Installment and use of facilities that handle liquefied petroleum gas
Installment of facilities that handle liquefied petroleum gas
- A person who intends to use liquefied petroleum gas shall be equipped with facilities and gas supplies that meet the facility and technical standards pursuant to attached Table 20 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act (Article 33(1) of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act and Article 69 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act).
Final inspection of facilities that use liquefied petroleum gas
- Where a gas facility construction contractor completes construction of facilities using liquefied petroleum gas for a person who intends to engage in the food service business by using liquefied petroleum gas (hereinafter referred to as "specific user of liquefied petroleum gas"), he/she shall undergo the final inspection by the head of a Si/Gun/Gu before the specific user of liquefied petroleum gas uses such facilities (Article 44(2) of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act and Subparagraph 2(b) of Article 70(1) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act).
- A gas facility construction contractor who wishes to undergo the final inspection for a facility that uses liquefied petroleum gas shall submit an application for the final inspection of specified facilities that use liquefied petroleum gas (Attached Form 44 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act) accompanied by a floor plan and construction status of the said facility set forth by the head of Korea Gas Safety Corporation to the Korea Gas Safety corporation within 7 days from the date in which the use of the said specific facility began (Article 71(2) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act).
Issuance of a certificate for final inspection
- If the facility that uses liquefied petroleum gas passes the standards for final inspection pursuant to attached Table 20 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act, a certificate for final inspection (including an e-certificate upon the agreement of the qualified candidate) (Attached Form 46 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act) shall be issued by the Korea Gas Safety Corporation (Article 71(10) and subparagraph 1 of Article 71(11) of the Enforcement Rules of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act).
Sanctions for violations
- Any person who uses facilities that use liquefied petroleum gas without passing the final inspection in violation of the above provision shall be subject to a fine not exceeding KRW 2 million (Subparagraph 8 of Article 73(4) of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act).
Installment of safety facilities such as firefighting facilities
Installment of safety facilities, etc.
- Every owner of publicly used business and any person who intends to operate the publicly used business shall install and maintain the following safety facilities, etc. in compliance with attached Table 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments (Former part of Article 9(1) of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments, attached Table1-2 and Article 9 of the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments, Article 9 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments).
· Firefighting facilities
a. Firefighting facilities: Fire extinguisher or automatic spreading fire extinguisher, and simple sprinkler facility (including cabinet type simple sprinkler facility). However, the simple sprinkler facility shall only be installed at business establishment in the basement floor or that with a closed structure
b. Alarm facilities: Emergency alarm system · automatic fire alarm system · gas alarm detector
c. Evacuation facilities: Evacuation equipment, guidelines of egress, exit lights · exit signs · emergency lights · portable emergency lights
· Emergency exit
· Evacuation pathway inside the business establishment (to be installed only in karaoke and entertainment bar establishments with compartmentalized rooms)
· Other safety facilities: Audio-visual blocking device · Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker (ELCB)
- Every owner of the publicly used business and any person who intends to operate the publicly used business shall install equipment to prevent falls, etc., such as warning signs of fall hazards, at emergency exits installed in business establishment on the 4th floor or lower (except for basement floor), in safety facilities, etc. installed and maintained under Article 9(1) of the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments, in accordance with standards specified in (Attached Table 2, II C. of the Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments) (Article 9-2 of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments and Article 11-2 of the Enforcement Rule thereof).
· Any person who fails to install the equipment to prevent falls, etc., such as warning signs of fall hazards, at emergency exits in violation of the above provision shall be subject to a fine not exceeding KRW 3 million (Subparagraph 2-3 of Article 25(1) of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments).
Report on the installation of safety facilities, etc.
- If a person who operates a publicly used businessintends to install safety facilities or alter the interior layout of the placeof business, he/she shall report in advance to the head of the competentregional fire headquarters or the head of the competent fire station along withthe following x-documents (including electronic x-documents) before he/sheinstalls such facilities. In this case, the head ofthe competent regional fire headquarters or the head of the competent firestation must affirm the electrical safety inspection confirmation below, and ifthe declarant does not agree to the affirmation, he or she shall be required tosubmit the documents (subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9(3) of theSpecial Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments and Article11(1) of the Enforcement Regulations of the same Act).
