Korea Environment Corparation
Management Disclosure
- Measurement and Analysis on POPs
- Analysis on Waste Materials and Soil
- Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
- Inspection and Safety Diagnosis of Hazardous Chemical Handling Facilities
- Small and Medium Sized Business Place Chemical Safety Management
- Support for Joint registration in K-REACH
- Exemption From Registration of Chemical Substances
Inspection and Safety Diagnosis of Hazardous Chemical Handling Facilities
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The Korea Envrionment Corporation Leads chemical safety management
Under the CHEMICALS CONTROL ACT enforced in 2015, Workplaces that have hazardous chemicals handling facilities must properly install and manage the facility. These Workplaces must be inspected periodically by the inspection organization (Korea Environment Corporation)
Related laws and regulations
- CHEMICALS CONTROL ACT Article24, The same law Enforcement rule Article23 and Article24.
- Regulations concerning the installation, periodical inspection, inspection and safety diagnosis of hazardous chemicals handling facilities.(Notification No. 2016-195 Ministry of Environment, 2016.10.10.)
- Regulations for inspection and safety diagnosis commission of hazardous chemical handling facilities.(Notification No. 2016-57 Ministry of Environment, 2016.03.14.)
- Detailed instructions on installation, periodical inspection and inspection of hazardous chemical handling facilities.(Directive No. 1137 Ministry of Environment, 15.1.18)
Inspection·Safety Diagnosis Timing / Cycle
Category | Timing / Cycle | ||
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Installation Inspection | before in operation after completes installation of a hazardous chemical handling facility | ||
The periodical inspection | subject to Permission to Conduct Hazardous Chemical Business | every one year(within 30 days before and after) | |
subject to Exemption from Permission to Conduct Hazardous Chemical Business | Every two years | ||
The Occasional inspection | occurrence of chemical accidents | Within 7 days after the chemical accident occurrence | |
The concerns about chemical accidents occurrence | when be informed by the head of local environmental office | ||
the Safety diagnosis | harm to safety is deemed to be likely to occur concerns from installation/Periodic inspection result | Within 20 days from the date of receiving the inspection result | |
the degree of risk about Evaluation of Impact on Outside of Place of Business Where Chemical Accident Occurs | non result | every 4 year | |
the high degree of risk | every 4 year | ||
the middle degree of risk | every 8 year | ||
the low degree of risk | every 12 year |
Inspection·Safety Diagnosis Procedures
![Schedule consultations(Applicant-A inspection agency) -> • Complete and submit application form(Applicant→ A inspection agency) -> notifications (Schedule and fee)(A inspection agency →Applicant) -> Confirm deposit fee(A inspection agency) -> Conduction of on-site inspections(A inspection agency) -> Send the results(A inspection agency →Applicant)](http://www.keco.or.kr/upload/editor/f789cd81-3307-4acb-be0c-14acb0346938.png)