South Korea addresses revising the "Notification of Installation and Management Standards for Hazardous Chemicals Handling Facilities" by the end of 2024.

The National Institute of Chemical Safety (Director Park Bong-kyun) formed a consortium for handling facility standards with experts, industries, and civil society to improve the standards of hazardous chemical handling facilities and held a launching ceremony on August 18, 2023, at the National Institute of Chemical Safety. 

The expert consultative body was promoted to prepare for the revision of 15 types of handling facility standards, including the "Notification on the Installation and Management of Hazardous Chemicals Manufacturing and Use Facilities." 

Since early July, the National Institute of Chemical Safety has received recommendations for 10 participants in the expert consultative body from inspection agencies, academia, industry, and civil society. 

The consultative body consists of a total of 15 members, including 5 ex officio members, including the Ministry of Environment's Chemical Safety Division, 3 experts from inspection institutions, 3 experts recommended by industry, and 4 experts recommended by academia and civil society recommendations. 

The expert consultative body will operate until the end of 2024, and discussions will be held at least once a month to prepare standards for handling facilities considering the level of hazard and risk of chemicals. 

The consultative body will discuss technical standards that can minimize the occurrence and damage of chemical accidents, detailed items of facility standards according to acute, chronic, and ecological hazards, and handling facility standards according to physical risks. 

The first discussion, which followed the inauguration ceremony, had time to share the "direction of reorganization of toxic substance designation management system and handling facility standards" and the current status of implementation. 

Based on the discussion of the consultative body, the National Institute of Chemical Safety will prepare a standard notice for manufacturing, use, and storage facilities by December 2023 and announce it at the Chemical Safety Policy Forum.