeding the function of such facility; |
| 4. | A pubic disposal facility installer and others who commit an offence which falls under any of Article 25(9)4 through 7; |
| 5. | A recycling reporter who fails to comply with an order for closure prescribed in Article 27(6); |
| 6. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) without obtaining permission for a livestock excreta-related business under Article 28(1). |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 49 (Penalty provisions) |
Each of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years, or by a fine not exceeding 20 million won: <Amended on Apr. 13, 2021>
| 1. | A person who installs or alters a waste-generating facility without obtaining permission for installation or alteration prescribed in Article 11(1) or (2) or by obtaining permission for installation or alteration by fraud or other improper means, or raises livestock or entrusts the raising of livestock using such waste-generating facility; |
| 2. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who acquire permission prescribed in Article 11(1); |
| 3. | A person with permission for installation or alteration under Article 11(1) or (2), who uses a waste-generating facility without installing or altering disposal facilities, in violation of Article 12; |
| 4. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) without filing a report, in violation of Article 11(3); |
| 5. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an act which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), without undergoing a completion inspection prescribed in Article 15; |
| 6. | A person who fails to comply with an order for suspension of operation prescribed in Article 18; |
| 7. | A person who conducts recycling without filing a report or after filing a report by fraud or other improper means, in violation of Article 27(1), who operates an unreported recycling facility, or who collects livestock excreta for the purpose of using an unreported recycling facility; |
| 8. | A person who fails to comply with an order for prohibition against disposal referred to in Article 27(6); |
| 9. | A person who engages in a livestock excreta-related business without obtaining permission for a livestock excreta-related business referred to in Article 28(1) or after obtaining such permission by fraud or other improper means; |
| 10. | A business entity related to livestock excreta which discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1); |
| 11. | A business entity related to livestock excreta or designer/contractor who operates business during a period of suspension of business referred to in Article 32 or 35; |
| 12. | A person who engages in the design and construction business without registration under Article 34 or with registration obtained by fraud or other improper means. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 50 (Penalty provisions) |
Each of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>
| 1. | A person who fails to comply with an order to relocate livestock pens or to take other measures issued pursuant to Article 8(3); |
| 2. | A person who fails to comply with an order to take necessary measures prescribed in Article 10(2); |
| 3. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties, without permission under Article 11(1) or with such permission obtained fraud or other improper means; |
| 4. | A person who installs a waste-generating facility without filing a report or after filing a report by fraud or other improper means in violation of Article 11(3), or raises livestock or entrusts the raising of livestock using such waste-generating facility; |
| 5. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence falling under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who file a report or spray manure or liquid manure under Article 11(3); |
| 6. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters, in violation of Article 10(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties, from among those who obtain permission under Article 11(1), those who fail to undergo a completion inspection, in violation of Article 15, or business corporations related to livestock excreta, or a business entity related to livestock excreta which commits an offence falling under any subparagraph of Article 17(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties; |
| 7. | A person who fails to comply with an order to make improvements under Article 17(5), from among the installer and operator of a waste-generating facility, the installer and operator of a disposal facility, and a person who sprays manure or liquid manure (excluding a person who falls under subparagraph 3 of Article 51); |
| 8. | A person who uses a waste-generating facility without installing or altering a disposal facility referred to in Article 12 among those who report installation or alteration under Article 11(2) or (3); |
| 9. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1) by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties without filing a report prescribed in Article 11(3) or after filing a false report; |
| 10. | A person who fails to comply with an order to take necessary measures, such as the improvement of facilities prescribed in Article 25(10); |
| 11. | A recycling reporter who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an act which falls under any subparagraph of Article 17(1); |
| 12. | A person who fails to comply with an order to make improvements referred to in Article 27(5); |
| 13. | A person who engages in a livestock excreta-related business without a revised permission for the livestock excreta-related business or with revised permission obtained by fraudulent means, in violation of Article 28(1); |
| 14. | A person who allows a third person to engage in a livestock excreta-related business in his or her trade name or personal name or lends his or her license to a third person, in violation of Article 28(6); |
