Environmental Impact Assessment Act Article 5

Environmental impact assessments shall be conducted for the following development activities that are deemed to have a potential adverse impact on the environment.Ⅰ. The establishment of a factory or the development of an industrial parkⅡ. The development of a road, railway, mass rapid transit system, harbor or airportⅢ. Soil and gravel adoption, prospecting, or miningⅣ. The development of water storage, water supply, flood control or drainage projectsⅤ. The development or use of land for agriculture, forestry, fisheries or livestockⅥ. The development of recreational areas, scenic areas, golf courses or sports fieldsⅦ. The development of cultural, educational or medical facilitiesⅧ. New urban construction or high-rise buildings, or renewal of old urban districtsⅨ. The construction of environmental protection projectsⅩ. The development of nuclear energy or other types of energy or the construction of radioactive waste storage or treatment facilitiesⅩⅠ. Other activities officially announced by the central competent authorityThe central competent authority in consultation with the relevant agencies shall, within one year after the promulgation and implementation of this Act, determine and submit to the Legislative Yuan to be filed for future reference determination standards, specific items and environmental impact assessment working standards for those development activities for which environmental impact assessments are required to be conducted as per the preceding paragraph.When one of the following circumstances applies with respect to the installation of a photovoltaic power generation system, an environmental impact assessment shall be required:Ⅰ. The site is located in a national scenic area, or in a designated geologic heritage geologically sensitive area, or in a landslide and land subsidence geologically sensitive area.Ⅱ. The site is located in a wildlife refuge or a major wildlife habitat.Ⅲ. The site is located in an important wetland.Ⅳ. The site is located in a nature preserve approved and announced under the Taiwan Coastal Area Natural Environment Protection Plan.Ⅴ. The site is located on agricultural land in a special agricultural zone.Ⅵ. The site is located on land subsidized or incentivized by the government for afforestation, which is national land, public land, state-owned enterprise land, or public enterprise land.Ⅶ. The site is located on a slopeland with the installed or cumulative installed capacity reaching 10 MW or greater, or the installed or cumulative installed area reaching 5 hectares or greater.Ⅷ. The installation involves a floating solar power generation system with the installed or cumulative installed capacity reaching 10 MW or greater, or the installed or cumulative installed area reaching 5 hectares or greater.Ⅸ. The installed or cumulative installed capacity reaches 40 MW or greater, or the installed or cumulative installed area reaches 40 hectares or greater.Ⅹ. When the application for installation under Items Ⅶ to Ⅸ meets one of the following conditions, the requested installed or cumulative installed area shall be combined for calculation, to determine the number required under the respective item:A. Application for installation or cumulative installation on land under the same land number.B. Application for installation or cumulative installation on land under the adjacent land number, or separated only by public facilities, such as roads, channels, and drainage canals.C. Application for installation or cumulative installation on land with a horizontal distance between boundaries less than 20 meters.The preceding photovoltaic power generation systems do not include the following circumstances:I. Rooftop photovoltaic power generation systems.Ⅱ. Photovoltaic power generation systems that constitute ancillary facilities of another development project and are confirmed as such by the respective industry competent authority.Ⅲ. Photovoltaic power generation systems for self-use with an installation area of 100 square meters or less.
中文原文 環境影響評估法第5條
下列開發行為對環境有不良影響之虞者,應實施環境影響評估:
一、工廠之設立及工業區之開發。
二、道路、鐵路、大眾捷運系統、港灣及機場之開發。
三、土石採取及探礦、採礦。
四、蓄水、供水、防洪排水工程之開發。
五、農、林、漁、牧地之開發利用。
六、遊樂、風景區、高爾夫球場及運動場地之開發。
七、文教、醫療建設之開發。
八、新市區建設及高樓建築或舊市區更新。
九、環境保護工程之興建。
十、核能及其他能源之開發及放射性核廢料儲存或處理場所之興建。
十一、其他經中央主管機關公告者。
前項開發行為應實施環境影響評估者,其認定標準、細目及環境影響評估作業準則,由中央主管機關會商有關機關於本法公布施行後一年內定之,送立法院備查。
設置太陽光電發電系統符合下列規定之一者,應實施環境影響評估:
一、位於國家風景區或經劃定之地質遺跡地質敏感區、山崩與地滑地質敏感區。
二、位於野生動物保護區或野生動物重要棲息環境。
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、位於特定農業區之農業用地。
六、位於政府核定補助或獎勵實施造林之土地,屬國有土地、公有土地、國營事業土地或公營事業土地者。
七、位於山坡地,設置或累積設置裝置容量一萬瓩以上,或設置或累積設置面積五公頃以上。
八、設置水面型太陽光電系統,且設置或累積設置裝置容量一萬瓩以上,或設置或累積設置面積五公頃以上。
九、設置或累積設置裝置容量四萬瓩以上,或設置或累積設置面積四十公頃以上。
十、第七款至第九款之申請設置太陽光電發電系統,符合下列規定之一,其申請設置或累積設置之面積應合併計算,且達該款規定規模:
(一)申請設置或累積設置用地位於同一筆地號。
(二)申請設置或累積設置用地之地號互相連接或僅間隔道路、渠道、排水路等公共設施。
(三)申請設置或累積設置用地邊界相隔水平距離在二十公尺範圍內。
前項太陽光電發電系統,不含下列情形:
一、屋頂型太陽光電發電系統。
二、屬其他開發行為之附屬設施且經各目的事業主管機關確認之太陽光電發電系統。
三、設置面積一百平方公尺以下且供自用之太陽光電發電系統。

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