Water Pollution Control Act Article 73
The severe circumstances referred in Article 40, Article 43, Article 46, Article 46-1, Article 49, Article 52, Article 53, and Article 54 mean one of the following:I. Circumstances in which a pollution source that fails to legally register or obtain permission violates the regulations of this Act.II. 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.III. Circumstances in which a violator, having been notified twice within one year to make improvements within a limited period, still continues to violate the regulations of this Act.IV. Circumstances in which an enterprise within an industrial park that treats its wastewater or sewage through the sewage system of the industrial park violates relevant sewer regulations and orders and, having been notified by the sewage organization pursuant to the Sewer Act to suspend use due to severe circumstances, still continues to discharge wastewater or sewage.V. Circumstances in which the competent authority determines that a discharge of large quantities of pollutants has seriously impacted the quality of nearby water bodies.VI. Circumstances in which the competent authority determines that there is concern of the endangerment of public health due to the discharge of wastewater or sewage that contains substances harmful to human health.VII. Other acts that the competent authority has determined to have seriously impacted the quality of nearby water bodies.The competent authority shall publish enterprises that have been determined to be severe circumstances in the foregoing paragraph. The relevant industry or legislation competent authorities in charge of providing preferential treatment shall terminate the incentive and recover the benefits to which the enterprises were originally entitled for the year(s) in which the violation occurred and shall not entitled these enterprises with government preferential treatment within 3 years thereafter.The term “preferential treatment” depicted in the preceding paragraph includes industry incentive, subsidy, donation, the reduction of tax, rent, fee and any kind of preferential treatment providing by central or local government according to law or administrative actions.
中文原文 水污染防治法第73條
本法第四十條、第四十三條、第四十六條、第四十六條之一、第四十九條、第五十二條、第五十三條及第五十四條所稱之情節重大，係指下列情形之一者：
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、工業區內事業單位，將廢（污）水納入工業區污水下水道系統處理，而違反下水道相關法令規定，經下水道機構依下水道法規定以情節重大通知停止使用，仍繼續排放廢（污）水。
五、大量排放污染物，經主管機關認定嚴重影響附近水體品質。
六、排放之廢（污）水中含有有害健康物質，經主管機關認定有危害公眾健康之虞。
七、其他經主管機關認定嚴重影響附近地區水體品質之行為。
主管機關應公開依前項規定認定情節重大之事業，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。
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、工業區內事業單位，將廢（污）水納入工業區污水下水道系統處理，而違反下水道相關法令規定，經下水道機構依下水道法規定以情節重大通知停止使用，仍繼續排放廢（污）水。
五、大量排放污染物，經主管機關認定嚴重影響附近水體品質。
六、排放之廢（污）水中含有有害健康物質，經主管機關認定有危害公眾健康之虞。
七、其他經主管機關認定嚴重影響附近地區水體品質之行為。
主管機關應公開依前項規定認定情節重大之事業，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。