· A report on the installation (completion) of safety facilities, etc. (Attached Form 6 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments)
· A copy of the design drawing of safety facilities, etc. prepared by firefighting facility designers pursuant to Article 4(1) of the Fire-fighting System Installation Business Act (refer to a drawing that indicates the system diagram of firefighting facilities, materials and installation area of indoor decorations, materials used for internal compartments, emergency exits, and window drawings)
· A copy of installation details of safety facilities, etc. (Attached Form 6 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishment)
· A copy of the floor plan of the business establishment that contain detailed use of compartmentalized rooms (Refers to a floor plan that contains auxiliary facilities of the establishment such as corridors, stairways, etc.)
· 1 copy of documents demonstratingsafety diagnosis of electrical equipment such as electrical safety inspectionconfirmation (only for multi-living facility business, telephone/video chatbusiness, sleeping room business, colatec business, room escape cafe business,kids cafe business, and cartoon cafe business)
Report on the completion of safety facilities, etc.
- Upon completion of safety facilities in apublicly used business, a person who intends to operate such business shallsubmit the following x-documents (including electronic x-documents) to the headof the competent regional fire headquarters or the head of the competent firestation In this case, the head of the competentregional fire headquarters or the head of the competent fire station must affirmthe electrical safety inspection confirmation below, and if the declarant does notagree to the affirmation, he or she shall be required to submit the documents(subparagraph 3 of Article 9(3) of the Special Act on the Safety Control ofPublicly Used Establishments and Article 11(1) of the Enforcement Regulationsof the same Act)
· A report on the installation (completion) of safety facilities, etc. (Attached Form 6 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments)
· A copy of the design drawing of safety facilities, etc. prepared by firefighting facility designers pursuant to Article 4(1) of the Fire-fighting System Installation Business Act (Refer to a drawing that indicates the system diagram of firefighting facilities, materials and installation area of indoor decorations, materials used for internal compartments, emergency exits and window drawings): submit only if there is any change in the design drawings submitted at the time of installation report
· A copy of installation details of safety facilities, etc. (Attached Form 6 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishment): submit only if there is any change in the design drawings submitted at the time of installation report
· A copy of the floor plan of the business establishment that contain detailed use of compartmentalized rooms (refers to a floor plan that contains auxiliary facilities of the establishment such as corridors, stairways, etc.): Submit only if there is any change in the design drawings from what was submitted at the time of installation report
· A copy of a document that can prove the applicant’s subscription to a fire liability insurance such as the fire liability compensation policy
· 1 copy of documents demonstratingsafety diagnosis of electrical equipment such as electrical safety inspectionconfirmation (only for multi-living facility business, telephone/video chatbusiness, sleeping room business, colatec business, room escape cafe business,kids cafe business, and cartoon cafe business)
Issuance of a certificate for the completion of safety facilities, etc.
- If safety facilities, etc. are recognized to have been installed in accordance with attached Table 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments as a result of the site confirmation conducted by the head of the competent regional fire headquarters or the head of the competent fire station, a certificate for the completion of safety facilities, etc. (Attached Form 7 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments) shall be issued (Article 9(5) of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments and Article 11(2) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments).
- If the safety facilities, etc. do not satisfy the attached Table 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments, the reasons for such non-satisfaction shall be notified, and the certificate for the completion of safety facilities, etc. shall not be issued until such defects are rectified or supplemented (Article 9(5) of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments and Article 11(2) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments).
Sanctions for violations
- A person who fails to ① install or maintain safety facilities, etc. in compliance with the standards or ② report the installation before the installation of safety facilities, etc. or alteration of interior layout of place of business, or who fails to report after completing the construction of safety facilities, etc. shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding KRW 3 million (Subparagraphs 2 and 2-2 of Article 25(1) of the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly Used Establishments).
Installation of private sewage treatment facilities
Installation of private sewage treatment facilities
- Any person who builds a building, facility, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "building, etc.") that discharge wastewater shall independently or jointly install a private sewage treatment facility (Article 34 (1) and(4) of the Sewerage Act and Article 24 (2) and (3) of the Enforcement Decree of the Sewerage Act).
