Water Act Article 83-4

To formulate the runoff allocation plan, the authority-in-charge shall invite the authorities-in-charge of farmland drainage, soil and water conservation, forests, sewers, urban planning, land administration or related business, the municipal or city (county) governments, scholars, experts or organizations to seek advice through holding seminars or in other appropriate ways as a reference.The runoff allocation plan covering indigenous people’s land or tribes and surrounding public land within a certain range shall be governed by Article 21 of the Indigenous Peoples Basic Law.After formulating the runoff allocation plan, the central authority-in-charge shall exhibit it in public for 30 days and organize a public hearing; the date and location of the public exhibition and public hearing shall be published in the government gazette or newspapers, online or in other appropriate ways. Individuals or organizations may give opinions in writing to the central authority-in-charge with their names and addresses specified during the public exhibition; when reporting the runoff allocation plan to the central authority-in-charge for review, the authority-in-charge shall state their responses to the aforementioned opinions for reference.