Standards for Determining Specific Items and Scope of Environmental Impact Assessments for Development Activities. Article 50
When one of the following conditions applies, a development activity shall be exempt from environmental impact assessment; the case shall be reported to the industry competent authority and competent authority for subsequent reference before the project gets underway:I. Traffic emergency repairs after having been confirmed by the industry competent authority as dredging during post-disaster restoration and reconstruction or as post-disaster restoration and reconstruction projects. However, those reconstruction projects undertaken as part of post-disaster restoration and reconstruction development activities as specified in Articles 5 to 7 shall comply with the principle of rejoining an existing road, railway, or mass transit system damaged by a natural disaster.II. A professional engineering association believes that there is concern that an accident may occur if improvements are not taken immediately, and the management (organization) has completed sealing to prohibit use.