· Outside of the sewage treatment area
√ Any person who intends to build buildings, etc. that generate wastewater exceeding 2 cubic meters per day shall install a wastewater treatment facility (referring to a facility for treating wastewater generated at buildings, etc. as a private sewage treatment facility)
√ Any person who intends to build buildings, etc. that generate wastewater of up to 2 cubic meters per day shall install a septic tank (referring to a facility for treating wastewater from flush toilets installed at buildings, etc. as a private sewage treatment facility)
· Within the sewage treatment area (applicable only to areas where combined sewage culverts are installed): Any person who intends to install flush toilets shall install a septic tank
- In cases where the existing private sewage treatment facility exceeds its treatment capacity due to the relevant extension or alteration of purpose or where it becomes necessary to install a new private sewage treatment facility (applicable only to wastewater treatment facilities) since the amount of wastewater generated outside the sewage treatment area exceeds 2 cubic meters per day, and thus the wastewater generated from the building increases, the owner of the said building shall install a private sewage treatment facility or expand the treatment capacity of the existing private sewage treatment facility (Main body of Article 35(1) of the Sewerage Act and Article 25(1) of the Enforcement Decree of the Sewerage Act).
- Anyone who intends to install or alter a private sewage treatment facility falling under any of the following cases shall engage the operator of a business specializing in planning and construction of treatment facilities to execute planning and construction works (Article 38(1) of the Sewerage Act).
1. A person who has been registered to design and construct private sewage treatment facilities as specified under Article 51(1) of the Sewerage Act
2. A person who has been registered to plan and construct sewage treatment facilities as specified under Article 34 of the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta
3. Among those who have been registered to run construction business under the Main Text of Article 9(1) of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry, a person who has been registered to construct industrial and environmental facilities under subparagraph 1(d) of the Attached Table 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry
4. A person who has been registered in the water quality sector of the specialized environmental construction business under article 15 of the Environmental Technology and Industry Support Act
- Notwithstanding the above, a person who falls under any of the following cases may install or alter a private sewage treatment facility even if he/she does not fall under paragraphs 1 to 4 above (Article 38(2) of the Sewerage Act).
1. Where the operator intends to install or change private sewage treatment facilities to conduct research on sewage treatment
2. Where the operator is using a sewerage treatment method that is not generally used in Korea to install a testing facility (limited to national and public testing institutions, research institutes attached to a university, or other research or testing entities tested and confirmed by the Minister of Environment)
3. Where the operator registered to manufacture private sewerage treatment facilities under Article 52(1) of the Sewerage Act installs or alters a private sewerage treatment facility created by himself/herself.
Final inspection of private wastewater treatment facilities
- Once a person who intends to install or alter private wastewater treatment facilities completes such installation or alteration construction, he/she shall submit an application for the final inspection (Attached Form 15 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Sewerage Act) to the Mayor of Metropolitan Autonomous City, Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or head of a Si/Gun/Gu and receive such inspection (Article 37(1) of the Sewerage Act and main body of Article 30(1) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Sewerage Act).
- The Mayor of Metropolitan Autonomous City, the Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu who receives the application for the final inspection shall conduct an on-site inspection of the facility within 5 days of the receipt to verify that the said facility meets the installation criteria in light of the design drawings of the concerned facility, and prepare a final inspection report (Attached Form 16 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Sewerage Act) (Article 30(2) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Sewerage Act).
- The Mayor of Metropolitan Autonomous City, the Special Self-Governing Province Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall notify the applicant of conformity if the facility satisfies the installation criteria, and if not, specify the reasons and notify the applicant of such non-conformity (Article 31(1) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Sewerage Act).
Sanctions for violations
- Any person who fails to install private wastewater treatment facilities shall be punished in the following manner (Subparagraph 3 of Article 76 and Subparagraph 6 of Article 77 of the Sewerage Act).
· Where the treatment capacity of the private sewage treatment facility that the person is obligated to install or expand is less than 2 cubic meters per day: Punishable by imprisonment for no more than 2 years or by a fine not exceeding KRW 20 million
· Where the treatment capacity of the private sewage treatment facility that the person is obligated to install or expand is less than 2 cubic meters per day: Punishable by imprisonment for no more than 1 year or by a fine not exceeding KRW 10 million