Special Act on the Assistance to the Development of Abandoned Mine Areas. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 1995 (2004) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Mining Environmental audit Soil rehabilitation Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Act is to promote the economy of abandoned mine areas that is depressed due to the decline of the coal industry and thereby help balanced regional development and improve the living standard of the residents in the abandoned mine areas. The Do governor shall formulate a plan for environmental preservation in the Promotion District and recovery of environmental pollution caused by mine abandonment and incorporate it in the Development Plan (arts. 3 to 5). The Do governor shall conduct an environmental investigation of the Promotion District and its neighbouring area concerning: natural resources such as forests, habitats, ecosystems, water resources; environmental pollution due to mine abandonment; social environment such as population, industry, waterworks, sewage, etc. Where it is necessary to accelerate the development of the Promotion District, the Do governor may include the area that meets the criteria to be the first grade zone on ecology and nature map as referred to in Article 34 of the Natural Environment Conservation Act in the Development Plan for the Promotion District. Full text English