The Urban Stream Basin Flood Damage Prevention Act to prevent flood damage passed the National Assembly plenary session in August.
On the afternoon of the same day, the National Assembly submitted and approved the bill for the enactment of the "Urban Stream Basin Flood Damage Prevention Measures Act" at the plenary session.
The voting results for the Urban Stream Watershed Flood Damage Prevention Measures Act were displayed at the plenary session held at the National Assembly on the 24th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
The bill mainly requires the establishment of comprehensive flood prevention measures for urban stream basins where it is difficult to prevent flood damage with conventional flood management measures alone.
The government is required to establish a "Basic Plan for Flood Damage Prevention in Specific Urban Streams" every 10 years. Specific urban streams are defined as streams where significant flood damage has occurred or is expected due to urbanization, but where damage prevention is difficult with only conventional flood management measures such as stream maintenance.
In addition, a comprehensive water disaster situation room can be established and operated to collect and disseminate water disaster information such as urban flooding and manage situations. If necessary for the operation of the situation room, the head of related agencies can be requested to submit necessary data. The heads of related agencies must comply with the request unless there are special reasons.
The Minister of Environment may conduct urban flood forecasts by basin to prevent or mitigate damage to life, body, and property caused by urban flooding, and to this end, may establish and operate an Urban Flood Forecast Center involving related experts.
Earlier, the ruling and opposition parties' flood recovery task force agreed to process flood prevention and damage support laws, including this bill, within this month.
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