| 15. | A person who runs a design and construction business without revising registration or with revised registration obtained by fraudulent means, in violation of Article 34(2); |
| 16. | A person who allows a third person to operate design and construction business in his or her trade name or personal name or lends his or her registration certificate to a third person, in violation of Article 34(6). |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 51 (Penalty provisions) |
Each of the following persons shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021>
| 1. | A person who refuses or interferes with access to, or the use of, land, in violation of Article 7-2(4); |
| 2. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters by negligence in the course of performing his or her duties, in violation of Article 10(1), or commits an offence falling under any subparagraph of Article 17(1), from among those who file a report under Article 11(3), recycling reporters, or who spray manure or liquid manure; |
| 3. | A person who fails to comply with an improvement order issued under Article 17(5), from among those who file a report under Article 11(3) or those who operate their waste-generating facility or disposal facility; |
| 4. | A person who uses a waste-generating facility or disposal facility without undergoing a completion inspection under Article 15; |
| 5. | A person who discharges livestock excreta, manure, or liquid manure into public waters in violation of Article 10(1), from among those not falling under any of the following: |
| a. | A person who is required to acquire permission for the installation of a waste-generating facility or file a report under Article 11(1) or (3); |
| b. | A person who sprays manure or liquid manure; |
| d. | A person subject to obtaining permission for a livestock excreta-related business under Article 28(1); |
| 6. | A person who installs and operates a recycling facility in violation of standards for the installation and operation prescribed in Article 27(4); |
| 7. | A business entity related to livestock excreta which fails to comply with the standards for and matters to be observed concerning the collection, transport, and disposal of livestock excreta and the management of facilities, in violation of Article 30(2); |
| 8. | A person who fails to employ a technical manager, in violation of Article 37(1); |
| 9. | A person who, in receipt of a request from the relevant administrative agency or public officials belonging thereto, fails to give cooperation in helping them to check details about the transfer, disposal or spray, in violation of Article 37-3(2); |
| 10. | A person who refuses, interferes with, evades access and an inspection by a competent public official, in violation of Article 41(3). |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
| Article 52 (Joint penalty provisions) |
If the representative of a corporation or an agent, employee, or other servant of the corporation or an individual commits an offense falling under any of Articles 48 through 51, in connection with the business of the corporation or the individual, not only shall such offender be punished, but the corporation or the individual also shall be punished by a fine under the relevant provisions; provided, the same shall not apply where the corporation or individual has not neglected to give due attention and supervision concerning the relevant duties to prevent such offence. [This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
[This Article Amended by Act No. 12516, Mar. 24, 2014 following the decision on unconstitutionality of this Article by the Constitutional Court on September 30, 2010]
| Article 53 (Administrative fines) |
| (1) | Any person falling under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding 10 million won: |
| 1. | A person who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure not in compliance with the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure, from among those who install a disposal facility after acquiring permission under Article 11(1); |
| 2. | A public disposal facility installer who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure; |
| 3. | A livestock excreta disposal business operator who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure. |
| (2) | Each of the following persons shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding five million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015> |
| 1. | A person who discharges water in violation of the quality standards for discharged water, or produces manure or liquid manure in breach of the standards for converting excreta into manure or liquid manure, from among those who install a disposal facility after filing a report under Article 11(3); |
| 2. | A person who produces livestock excreta solid fuel without satisfying the standards for solid fuel under Article 13-2(2), from among those who install disposal facilities by obtaining permission or filing a report under Article 11, installers of public disposal facilities under Article 24, or livestock excreta disposal business operators under Article 28; |
| 3. | A person who fails to report on the use of livestock excreta solid fuel, in violation of Article 15-2; |
| 4. | A person who designs or constructs a disposal facility, in violation of Article 16. |
| (3) | Each of the following persons shall be punished by an administrative fine not exceeding one million won: <Amended on Dec. 1, 2015; Apr. 13, 2021> |
| 1. | A person who alters a waste-generating facility without reporting such alteration under Article 11(2) or (3) and after reporting alteration by fraud or other improper means or who uses such waste-generating facility; |
| 2. | A person who fails to meet the standards for the installation of disposal facilities prescribed in Article 12-2(1) through (3) in installing a disposal facility or who uses such disposal facility; |
| 3. | A person who fails to comply with an order for installation prescribed in Article 12-2(4); |
