Soil and water Conservation Act Article 12
A soil and water conservation obligor engaging in the following acts on slopeland or in a forest zone shall draft a soil and ater conservation plan and submit the same to the competent authority for approval. If by act an environmental impact assessment is necessary, the soil and water conservation obligor shall further submit the result of environmental impact assessment for approval.1.Repair or building of farm roads, or slope preparation, as required for the development and use of farmland, forest land, fishing land, and meadowland.2.Prospecting of mineral deposits, mining, well digging, quarrying, or establishment of relevant ancillary facilities.3.Repair and building of railroads, highways, other roads or ditches etc.4.Development of land for construction, or establishment of parks, graves, pleasure grounds, sports grounds or military training grounds, or piling of sand and gravel, treatment of waste, or other excavation and soil preparation.No authority responsible for specific business shall directly issue a development or use permit until the soil and water conservation plan mentioned in the preceding paragraph is approved by the competent authority.Where pursuant to the applicable acts and regulations governing regional planning an application for engaging in any of the acts described in the subparagraphs of the first paragraph is subject to the review of the authority formulating the regional planning, a soil and water conservation proposal must first be drafted and then submitted through the authority responsible for specific business to the competent authority on the same level of said authority formulating the regional planning, for review and approval. The soil and water conservation proposal may be reviewed along with the environmental impact assessment in a parallel manner.A simplified soil and water conservation statement may be submitted in lieu of a soil and water conservation plan with respect to any of the acts described in the subparagraphs of the first paragraph if such act falls in a category designated by the central competent authority with a scale smaller than that specified by the competent responsible authority. The above category and scale will be determined by the central competent authority
中文原文 水土保持法第12條
水土保持義務人於山坡地或森林區內從事下列行為，應先擬具水土保持計畫，送請主管機關核定，如屬依法應進行環境影響評估者，並應檢附環境影響評估審查結果一併送核：
一、從事農、林、漁、牧地之開發利用所需之修築農路或整坡作業。
二、探礦、採礦、鑿井、採取土石或設置有關附屬設施。
三、修建鐵路、公路、其他道路或溝渠等。
四、開發建築用地、設置公園、墳墓、遊憩用地、運動場地或軍事訓練場、堆積土石、處理廢棄物或其他開挖整地。
前項水土保持計畫未經主管機關核定前，各目的事業主管機關不得逕行核發開發或利用之許可。
第一項各款行為申請案依區域計畫相關法令規定，應先報請各區域計畫擬定機關審議者，應先擬具水土保持規劃書，申請目的事業主管機關送該區域計畫擬定機關同級之主管機關審核。
水土保持規劃書得與環境影響評估平行審查。
第一項各款行為，屬中央主管機關指定之種類，且其規模未達中央主管機關所定者，其水土保持計畫得以簡易水土保持申報書代替之；其種類及規模，由中央主管機關定之。
一、從事農、林、漁、牧地之開發利用所需之修築農路或整坡作業。
二、探礦、採礦、鑿井、採取土石或設置有關附屬設施。
三、修建鐵路、公路、其他道路或溝渠等。
四、開發建築用地、設置公園、墳墓、遊憩用地、運動場地或軍事訓練場、堆積土石、處理廢棄物或其他開挖整地。
前項水土保持計畫未經主管機關核定前，各目的事業主管機關不得逕行核發開發或利用之許可。
第一項各款行為申請案依區域計畫相關法令規定，應先報請各區域計畫擬定機關審議者，應先擬具水土保持規劃書，申請目的事業主管機關送該區域計畫擬定機關同級之主管機關審核。
水土保持規劃書得與環境影響評估平行審查。
第一項各款行為，屬中央主管機關指定之種類，且其規模未達中央主管機關所定者，其水土保持計畫得以簡易水土保持申報書代替之；其種類及規模，由中央主管機關定之。