Korea Environment Corparation

Management Disclosure

Core Business

Inspection and Safety Diagnosis of Hazardous Chemical Handling Facilities

Core Business Environmental Health Hazardous Materials Inspection and Safety Diagnosis of Hazardous Chemical Handling Facilities

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

Inspection·Safety Diagnosis Timing / Cycle list
Category			Timing / Cycle
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)
The periodical inspection	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 Occasional inspection	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)