Water Pollution Control Measures and Test Reporting Management Regulations Article 70-3

The Plan shall be valid for five years. In the event the use of liquor and fiber digestate is expected to continue after the Plan expires, an application for extension shall be submitted to the competent authority of agriculture within three months from the starting date of the six months before the Plan expires. Each extension shall not exceed five years.The application for extension submitted in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall include the documents and contents specified in Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, excluding those in Subparagraphs 5 and 6. However, an affidavit for the original approval document can be used instead when the competent authority of environmental protection or agriculture does not find serious violation in the validity period of the Plan.Where necessary, the competent authority of environmental protection or agriculture shall survey on site or sample the liquor and fiber digestate when reviewing the affidavit in the foregoing Paragraph. Once requests are not verified and approved, the applicant for extension shall apply for change at the same time.The application procedures and effect in Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to Article 31, Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the management regulations for application and examination of the water pollution control measure plans and permits.