Enforcement Decree of the Water Environment Conservation Act.

The purpose of this Decree is to provide for the matters delegated by the Water Environment Conservation Act and matters necessary for enforcing the said Act.
According to Article 4, the basic guidelines for the total pollution load management, which shall include the following matters: 1. The purposes of the total pollution load control; 2. The kinds of water pollutants subject to the total pollution load control; 3. Surveys on pollution sources and methods of calculating the loading quantity forcontamination; 4. The subjects, contents, methods and deadline of a mater plan for the total pollution loadmanagement pursuant to Article 4-3 of the Act; 5. The contents and methods of an action plan for the total pollution load control pursuant to Article 4-4 of the Act.
Article 24 provides for preservation measures of water environments. Where the Minister of Environment intends to recommend a person who manages publicwaters pursuant to Article 19-2 (1) of the Act to take measures necessary for preserving the water environments, the following matters shall be included in the recommendations: 1. Objectives to preserve the water environments; 2. Detailed methods for preserving the water environments; 3. Financing required for preserving the water environments; 4. Other matters necessary for preserving the water environments. Article 31 provides for the scope, etc. of wastewater discharging facilities requiring permission or reporting for installation. wastewater discharging facilities requiring permission include: 1. Discharging facilities which discharge specific substances harmful to water quality in excess of the standards prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment; 2. Discharging facilities installed within the special-measures area designated under Article38 of the Framework Act on Environmental Policy; 3. Discharging facilities installed within an area in which the installation of the discharge facilities is restricted, publicly notified by the Minister of Environment in accordance with Article 33 (8) of the Act; etc. Article 72 gives the list of projects and facilities subject to reports on non-point sources of pollution.
The Decree further makes provisions, inter alia, for: designation and public notice of regions subject to total pollution load control; approval on action plan for total pollution load management; offences and penalties.