Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities. Article 11
Where one of the following circumstances applies with respect to a mining exploration or extraction operation, an environmental impact assessment shall be required:I. Mining exploration or extraction operation on the ground, underground or in a marine area including their expansion that meets one of the following conditions:A. The site is located in a national park.B. The site is located in a wildlife refuge or a major wildlife habitat.C. The site is located in an important wetland.D. The site is located in a nature preserve approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan.E. The site is located in the land reserved for indigenous people.F. The site is located in a reservoir watershed.G. The site is located at an elevation of over 1,500 meters.H. The site is located in an agricultural zone or a protection area specified in an urban plan.I. The site is located in an agricultural land in a special agricultural zone or a general agricultural zone.J. The site is located in a marine area. However, this restriction shall not apply when it is not involved in drilling or exploration or is used for natural gas or oil deposit and the exploration or drilling does not reach the phase of oil gas production.K. The site is located in a slopeland, national scenic area, or a general protected area approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan: the application for development area or cumulative development area (including the area of required road facilities outside the said area) approved for mining use is one hectare or more, or the application is involved in a mining length or a cumulative mining length of 0.5 kilometer or more along the river approved for mining use.L. The site is located in a slopeland, national scenic area, or a general protected area approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan, and is also located in a water quality and quantity protection area: the application for development area or cumulative development area (including the area of required road facilities outside the said area) approved for mining use is 0.5 hectare or more, or the application involves an area or cumulative area of land approved for mining use that is in a riverbed extending for 250 meters or more along the river.M. The application for development area or cumulative development area (including the area of required road facilities outside the said area) approved for mining use is 5 hectares or more.N. When sites under application for mining use are located in a slopeland, one of the following conditions is present, the areas or cumulative areas for which application is made shall be combined for calculation, and the total area reaches the scale specified in Item (k) or (l):1. Application for approval or cumulative approval of mining sites located under the same land number.2. Application for approval or cumulative approval of mining sites under the adjacent land number.3. Application for approval or cumulative approval of mining sites whose boundaries have a horizontal distance less than 500 meters.II. The construction or expansion of mine smelting or crushing, washing and beneficiation field, and one of the following conditions applies:A. The site is subject to the provisions of items (a) to (g) of the foregoing subparagraph.B. The site is located in a slopeland, national scenic area, or a general protected area approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is one hectare or more.C. The site is located in an agricultural zone or a protection area specified in an urban plan and the application for development area or cumulative development area is one hectare or more.D. The site is located agricultural zone in an agricultural land in a special agricultural zone or a general agricultural zone, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is one hectare or more.E. The application for development area or cumulative development area is 5 hectares or more.When two or more applications for approval or expansion of mining sites are made at the same time, and any of the conditions described in the foregoing paragraph, subparagraph 1, item (n) are present, and in addition the cumulative area of the development application falls within the scope set out in the foregoing paragraph, subparagraph 1, items (k) or (l), then an environmental impact assessment shall be required for each such mining site.Applications for the development or expansion of mining site under paragraph 1, subparagraph 1 may be subject to a prior overall environmental impact assessment with respect to the mineral concession area to which the mining site belongs.The mining sites subject to combined calculation as specified in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1, Item (n) shall include the following situations:I. Development permission has been received.II. The application has not yet received permission for development from the industry competent authority.III. The industry competent authority's approval has been aborted for less than one year.
