Where one of the following circumstances applies with respect to the establishment of a factory, an environmental impact assessment shall be required:I. There is a construction or added production line in Attached Table 1.II. There is an expansion or added production capacity in Attached Table 1 meeting 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 a reservoir watershed.F. The site is located in a water quality and quantity protection area.G. The site is located at an elevation of over 1,500 meters.H. 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.I. 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.J. The increase in production capacity exceeds ten percent. However, this restriction shall not apply when the proposed expansion does not cause any increase in the total amount of air pollution, water pollution, or waste, and verifying documentation has been submitted to the competent authority and industry competent authority, which have granted their consent.K. The site is located on urban land, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is 5 hectares or more.L. The site is located on non-urban land, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is 10 hectares or more.III. There is a construction or expansion in Attached Table 2 meeting 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 a reservoir watershed.F. The site is located in a water quality and quantity protection area. However, this restriction shall not apply when the site has been located in the park established before promulgation of the Act and the waste water is drained through a dedicated pipe to a place outside the water quality and quantity protection area, the increase in production capacity is less than twenty percent, and an intake certificate has been duly obtained from the sewage treatment plant in the said park.G. The site is located at an elevation of over 1,500 meters.H. 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.I. 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.J. The site is located on urban land, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is 5 hectares or more.K. The site is located on non-urban land, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is 10 hectares or more.IV. The construction or expansion of, any other factory, and one of the following conditions applies: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 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 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 in a reservoir watershed, and one of the following conditions applies:1. The industry type is one of the industry types in Attached Table 3. However, this restriction shall not apply when the site is located in a second-class reservoir watershed, the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than 1,000 square meters, and the reservoir competent authority and industry competent authority have granted their consent.2. The industry type is not one of the industry types in Attached Table 3 and the site is located in a first-class reservoir watershed. However, this restriction shall not apply when the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than 1,000 square meters, and the reservoir competent authority and industry competent authority have granted their consent.F. The site is located at an elevation of over 1,500 meters.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.Where a factory applies for establishment in a park for which an environmental impact assessment has already been completed pursuant to Subparagraph 3, Items (h) through (k) and Subparagraph 4, Items (g) or (h) of the foregoing paragraph, the development area or cumulative development area allowances are doubled.When the case in Paragraph 1 consists of a replacement or renovation project, the production capacity and pollution output do not increase, and unit energy consumption is lower, exemption from an environmental impact assessment may be granted with the approval of the industry competent authority.When an application for establishment of a factory in a park that has completed site preparation and development of public facilities is made, the case shall be exempt from implementation of an environmental impact assessment pursuant to regulations concerning locations in slopelands in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2, Item (h); Subparagraph 3, Item (h); or Subparagraph 4, Item (g).For the brewing business of fermentation industry stated in Attached Table 2 (industry type in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 3) and other factories not stated in Attached Table 3 (Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 4), if they are established outside the main island of Taiwan and located in a park, and have drains to dispose and conduct the sewage outside a reservoir watershed, they shall be exempt from the environmental impact assessment stated in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 3, Item (e); or Subparagraph 4, Item (e) 2 once received approval from local competent authority.Other factories referred to in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 4 means the factories not belonging to the industrial types listed in Attached Table 1 and 2; Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 1 to 3 shall apply if the factories belonging to the industrial types listed in Attached Table 3 according to Item (e), No. 1 of the same subparagraph is classified in the industrial types listed in Attached Table 1 or 2.The first-class reservoir watershed referred to in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 4, Item (e) means a reservoir watershed of the dam, reservoir or their auxiliaries defined in Attached Table 4. The second-class reservoir watershed means a reservoir watershed other than the first-class reservoir watershed.Other factories stated in Subparagraph 4 of Paragraph 1 refers to factories dealing with gravel crushing and extracting that shall comply with provisions stated in Article 10, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2.When an application for establishment of a factory is made, it shall be determined in the following manner whether an environmental impact assessment shall be carried out:I. Where factories are required to obtain a factory establishment permit prior to factory establishment, at the time of application.II. The following shall apply to the factory for which no permit is required before its establishment:A. Where the factory industry type has been confirmed when applying for a factory building construction permit, it will be determined at the time of application for a construction permit.B. Where the factory industry type was not determined when applying for a factory building construction permit, or where the scope of the factory registration application exceeds the industry type or scale stated in the construction permit application, or where the developers applying for the factory construction permit and the factory registration are not the same, it will be determined at the time of application for factory registration.Attached Table 1.ODTAttached Table 2.ODTAttached Table 3.ODTAttached Table 4.ODT