(Background)

Permission to occupy and use public waters is one of the necessary permits for the offshore wind power development, but it is difficult due to major issues.

(Grievance)

Among the major difficulties, requests for improvement related to ambiguous definitions and opinion collection and consent procedures of stakeholders

(Resolution)

In accordance with the revision of Public Waters Management and Reclamation Act (Jul. 2022), as there was a request of some permission authorities to obtain consent from all related parties according to the newly established related parties' opinion collection procedure, it was requested for clarifying the definition of related party. 

(Result)

As Business Processing Regulations on Public Water Management and Reclamation, Article 14-2 (collection of related party's opinion) was partially amended on December 4, 2023, a term 'high possibility' that occupancy and use of public water influenced fishing industry and caused conflict between related parties was replaced with a term 'possibility.' 

In addition, a phrase 'resolution of differences between related parties' was replaced with 'degree of resolution of differences between related parties.'