中文原文 開發行為應實施環境影響評估細目及範圍認定標準第11條
探礦、採礦，有下列情形之一者，應實施環境影響評估：
一、地面、地下及海域之探礦、採礦及其擴大，符合下列規定之一者：
（一）位於國家公園。
（二）位於野生動物保護區或野生動物重要棲息環境。
（三）位於重要濕地。
（四）位於臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之自然保護區。
（五）位於原住民保留地。
（六）位於水庫集水區。
（七）位於海拔高度一千五百公尺以上。
（八）位於都市計畫農業區或保護區。
（九）位於特定農業區之農業用地或一般農業區之農業用地。
（十）位於海域。
但未涉及鑽井或開挖之探礦，或屬天然氣礦或石油礦，未達油氣生產階段之探勘鑽井，不在此限。
（十一）位於山坡地、國家風景區或臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之一般保護區：申請核定或累積核定礦業用地面積（含所需區外道路設施面積）一公頃以上，或在河床探採，沿河身計其申請開採或累積開採長度○．五公里以上。
（十二）位於山坡地、國家風景區或臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之一般保護區，其同時位於自來水水質水量保護區：申請核定或累積核定礦業用地面積（含所需區外道路設施面積）○．五公頃以上，或在河床探採，沿河身計其申請開採或累積開採長度二百五十公尺以上。
（十三）申請核定或累積核定礦業用地面積（含所需區外道路設施面積）五公頃以上。
（十四）位於山坡地之申請核定礦業用地，符合下列規定之一，其申請核定或累積核定之面積應合併計算，且達第十一目或第十二目規定規模：1.申請核定或累積核定礦業用地位於同一筆地號。
2.申請核定或累積核定礦業用地之地號互相連接。
3.申請核定或累積核定礦業用地邊界相隔水平距離在五百公尺範圍內。
二、礦業冶煉洗選廠興建或擴大，符合下列規定之一者：
（一）前款第一目至第七目規定之一。
（二）位於山坡地、國家風景區或臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之一般保護區，申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
（三）位於都市計畫農業區或保護區，申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
（四）位於特定農業區之農業用地或一般農業區之農業用地，申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
（五）申請開發或累積開發面積五公頃以上。
同時有二個以上申請核定礦業用地或擴大礦業用地，有前項第一款第十四目之情形，且申請面積合併計算符合前項第一款第十一目或第十二目規定規模者，各個礦業用地均應實施環境影響評估。
第一項第一款申請核定（或擴大）礦業用地，得先就所屬之礦業權區整體實施環境影響評估。
符合第一項第一款第十四目規定面積合併計算之礦業用地應包括下列各情形：
一、取得開發許可。
二、申請中尚未取得目的事業主管機關核發開發許可。
三、經目的事業主管機關核定同意廢止未達一年。
一、地面、地下及海域之探礦、採礦及其擴大，符合下列規定之一者：
（一）位於國家公園。
（二）位於野生動物保護區或野生動物重要棲息環境。
（三）位於重要濕地。
（四）位於臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之自然保護區。
（五）位於原住民保留地。
（六）位於水庫集水區。
（七）位於海拔高度一千五百公尺以上。
（八）位於都市計畫農業區或保護區。
（九）位於特定農業區之農業用地或一般農業區之農業用地。
（十）位於海域。
但未涉及鑽井或開挖之探礦，或屬天然氣礦或石油礦，未達油氣生產階段之探勘鑽井，不在此限。
（十一）位於山坡地、國家風景區或臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之一般保護區：申請核定或累積核定礦業用地面積（含所需區外道路設施面積）一公頃以上，或在河床探採，沿河身計其申請開採或累積開採長度○．五公里以上。
（十二）位於山坡地、國家風景區或臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之一般保護區，其同時位於自來水水質水量保護區：申請核定或累積核定礦業用地面積（含所需區外道路設施面積）○．五公頃以上，或在河床探採，沿河身計其申請開採或累積開採長度二百五十公尺以上。
（十三）申請核定或累積核定礦業用地面積（含所需區外道路設施面積）五公頃以上。
（十四）位於山坡地之申請核定礦業用地，符合下列規定之一，其申請核定或累積核定之面積應合併計算，且達第十一目或第十二目規定規模：1.申請核定或累積核定礦業用地位於同一筆地號。
2.申請核定或累積核定礦業用地之地號互相連接。
3.申請核定或累積核定礦業用地邊界相隔水平距離在五百公尺範圍內。
二、礦業冶煉洗選廠興建或擴大，符合下列規定之一者：
（一）前款第一目至第七目規定之一。
（二）位於山坡地、國家風景區或臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之一般保護區，申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
（三）位於都市計畫農業區或保護區，申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
（四）位於特定農業區之農業用地或一般農業區之農業用地，申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
（五）申請開發或累積開發面積五公頃以上。
同時有二個以上申請核定礦業用地或擴大礦業用地，有前項第一款第十四目之情形，且申請面積合併計算符合前項第一款第十一目或第十二目規定規模者，各個礦業用地均應實施環境影響評估。
第一項第一款申請核定（或擴大）礦業用地，得先就所屬之礦業權區整體實施環境影響評估。
符合第一項第一款第十四目規定面積合併計算之礦業用地應包括下列各情形：
一、取得開發許可。
二、申請中尚未取得目的事業主管機關核發開發許可。
三、經目的事業主管機關核定同意廢止未達一年。