| 4. | A person who fails to file a report on succession to the status referred to in Articles 14(3) and 29(4) (including cases applied mutatis mutandis under Article 34(7)); |
| 5. | A person who installs or operates a waste-generating facility or disposal facility in breach of the management standards referred to in Article 17(4); |
| 6. | A person who fails to comply with an order to take measures referred to in Article 25(2); |
| 7. | A public disposal facility installer who fails to measure the quality of discharged water or to test the composition of manure or liquid manure, or livestock excreta solid fuel, or to keep records thereof, in violation of Article 25(6); |
| 8. | A person who installs or operates a public disposal facility or a livestock farmer who collects, transports or disposes of livestock excreta in violation of the standards referred to in Article 26(2); |
| 9. | A person who engages in recycling without reporting on alteration or after falsely reporting on alteration, in violation of Article 27(2), or collects livestock excreta for the purpose of operating such recycling facility or conducting recycling; |
| 10. | A person who fails to report alteration under Article 28(1) or 34 (2) or falsely reports on alteration; |
| 11. | A person who runs a business of collection and transportation of livestock excreta outside his or her business territory under Article 28(5) or breaches any other necessary condition; |
| 12. | A person who breaches an obligation of a designer/contractor under Article 34(8); |
| 14. | A person who fails to comply with matters to be observed in relation to the operation and management of the electronic transfer management system, including its operational methods, procedures provided for in Article 37-3(1); |
| 15. | A person who fails to provide an worker in charge of livestock excreta with education without good cause, in violation of Article 38(1); |
| 16. | A person who fails to keep and preserve records of the matters specified in the subparagraphs of Article 39 or makes false records thereof, in violation of that Article; |
| 17. | A person who fails to obtain permission for temporary closure, permanent closure, or resumption of business, in violation of Article 40, or who fails to file a report thereon; |
| 18. | A person who fails to submit a report or data referred to in Article 41(1) or who submits a false report or data. |
| (4) | Administrative fines under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be imposed and collected by the Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. |
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 24, 2014]
ADDENDA <Act No. 8010, Sep. 27, 2006>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
Article 2 (General transitional measures)
Article 3 (Transitional measures concerning basic plans for disposal of livestock wastewater)
| (1) | A basic plan for treatment of livestock wastewater, approved under Article 4-2 of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater as at the time this Act enters into force, shall be deemed a basic plan for treatment of livestock excreta approved under Article 5. |
Article 4 (Transitional measures regarding facilities for discharging livestock wastewater)
| (1) | A facility for discharging livestock wastewater permitted or reported under Article 24-2 of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a livestock facility permitted or reported under Article 11. |
| (2) | A facility for treating livestock wastewater which has been, or is being installed under Article 25 of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a livestock facility which has been or is being installed under Article 12. Facilities for converting into compost under subparagraph 8-2 of Article 2 of that Act and facilities for converting into liquid organic fertilizer under subparagraph 8-3 of Article 2 of that Act, among facilities for treating livestock wastewater, shall be deemed resource recovery plants under subparagraph 4 of Article 2. |
| (3) | Public facilities for the treatment of livestock wastewater which have been, or are being installed under Article 30 of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed public treatment facilities which have been, or are being installed under Article 24. |
Article 5 (Transitional measures regarding persons who has filed recycling reports)
A person who reports on recycling of livestock wastewater under Article 20 of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a person who reports on recycling of livestock excreta under Article 27. Article 6 (Transitional measures regarding business related to excreta)
| (1) | A person who obtains permission for, or completes the registration of, a business of collection and transportation of excreta, a business of treatment of excreta, a business of management of facilities for treatment of sewage, or a design and construction business of facilities for treatment of sewage under the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a person who obtains permission for, or completes the registration of, a business of collection and transportation of livestock excreta, a business of treatment of livestock excreta, a business of management of facilities for livestock excreta, or a design and construction business of facilities for treatment of livestock excreta under the relevant provisions of this Act. |
| (2) | Where the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu specifies the business territory when he or she grants permission for a business related to excreta under Article 35(5) of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater, the business territory shall be deemed to have been prescribed under Article 28(3). |
Article 7 (Transitional measures regarding discharge charges and application of penalty provisions)
The previous provisions shall apply to the imposition and collection of discharge charges and penalty surcharges for violations committed before this Act enters into force, to the application of penalty provisions, and to the imposition of administrative fines.
