Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities. Article 13

Where one of the following circumstances applies with respect to the development of water supply, water pumping or water diversion project, an environmental impact assessment shall be required:I. When a water pumping or water diversion project is to be built and one of the following conditions applies:A. The volume of pumped or diverted surface water or underflow water exceeds 2 cubic meters per second. However, this restriction shall not apply when seawater is pumped for use as cooling water or aquaculture water, or water is pumped or diverted for agricultural irrigation use.B. The volume of pumped groundwater exceeds 0.2 cubic meters per second.C. The volume of pumped hot springs water (excluding natural outflowing hot springs) exceeds 0.02 cubic meters per second.D. Groundwater is pumped from a groundwater control area. However, this restriction shall not apply when the volume of pumped groundwater is less than 0.2 cubic meters per second, or the volume of pumped hot springs water (excluding natural outflowing hot springs) is less than 0.02 cubic meters per second, or groundwater is pumped for the purpose of project construction, and the consent of the groundwater control area competent authority has been received, or groundwater is pumped for the purpose of groundwater pollution improvement or remediation, testing water quality, or performing an investigation of hydrological or geological characteristics.II. Construction or expansion of a seawater desalination plant, and the application involves a designed daily water volume of 1,000 tons or more.III. One of the following circumstances applies to the construction, expansion or expansion of a water treatment plant or industrial water supply treatment plant:A. The site is located in a national park. However, this restriction shall not apply when the expansion application for development area or cumulative development area is less than 1,000 square meters, and the national park competent authority and industry competent authority have granted their consent.B. The site is located in a wildlife refuge or a major wildlife habitat. However, this restriction shall not apply when the site is located in a major wildlife habitat, the expansion application for development area or cumulative development area is less than 1,000 square meters, and the competent authority in charge of the major wildlife habitat and the industry competent authority have granted their consent.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 at an elevation of over 1,500 meters.F. The site is located in a slopeland 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.G. The site is located in an agricultural land in a special agricultural zone, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is one hectare or more.H. The application is involved in a designed water capacity of 200,000 tons or more.The water treatment plant or industrial water supply treatment plant that uses simple water treatment facilities and is located in one of the sites referred to in Paragraph 3, Items (a) to (e) is exempted from environmental impact assessment with the approval from the industrial competent authority.The pumping or diversion works under Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 or the construction or treatment capacity expansion of a desalination plant under Subparagraph 2 is regarded as immediate relief of drought, which shall be exempted from environmental impact assessment with the approval from the industrial competent authority.The surface water referred to in item 1, subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 shall be subject to Paragraph 2, Article 29 herein if it is used only for small hydropower generation.Pumping hot springs water pursuant to Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2, Items (c) and (d) shall be subject to Article 29, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 9 if it is used only for geothermal generation and the water is recycled to groundwater.
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13條
供水、抽水或引水工程之開發,有下列情形之一者,應實施環境影響評估:
一、抽水、引水工程,符合下列規定之一者:
(一)抽、引取地面水、伏流水每秒抽水量二立方公尺以上。
但抽取海水供冷卻水或養殖用水使用者,或引水供農業灌溉使用者,不在此限。
(二)抽取地下水每秒抽水量○.二立方公尺以上。
(三)抽取溫泉(不含自然湧出之溫泉)每秒抽水量○.○二立方公尺以上。
(四)抽取地下水位於地下水管制區。
但抽取地下水每秒抽水量未達○.二立方公尺、抽取溫泉(不含自然湧出之溫泉)每秒抽水量未達○.○二立方公尺或抽取地下水目的為工程施工,經地下水管制區主管機關同意者,或抽取地下水目的為地下水污染改善或整治、檢測水質或進行水文地質特性調查者,不在此限。
二、海水淡化廠興建或擴增處理量,申請每日設計出水量一千公噸以上。
三、淨水處理廠或工業給水處理廠興建、擴建或擴增處理量,符合下列規定之一者:
(一)位於國家公園。
但申請擴建或累積擴建面積一千平方公尺以下,經國家公園主管機關及目的事業主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(二)位於野生動物保護區或野生動物重要棲息環境。
但位於野生動物重要棲息環境,申請擴建或累積擴建面積一千平方公尺以下,經野生動物重要棲息環境主管機關及目的事業主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(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)位於海拔高度一千五百公尺以上。
(六)位於山坡地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,申請開發面積一公頃以上。
(七)位於特定農業區之農業用地,申請開發面積一公頃以上。
(八)申請每日設計出水量二十萬噸以上。
淨水處理廠或工業給水處理廠屬簡易之淨水處理設施,位於前項第三款第一目至第五目區位之一,經目的事業主管機關同意者,免實施環境影響評估。
第一項第一款抽水、引水工程或第二款海水淡化廠興建或擴增處理量,屬臨時救急之亢旱救旱,經目的事業主管機關同意者,免實施環境影響評估。
第一項第一款第一目之引取地面水,專供小水力發電用途者,應依第二十九條第二項規定辦理。
第一項第一款第三目及第四目之抽取溫泉,專供地熱發電用途且回注原地下水層者,應依第二十九條第一項第九款規定辦理。

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