Marine Use Impact Assessment Act(No. 19910).

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters necessary for predicting and evaluating in advance the appropriateness of ocean use and the impact on the marine environment for projects utilizing and developing the ocean, and for managing and supervising such projects in order to preserve the marine environment and promote sustainable use of the ocean.
The Act stipulates the definitions of marine use agreement and marine use impact assessment, etc., and stipulates the responsibilities of the state, etc., basic principles, scope of application, etc. in conducting marine use impact assessment, etc. (Articles 2 to 5). The Act further stipulates the evaluation fields of marine use impact assessment, etc., setting of conservation goals for each evaluation item, and the relationship with marine space management plans, etc. (Articles 6 to 8). The Act also stipulates in detail the targets of marine use agreement and projects excluded from agreement, the entity preparing the marine use agreement as the business operator, specifically the timing of requests for agreement, and hearing the review opinions of the marine use impact review agency, etc. (Articles 9 to 12). Articles 13 to 20 regulate the subject of marine impact assessment, preparation of assessment report, consultation procedures, etc. Articles 21 to 30 regulate the procedures for notification, reflection, and implementation supervision of consultation opinions. In addition, the Act makes provisions for preparation of marine impact assessment reports, selection of assessment agents, registration of marine impact assessment agencies, compliance matters for business operators and assessment agents, etc. (Articles 31 to 42).