Article 9 (Relationship to other statutes)
A citation of the previous Act on the Treatment of Sewage, Excreta and Livestock Wastewater or a provision thereof by any other statutes in force as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a citation of this Act or the corresponding provision of this Act, if such corresponding provision exists in this Act.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8354, Apr. 11, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDA <Act No. 8466, May 17, 2007>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation; provided, ... <omitted> ... amendments to Acts, which were promulgated before this Act enters into force but the enforcement dates of which have yet to arrive, among the Acts amended under Article 6 of these Addenda, shall enter into force on the enforcement dates of the relevant Acts, respectively.
ADDENDA <Act No. 8957, Mar. 21, 2008>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 9433, Feb. 6, 2009>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2010.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 10035, Feb. 4, 2010>
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA<Act No. 10615, Apr. 28, 2011>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA<Act No. 10893, Jul. 21, 2011>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 10973, Jul. 28, 2011>
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation; provided, the amended provisions of Articles 49 and 50 shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
| (1) | This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. |
ADDENDA <Act No. 11965, Jul. 30, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDA <Act No. 11998, Aug. 6, 2013>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 12516, Mar. 24, 2014>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation; provided, the amended provisions of Articles 8, 10, and 17(1)5, and subparagraph 1 of Article 31 and the provisions related to the amended provisions of Articles 10 and 17(1)5, from among the amended provisions of subparagraphs 1 and 6 of Article 48, subparagraphs 2, 4, 5 and 10 of Article 49, subparagraphs 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 11 of Article 50, subparagraphs 2 and 5 of Article 51, and Article 52, shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation, and the amended provisions of subparagraphs 16 and 17 of Article 32, Articles 37-2 and 37-3, subparagraph 9 of Article 51, and Article 53(3)14 shall take effect on January 1, 2017. Article 2 (Applicability to and transitional measures concerning previous co-disposal facilities)
| (1) | The amended provisions of Article 12(2) shall apply, beginning with the first case where a co-disposal facility is newly installed according to the installation of a waste-generating facility for which permission is obtained or a report is filed after this Act enters into force. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 12(2), the former provisions shall apply to co-disposal facilities installed or are in the process of installation according to the installation of a waste-generating facility for which permission has been obtained or a report has been filed as at the time this Act enters into force. |
Article 3 (Applicability to reporting following succession to status)
The amended provisions of Articles 14(3) and 29(4) (including cases in which these are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the amended provisions of Article 34(5)) shall apply, starting with the first person who succeeds to the status after this Act enters into force. Article 4 (Applicability to and transitional measures concerning completion inspection of disposal facilities)
| (1) | The amended provisions of Article 15 shall apply starting with a disposal facility, the installation of which is completed after this Act enters into force. |
| (2) | A disposal facility in operation after being installed by a recycling reporter or a livestock excreta disposal business operator as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed to have undergone a completion inspection pursuant to the amended provisions of Article 15. |
Article 5 (Applicability to design and construction of disposal facilities)
The amended provisions of Article 16 shall apply starting with the first disposal facility designed and constructed after this Act enters into force. Article 6 (Applicability to reports and confirmation of fulfillment of orders)
The amended provisions of Article 18-3 (including cases which are applied mutatis mutandis under the amended provisions of Article 27(6)) shall apply starting with the first case where an order to take measures, an improvement order, an order of suspension of operation, or an order of closure is issued after this Act enters into force. Article 7 (Applicability to and special cases concerning electronic transfer management system)
| (1) | The amended provisions of Articles 37-2 and 37-3 shall apply starting with the first livestock excreta or liquid manure which is discharged, collected, transported, or disposed of after the aforesaid provisions take effect. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 37-3, a waste-generating facility reporter under the amended provisions of Article 11(3) may not input details concerning the transfer or disposal of livestock excreta or liquid manure into the electronic transfer management system for two years from the date the amended provisions of Article 37-3 enter into force. |
