Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities. Article 48

Where the industry competent authority, the competent authority of the development zone or any other relevant authority has approved to exempt development activities from environmental impact assessments in accordance with Article 3, Articles 6 to 9, Articles 13 to 20, Articles 22 to 25, Article 27, Article 28, Articles 31 to 35 and Articles 37 to 41, the reasons for approval shall be described, and the competent authority shall be concurrently notified. If the reasons for approval are not described or the competent authority is not concurrently notified, environmental impact assessments shall still be required on development activities.