Air Pollution Control Act Article 96

The severe circumstances referred to in Subparagraph 1 of Article 30 (1) and Articles 59, 61, 62 (1), 64, 65 (1), 67 (2) and 68 mean any of the following circumstances.1.Those circumstances in which a pollution source that fails to legally register or obtain permission violates the Act;2.Those circumstances in which a violator, after punishment, voluntarily reports the suspension of work and the implementation of improvements, and verification checks prove this to be untruthful;3.Those circumstances in which a violator, having been notified twice within one year to make improvements within a limited period, still continues violating the Act;4.Those circumstances in which a large quantity of air pollutants is emitted and seriously impacts the air quality of nearby areas;5.Those circumstances in which there is concern of the endangerment of public health due to the emission of air pollutants that contain toxic substances;6.Those circumstances in which air pollutants are emitted through exhaust pipes not authorized in operating permits granted to stationary pollution sources, or the flow direction of waste gases is adjusted so that air pollutants are emitted through the collection or treatment facilities that are not authorized in the permits; or7.Other acts that seriously impact the air quality of nearby areas.Competent authorities at all levels shall publish public or private premises that are determined to cause any of the severe circumstances in the preceding paragraph. The competent authority in charge of the industry or the competent authorities in charge of legislation that has provided preferential treatment to such public or private premises shall terminate the incentive and recover the benefits to which the public or private premises were entitled for the year(s) in which the violation occurred, and shall not entitle the public or private premises with government preferential treatment within three years thereafter.The term “preferential treatment” used in the preceding paragraph includes business incentives, subsidies, donations, reduction of taxes, rents and fees, and any kind of preferential treatment providing by the central or local government in accordance with the law or administrative actions.
中文原文 空氣污染防制法第96條
第三十條第一項第一款、第五十九條、第六十一條、第六十二條第一項、第六十四條、第六十五條第一項、第六十七條第二項及第六十八條所稱之情節重大,指有下列情形之一者:
一、未經合法登記或許可之污染源,違反本法之規定。
二、經處分後,自報停工改善,經查證非屬實。
三、一年內經二次限期改善,仍繼續違反本法規定。
四、大量排放空氣污染物,嚴重影響附近地區空氣品質。
五、排放之空氣污染物中含有害空氣污染物質,有危害公眾健康之虞。
六、以未經固定污染源操作許可證核定之排放管道排放空氣污染物,或調整廢氣排放流向,致空氣污染物未經許可證核定之收集或處理設施排放。
七、其他嚴重影響附近地區空氣品質之行為。
各級主管機關應公開依前項規定認定情節重大之公私場所,由提供優惠待遇之目的事業主管機關或各該法律之主管機關停止並追回其違規行為所屬年度之優惠待遇,並於其後三年內不得享受政府之優惠待遇。
前項所稱優惠待遇,包含中央或地方政府依法律或行政行為所給予該事業獎勵、補助、捐助或減免之租稅、租金、費用或其他一切優惠措施。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.