Article 8 (Special cases concerning waste-generating facilities in livestock-raising restriction zones)
Where permission is applied for or a report is filed pursuant to the amended provisions of Article 11 within three years from the date this Act enters into force with respect to waste-generating facilities which satisfy all the following conditions, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may grant permission for installation or accept a report even where the raising of livestock is restricted under the amended provisions of Articles 8 and 18; provided, where a relevant local government prescribes special cases different from the above by municipal ordinance regarding waste-generating facilities which meet all the following conditions, such municipal ordinance shall apply. | 1. | A waste-generating facility located in areas prescribed in the amended provisions of Article 8(1)1; |
| 2. | A waste-generating facility, existence of which before the designation and public announcement of a livestock-raising restriction zone can be proved as at the time this Act enters into force through the submission of evidential documents determined and publicly announced by the Minister of Environment; |
| 3. | A waste-generating facility which has no records of violating this Act (the restriction on the raising of livestock under the amended provisions of Article 8 shall be excluded; hereafter the same shall apply in this subparagraph) and other statutes or which complies with this Act and other statutes as at the time permission is applied for or a report is filed. |
Article 9 (Special cases concerning orders for closure of waste-generating facilities in violation of requirements for permission or reports)
| (1) | As a case where a waste-generating facility is not located in places which are banned from installation under this Act or other Acts, an installer of a waste-generating facility which was installed without obtaining permission or filing a report or a waste-generating facility which was altered without gaining permission for alteration or filing a report on alteration before February 20, 2013 shall acquire permission or permission for alteration or file a report or report on alteration under the amended provisions of Article 11 within a period specified in the following: |
| 1. | Small-scale waste-generating facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Environment or waste-generating facilities located within a Hansen disease patient's settlement village: four years; |
| 2. | Waste-generating facilities other than those falling under subparagraph 1: three years. |
| (2) | With respect to waste-generating facilities under paragraph (1), the provision related to an order for closure based on the ground that waste-generating facilities have been installed without gaining permission or filing a report and the provision related to an order for suspension of operation based on the ground that waste-generating facilities have been altered without obtaining permission for alteration or filing a report on alteration among the amended provisions of Article 18 shall not apply during the respective period in accordance with the classification of the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) from the date this Act enters into force. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an order for suspension of operation may not apply to facilities smaller in scale than that prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Environment from among the facilities subject to the obligation to report on alteration under the amended provisions of Article 11(2) and (3) during a period prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Environment. |
Article 10 (Special cases concerning application of penalty provisions to person who entrusts raising of livestock)
| (1) | As a case where a waste-generating facility is not located in places which are banned from installation under this Act or other Acts, a person who entrusts the raising of livestock by using waste-generating facility which was installed without obtaining permission for installation or filing a report on installation or a waste-generating facility which was altered without gaining permission for alteration or filing a report on alteration before February 20, 2013 shall not be subject to the application of Articles 49(1) and 50 until the periods prescribed by each of the following subparagraphs. |
| 1. | Small-scale waste-generating facilities prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Environment or waste-generating facilities located within a Hansen disease patient's settlement village: March 24, 2019; |
| 2. | Waste-generating facilities other than those falling under subparagraph 1: March 24, 2018. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding paragraph (1), facilities subject to the report on alteration under Article 11(2) and (3) whose size is less than the size prescribed by the Decree of the Ministry of Environment may be exempt from subparagraph 1 of Article 49 and subparagraph 4 of Article 50 during a period prescribed by the Decree of the Ministry of Environment. <Added on Mar. 20, 2018> |
