해양오염퇴적물의 법적 지위와 관리방안

초록

A need to initiate a project to dredge contaminated sediments for the purification and restoration of ocean environment has been constantly increased. Nevertheless, under the current legal system, the concepts of removal, dredging, dredged material, treatment and disposal are not fully understood. Moreover, a specific method to remove and dispose the sediments is not prepared. As a result, the dredged materials have been dealt as waste disregarding their degree of contamination and have been disposed through landfilling or ocean dumping. However, nowadays, the treatment or disposal of contaminated sediments dredged from the ocean or river is difficult because the standards of ocean dumping become stricter. Therefore, there is a need to amend the existing law on removal, dredging, treatment and disposal of contaminated sediments. For this, it is appropriate to regulate with unity and system through the Ocean Environment Management Act rather than revising every single one of the scattered regulations in dredged materials related laws. To be more specific, for more efficiency and convenience, a separate chapter in the Ocean Environment Management Act should be prepared to manage dredged materials. Following are some alternatives to amend the Act. First, it is necessary to define the concept of contaminated sediments and dredged materials within the Act. Second, the means and standards of removal and dredging contaminated sediments should be contrived. Third, the means to remove and dispose dredged materials should be defined so that it is systematically managed through a chain of steps of recycling, landfilling, segregated disposal under the sea and ocean dumping. Fourth, the measure to improve ocean environment must be strengthened and specified by saying the time of triggering and standard to take a measure. Fifth, the Act which only regulates the business to deal with removal should include a business to handle treatment and disposal of contaminated sediments and dredged materials.

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