Environmental Impact Assessment Enforcement Rules Article 37

For those circumstances in which the developer applies pursuant to Article 16, Paragraph 1 of this Act for the modification of the contents of an environmental impact statement, assessment reports or review conclusion without re-conduction of environmental impact assessment in accordance with Article 38, the developer shall submit an analysis report on the difference of the environmental impact. The report shall be approved then transferred by the industry competent authority to the competent authority for approval. However, any circumstance that meets one of the following conditions may attach the comparison chart of the original and revised content to the industry competent authority for approval then transfer to the competent authority for approval:I. The adjustment positon or function of environmental protection facility within development base which doesn’t involve the change of receiving waters or efficiency of treatment level.II. The improvement of the production process, replacement of obsolete parts or with energy saving and low emission of pollutants devices for equipment currently in use without changing the production capacity or capacity cannot be improved 10% without increase of total pollution.III. The change of environment supervision plan.IV. The original development activity doesn’t meet environmental impact assessment and has to change original review conclusion because of the lower scale of development activity, change of sensitive district sorting and revision of environmental impact assessment or other relevant laws.V. Other conditions that the competent authority identified to have minor impact on the environment.
中文原文 環境影響評估法施行細則第37條
開發單位依本法第十六條第一項申請變更環境影響說明書、評估書內容或審查結論,無須依第三十八條重新進行環境影響評估者,應提出環境影響差異分析報告,由目的事業主管機關核准後,轉送主管機關核准。
但符合下列情形之一者,得檢附變更內容對照表,由目的事業主管機關核准後,轉送主管機關核准:
一、開發基地內環境保護設施調整位置或功能。
但不涉及改變承受水體或處理等級效率。
二、既有設備改變製程、汰舊換新或更換低能耗、低污染排放量設備,而產能不變或產能提升未達百分之十,且污染總量未增加。
三、環境監測計畫變更。
四、因開發行為規模降低、環境敏感區位劃定變更、環境影響評估或其他相關法令之修正,致原開發行為未符合應實施環境影響評估而須變更原審查結論。
五、其他經主管機關認定對環境影響輕微。

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