[Previous Article 10 is moved to Article 11 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 10-2 (Transitional measures and special cases concerning waste-generating facilities in violation of permission or reporting)
| (1) | Notwithstanding Article 11 and Articles 8 and 9(1) of this Addenda, the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may permit installation or accept a report within a period determined by the Minister of Environment in consultation with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, where the installer of the relevant waste-generating facilities (except for dog breeding facilities) apply for permission or make a report by March 24, 2018 (For installer of facilities falling under Article 9(1)1 of this Addenda, the deadline shall be determined separately by the Minister of Environment) as prescribed by the Minister of Environment; and during such period, provisions in Article 18 concerning the order of closure on account of installation without permission or reporting and the order of suspension of use on account of alteration without permission for or reporting on alternation shall not apply, respectively. |
| (2) | Subparagraph 1 of Article 49 and subparagraph 4 of Article 50 shall not apply, respectively, to the persons who entrust raising of livestock prescribed in Article 10(1) of this Addenda during the period prescribed in paragraph (1). |
Article 11 (Transitional measures regarding designation and public notice of livestock-raising restriction zones)
A livestock-raising restriction zone designated under the previous provisions by the head of a Si/Gun/Gu as at the time this Act enters into force shall be deemed a livestock-raising restriction zone designated and publicly announced under the amended provisions of Article 8 (1). [Moved from Article 10; previous Article 11 moved to Article 12 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 12 (Transitional measures regarding resource recovery plants installed by agricultural cooperatives)
With respect to resource recovery plants which have been installed or are to be installed on a trial basis by agricultural cooperatives by obtaining approval from the Special Self-Governing Province Governor or the Mayor/Do Governor as at the time this Act enters into force, it shall be deemed that approval for installation has been obtained under the amended provisions of Article 24 (3). [Moved from Article 11; previous Article 12 moved to Article 13 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 13 (Transitional measures regarding persons who have filed recycling reports)
A person who has filed a recycling report under the previous provisions as at the time this Act enters into force (excluding a report on bio-energy facilities) shall be deemed a person who has filed a recycling report under the amended provisions of Article 27. [Moved from Article 12; previous Article 13 moved to Article 14 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 14 (Transitional measures regarding permission for bio-energy facility treatment business)
With respect to bio-energy facilities which have been installed and in operation after filing a report on recycling under the previous provisions of Article 27 as at the time this Act enters into force, it shall be deemed that permission for the livestock excreta treatment business has been acquired under the amended provisions of Article 28(1)2; provided, the requirements for permission under the amended provisions of Article 28 (1) shall be fulfilled until a date 2 years after this Act enters into force. [Moved from Article 13; previous Article 14 moved to Article 15 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 15 (Transitional measures regarding incompetent persons)
It shall be deemed that those who are under adult guardianship referred to in the amended provisions of subparagraph 1 of Article 31 include a person for whom the adjudication of incompetence or quasi-incompetence remains in effect under Article 2 of the Addenda to the Civil Act (Act No. 10429). [Moved from Article 14; previous Article 15 moved to Article 16 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 16 (Transitional measures regarding education of persons in charge of livestock excreta management)
A person who has received education offered by the Minister of Environment under the previous provisions shall be deemed to have undergone education conducted by the competent Mayor/Do Governor, Special Self-Governing City Mayor, or Special Self-Governing Province Governor under the amended provisions of Article 38. [Moved from Article 15; previous Article 16 moved to Article 17 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 17 (Transitional measures regarding administrative dispositions)
The previous provisions shall apply to administrative dispositions against a violation committed before this Act enters into force.
[Moved from Article 16; previous Article 17 moved to Article 18 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 18 (Transitional measures regarding penalties or administrative fines)
The previous provisions shall apply to the imposition of penalties or administrative fines against a violation committed before the Act enters into force.
