Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities. Article 33

Where one of the following circumstances applies with respect to the construction or expansion of mortuary facilities, an environmental impact assessment shall be required:I. The construction or expansion of a cemetery, and one of the following conditions applies: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 in a slopeland, national scenic area, or a general protected area approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan, is also located in a water quality and quantity protection area, and the application for development area or cumulative development area is 2.5 hectares or more.F. The application for development area or cumulative development area is 5 hectare or more.II. Construction or expansion of a mortuary or facilities for the storage of ashes (skeletal remains), and one of the following conditions applies:A. The site is subject to Item (a) to (d) of Subparagraph 1.B. The site is located at an elevation of over 1,500 meters.Notwithstanding, this restriction shall not apply where facilities for the storage of ashes (skeletal remains) are constructed in the form of urn walls, the application for development area or cumulative development area is less than 1,000 square meters, and the Indigenous peoples’ competent authority and industry competent authority have granted their consent.C. 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.D. 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.E. The application for development area or cumulative development area is 2 hectares or more.III. The development of a crematorium and one of the following conditions applies:A. The construction of a crematorium.B. The expansion of a crematorium and one of the following conditions applies:1. The site is subject to Item (a) or (b) of the foregoing Subparagraph.2. The cumulative area of separate expansion zones is one hectare or more.C. New crematories. An exception shall be applied where the crematories are installed as replacement of the original size at the original development site.
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33條
殯葬設施之興建或擴建,有下列情形之一者,應實施環境影響評估:
一、公墓興建或擴建,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,申請開發或累積開發面積二.五公頃以上。
(六)申請開發或累積開發面積五公頃以上。
二、殯儀館、骨灰(骸)存放設施興建或擴建,符合下列規定之一者:
(一)第一款第一目至第四目規定之一。
(二)位於海拔高度一千五百公尺以上。
但骨灰(骸)存放設施以納骨牆形式興建,申請開發或累積開發面積一千平方公尺以下,經原住民族主管機關及目的事業主管機關同意者,不在此限。
(三)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。
(四)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。
(五)申請開發或累積開發面積二公頃以上。
三、火化場之開發,符合下列規定之一者:
(一)火化場興建工程。
(二)火化場擴建,符合下列規定之一者:1.前款第一目、第二目規定之一。
2.累積擴建面積一公頃以上。
(三)新設火化爐。
但於原開發基地以原規模汰舊換新方式設置者,不在此限。

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