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5. Environment-Friendly Management of the ROK Armed Forces

Expanding and Improving To prevent water pollution caused by
Environmental Pollution Control wastewater and sewage released
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Facilities within Military Premises from military installations, the MND
has established and operates a total of
4,422 environmental pollution control facilities within military premises, including
sewage treatment stations, wastewater treatment stations, and local government
pipeline connections, as of November 2020.
To conserve the soil environment, the MND inspects 4,107 facilities subject to 16)
soil contamination control pursuant to the Soil Environment Conservation Act, • Sewage: Water
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contaminated by a
and uses the findings for restoration activities including soil remediation projects. mixture of liquid or
solid produced by a
Furthermore, to prevent soil pollution caused by oil spillage and other accidents, community of people or
along economic activities
the MND installed 18,095 soil pollution control facilities out of a total of 20,709 soil (Article 2 of the Sewerage
Act) Chapter 5
pollution control facility requirements such as drum storage yards and tank dikes • Wastewater: Water
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containing liquid or
that have been identified as of 2020, installed 328 additional soil pollution control solid pollutants and
that cannot be used
facilities in 2020, and plans to install 2,286 additional facilities in the coming years. as is (Article 2 of the
Water Environment
Conservation Act
Implementing Environment-Friendly The MND is committed to protect 17)
National Defense Facility Projects servicemembers from being exposed Facilities that are likely
to cause significant soil
to harmful materials including asbestos contamination (Article 2
of the Soil Environment
and radon. Accordingly, the MND is striving to maintain buildings containing Conservation Act), which
include oil tanks with a
asbestos, reduce radon emissions, and improve working sites with hazardous capacity of 20,000 or more
environments. 18)
Areas where the floor
After conducting a complete enumeration survey on buildings containing asbestos is paved in the oil drum
storage yards of the unit to
through an expert agency from March to September 2019, 11,612 buildings in total prevent soil contamination
caused by oil spillage
were conf rmed to contain asbestos. Among them, the management and maintenance
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plans for asbestos-containing buildings within military premises were supplemented A bathtub-shaped
structure that blocks oil
for 7,703 buildings–excluding 3,909 buildings that overlap with other projects such spillage from ground oil
tanks
as unit relocation and unused installations demolition–and asbestos-containing
materials were removed in 604 buildings in 2019 and 779 buildings in 2020. The 20)
• Active Soil
MND aims to complete the demolition and removal of asbestos-containing buildings Depressurization:
A method of drawing
and substances by 2025, thereby promoting the health of servicemembers. out air in soil beneath a
building (depressurizing
Referring to the results of a survey conducted on barracks dormitories between soil to prevent radon
inflow into indoors)
2012 and 2015, radon reduction project was completed by 2019 after applying Active • ndoor ventilation:
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A method of installing
Soil Depressurization and indoor ventilation to 583 buildings that exceeded the ventilation systems to
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extract indoor air and
standards. Pursuant to the Framework Act on Military Status and Service, radon bring in outdoor air

Chapter 5. Establishing a Fair, Transparent, and Efficient National Defense Operation System