Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities. Article 25

Where one of the following circumstances applies with respect to the development of a new urban district, an environmental impact assessment shall be required:I. Construction or expansion of communities or congregate housing with 3 or more households meets one of the following requirements:A. The site is located in a national park. However, this restriction shall not apply when the application for development area or cumulative development area that is less than one hectare, 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 does not apply when the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than one hectare, and the competent authority in charge of the wildlife refuge or major wildlife habitat and industry competent authority have granted their consent.C. The site is located in an important wetland. However, this restriction does not apply when the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than one hectare, and the important wetland competent authority and industry competent authority have granted their consent.D. The site is located in a nature preserve approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan. However, this restriction does not apply when the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than one hectare, and the competent authority of a nature preserve approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan and the industry competent authority have granted their consent.E. The site is located in a water quality and quantity protection area. However, this restriction shall not apply when the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than one hectare, and the competent authority for the water quality and quantity protection area and the industry competent authority have granted their consent.F. The site is located at an elevation of over 1,500 meters. However, this restriction shall not apply to indigenous communities when the indigenous competent authority has granted its consent.G. 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.H. 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.I. The site is located on non-urban land, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is 10 hectares or more.II. Construction of a new town.III. Application to expand a new town, when the cumulative area of the various expansion zones exceeds ten percent of the area of the initial new town development.Where congregate housing or a residential area as defined in subparagraph 1 of the foregoing paragraph is located in a slopeland, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than one hectare, but when combined with adjoining land is one hectare or more, an environmental impact assessment shall be required when one of the following conditions applies:I. When no miscellaneous permit has been obtained: When the development site the application addresses adjoins another lot in a slopeland which a residence is being built but has not yet been completed (application is pending for miscellaneous permits or for a construction permit, or land preparation work or construction work is under way, or for which a usage permit has not been issued), and where plans for 2 or more projects indicate linking to or the use of the same public facilities, and where the cumulative area of these lots is one hectare or more, an environmental impact assessment shall be required in respect of the new application.II. When no construction permit has been issued: When a construction permit has been issued within the preceding year for a development site adjoining the land the new application addresses, and where plans for 2 or more projects indicate linking to or the use of the same public facilities, and where the cumulative area of these lots is 1 hectare or more, an environmental impact assessment shall be required in respect of the new application.III. When 2 or more applications made originally by different persons have obtained construction permits, but construction has not yet begun, and the applications are altered to be in the name of one person only, and the cumulative development area is one hectare or more, an environmental impact assessment shall be required.The public facility systems referred to in the foregoing paragraph are drainage systems, wastewater treatment systems or underground parking lots located within the development site.When an environmental impact assessment is required pursuant to the regulations of Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1, if the land has been obtained through urban land readjustment or zone expropriation, the environmental impact assessment shall be required before approval of the detailed urban plan.When an environmental impact assessment has not been performed by the time of completion of urban land readjustment or zone expropriation, the community construction or expansion shall be handled pursuant to the regulations of Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1. However, the case shall be exempt from an environmental impact assessment pursuant to this article when land preparation or public facilities have been completed following urban land readjustment or zone expropriation.
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25條
新市區建設,有下列情形之一者,應實施環境影響評估:
一、三戶以上之集合住宅或社區興建或擴建,符合下列規定之一者:
(一)位於國家公園。
但申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以下,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。
但申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以下,經野生動物保護區或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。
但申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以下,經重要濕地主管機關及目的事業主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(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。
但申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以下,經臺灣沿海地區自然環境保護計畫核定公告之自然保護區主管機關及目的事業主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(五)位於自來水水質水量保護區。
但申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以下,經自來水水質水量保護區主管機關及目的事業主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(六)位於海拔高度一千五百公尺以上。
但原住民族社區,經原住民族主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(七)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,申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
(八)位於特定農業區之農業用地,申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以上。
(九)位於非都市土地,申請開發或累積開發面積十公頃以上。
二、新市鎮興建。
三、新市鎮申請擴建,累積面積為原面積百分之十以上。
前項第一款之集合住宅或社區,其位於山坡地,申請開發或累積開發面積一公頃以下,但與毗連土地面積合計逾一公頃而有下列情形之一者,應實施環境影響評估:
一、尚未取得雜項執照,申請開發基地毗連尚未興建完成之山坡地住宅(含申請雜項執照、建造執照中、整地、建築施工中或尚未取得使用執照),二案以上建築物規劃連結或規劃使用相同之公共設施系統,合計開發面積一公頃以上者,該新申請案應實施環境影響評估。
二、尚未取得建造執照,毗連之開發基地於新案申請建造執照之日前一年內取得建造執照,二案以上建築物規劃連結或規劃使用相同之公共設施系統,合計開發面積一公頃以上者,該新申請案應實施環境影響評估。
三、原屬不同申請人之二案以上,已取得建造執照,但尚未開發,而申請變更為同一申請人,合計開發面積一公頃以上者,應實施環境影響評估。
前項所稱公共設施系統,指開發基地內之排水、污水處理系統或連通之地下停車場。
依第一項第一款規定實施環境影響評估,以市地重劃或區段徵收取得土地者,應於都市計畫之細部計畫核定前辦理。
已完成市地重劃或區段徵收而未實施環境影響評估者,其興建或擴建社區,依第一項第一款規定辦理。
但市地重劃或區段徵收已完成公共設施或整地者,免依本條規定實施環境影響評估。

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