[Moved from Article 17; previous Article 18 moved to Article 19 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
Article 20 (Relationship to other statutes)
Where any former provision of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta is cited in other statutes as at the time this Act enters into force, if any provision corresponding thereto exists in this Act, the corresponding provision of this Act shall be deemed to have been cited in lieu of the previous provision. [Moved from Article 19 <Dec. 1, 2015>]
ADDENDA <Act No. 13526, Dec. 1, 2015>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation; provided, the amended provisions of subparagraph 4-2 of Article 2, Articles 8(1), 13-2(2), 15(4) through (7), 15-2, 17(1)6, 18-3(2) through (4), 25(9)3, 41(2), 53(2)2 and 3, and 53(3)7 shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. Article 2 (Applicability to and transitional measures concerning waste-generating facilities subject to permission and report)
| (1) | The amended provisions of Article 11(1) and (3) shall not apply to a person who installs or operates a waste-generating facility which has been permitted or reported under previous provisions before this Act enters into force. |
| (2) | A person who shall newly obtain permission or file a report under amended provisions of Article 11(1) and (3) at the time this Act enters into force, shall obtain permission or file a report for installation of a waste-generating facility from or to the head of the competent Si/Gun/Gu by March 24, 2016 after this Act enters into force, and shall install the waste-generating facility in compliance with the standards of Article 12-2 by March 24, 2017. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding paragraph (2), where Articles 8 and 9 of addenda to the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta partially amended by Act No. 12516 apply, permission for, or report on, the installation of waste-generating facility shall be obtained or filed, and the disposal facility shall be installed by the deadline prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Environment. |
Article 3 (Transitional measures concerning administrative dispositions)
The previous provisions shall apply to administrative dispositions against a violation committed before this Act enters into force.
Article 4 (Transitional measures concerning penalties or administrative fines)
The previous provisions shall apply to the imposition of penalties or administrative fines against a violation committed before the Act enters into force.
Article 5 (Relations with other statutes)
Where any former provision of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta is cited in other statutes as at the time this Act enters into force, if any provision corresponding thereto exists in this Act, the corresponding provision of this Act shall be deemed to have been cited in lieu of the previous provision.
ADDENDA <Act No. 14476, Dec. 27, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force three months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDA <Act No. 14481, Dec. 27, 2016>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2017. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDA <Act No. 14532, Jan. 17, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation; provided, where any Act amended by Article 6 of this Addenda has been promulgated but its enforcement date has yet to arrive by the time this Act enters into force, amendments to such Act shall enter into force on the enforcement date of such relevant Act.
ADDENDA <Act No. 15103, Nov. 28, 2017>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDUM <Act No. 15510, Mar. 20, 2018>
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDUM <Act No. 15829, Oct. 16, 2018>
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation.
ADDENDA <Act No. 17091, Mar. 24, 2020>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDUM <Act No. 17326, May 26, 2020>
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDA <Act No. 18027, Apr. 13, 2021>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force six months after the date of its promulgation; provided, the amended provisions of Article 11(1) shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation and the amended provisions of Article 11(5) shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. Article 2 (Applicability to restrictions on installation of emission facilities)
The amended provisions of Article 11(1) shall apply from the time of application for permission to install emission facilities after the enforcement of the same amended provisions. Article 3 (Applicability to reports on modifications of design and construction of disposal facilities)
The amended provisions of Article 34(3) and (4) shall apply from the case where a report on change of design and construction of a disposal facility filed after this Act enters into force.
ADDENDA <Act No. 19208, Dec. 31, 2022>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force one year after the date of its promulgation. (Proviso omitted.)
ADDENDUM <Act No. 19656, Aug. 16, 2023>
This Act shall enter into force on January 1, 2024.
ADDENDA <Act No. 21065, Oct. 1, 2025>
Article 1 (Enforcement date)
This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation; provided, the amendments to the statutes to be amended under Article 7 of the Addenda, which were promulgated before this Act enters into force but the enforcement dates of which have yet to arrive, shall enter into force ... <omitted> ... on the enforcement date of the relevant statute.