Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Article 2
Terms used in this Act are defined as follows:(1) “Soil” means the natural loose medium on the surface of the earth's crust in which terrestrial biological organisms grow or live;(2) “Groundwater” means the water that flows or stays under the surface of the land;(3) "Sediment" means substances that settle to the bottom of a surface water body due to the force of gravity;(4) “Soil Pollution” means the introduction into soil of substances, biological organisms or forms of energy that alters soil quality, impacts the normal use of the soil or endanger public health and the living environment;(5) “Groundwater Pollution” means the introduction into groundwater of substances, biological organisms or forms of energy that alters groundwater quality, impacts the normal use of the groundwater or endanger public health and the living environment;(6) "Sediment Pollution" means the introduction into sediment of substances, biological organisms or forms of energy that impacts the ecological environment of surface waters and the normal use of aquatic food or endanger public health and the living environment;(7) “Pollutant” means a substance, biological organism or form of energy capable of causing soil or groundwater pollution;(8) “Soil Pollution Monitoring Standards” means the prescribed pollutant concentrations at which soil pollution monitoring is required for the purpose of preventing soil pollution;(9) “Groundwater Pollution Monitoring Standards” means the prescribed pollutant concentrations at which groundwater pollution monitoring is required for the purpose of preventing groundwater pollution;(10) “Soil Pollution Control Standards” means the prescribed soil pollution control limits to prevent and control the deterioration of soil pollution;(11) “Groundwater Pollution Control Standards” means the prescribed groundwater pollutant limits to prevent and control the deterioration of groundwater pollution;(12) "Sediment Quality Indicators" means the limits for categorized management or restriction on use that have been prescribed in consideration of the special characteristics of pollution movement or biological availability and accumulation for the purpose of managing sediment quality;(13) "Soil Pollution Remediation Goals" means the limits on pollutants set according to the purpose of the soil pollution remediation;(14) "Groundwater Pollution Remediation Goals" means the limits on pollutants set according to the purpose of the groundwater pollution remediation;(15) “Polluter” means a person causing soil or groundwater pollution through any of the following acts:(A) leaking or discarding of pollutants;(B) illegally discharging or injecting pollutant;(C) brokering or allowing the leaking, discarding, illegal discharge or injection of pollutant;(D) disposing pollutants against the provisions of law or regulations;(16) "Person Potentially Responsible for Pollution" means a person who causes pollution to accumulate in the soil or groundwater resulting in soil or groundwater pollution due to the following actions:(A)discharging, injecting, permeating of pollutants;(B) permitting or consenting to the discharge of waste water into irrigation-drainage systems or irrigation water catchment areas;(17) "Pollution Control Site" means a place where the source of soil or groundwater pollution has been clearly identified and the pollutants therein do not naturally exist in the environment but have resulted from scouring by water, dispersal, deposition, or irrigation causing soil or groundwater pollution that meets the control standards;(18) “Pollution Remediation Site” means a pollution control site which has been reviewed and publicly announced by the central competent authority as such a site based on its preliminary assessment that the site is likely to seriously endanger public health and the living environment;(19) "Interested Party of the Polluted Land" means a person who is not a polluter of the land but is a user, administrator, or owner of the land when the land is publicly announced a pollution control site or a pollution remediation site.(20) "Pollution Control Area" means an area which has been delineated according to the scope of soil or groundwater pollution of a pollution control site or pollution remediation site.
中文原文 土壤及地下水污染整治法第2條
本法用詞，定義如下：
一、土壤：指陸上生物生長或生活之地殼岩石表面之疏鬆天然介質。
二、地下水：指流動或停滯於地面以下之水。
三、底泥：指因重力而沉積於地面水體底層之物質。
四、土壤污染：指土壤因物質、生物或能量之介入，致變更品質，有影響其正常用途或危害國民健康及生活環境之虞。
五、地下水污染：指地下水因物質、生物或能量之介入，致變更品質，有影響其正常用途或危害國民健康及生活環境之虞。
六、底泥污染：指底泥因物質、生物或能量之介入，致影響地面水體生態環境與水生食物的正常用途或危害國民健康及生活環境之虞。
七、污染物：指任何能導致土壤或地下水污染之外來物質、生物或能量。
八、土壤污染監測標準：指基於土壤污染預防目的，所訂定須進行土壤污染監測之污染物濃度。
九、地下水污染監測標準：指基於地下水污染預防目的，所訂定須進行地下水污染監測之污染物濃度。
十、土壤污染管制標準：指為防止土壤污染惡化，所訂定之土壤污染管制限度。
十一、地下水污染管制標準：指為防止地下水污染惡化，所訂定之地下水污染管制限度。
十二、底泥品質指標：指基於管理底泥品質之目的，考量污染傳輸移動特性及生物有效累積性等，所訂定分類管理或用途限制之限度。
十三、土壤污染整治目標：指基於土壤污染整治目的，所訂定之污染物限度。
十四、地下水污染整治目標：指基於地下水污染整治目的，所訂定之污染物限度。
十五、污染行為人：指因有下列行為之一而造成土壤或地下水污染之人：
（一）洩漏或棄置污染物。
（二）非法排放或灌注污染物。
（三）仲介或容許洩漏、棄置、非法排放或灌注污染物。
（四）未依法令規定清理污染物。
十六、潛在污染責任人：指因下列行為，致污染物累積於土壤或地下水，而造成土壤或地下水污染之人：
（一）排放、灌注、滲透污染物。
（二）核准或同意於灌排系統及灌區集水區域內排放廢污水。
十七、污染控制場址：指土壤污染或地下水污染來源明確之場址，其污染物非自然環境存在經沖刷、流布、沉積、引灌，致該污染物達土壤或地下水污染管制標準者。
十八、污染整治場址：指污染控制場址經初步評估，有嚴重危害國民健康及生活環境之虞，而經中央主管機關審核公告者。
十九、污染土地關係人：指土地經公告為污染控制場址或污染整治場址時，非屬於污染行為人之土地使用人、管理人或所有人。
二十、污染管制區：指視污染控制場址或污染整治場址之土壤、地下水污染範圍或情況所劃定之區域。
一、土壤：指陸上生物生長或生活之地殼岩石表面之疏鬆天然介質。
二、地下水：指流動或停滯於地面以下之水。
三、底泥：指因重力而沉積於地面水體底層之物質。
四、土壤污染：指土壤因物質、生物或能量之介入，致變更品質，有影響其正常用途或危害國民健康及生活環境之虞。
五、地下水污染：指地下水因物質、生物或能量之介入，致變更品質，有影響其正常用途或危害國民健康及生活環境之虞。
六、底泥污染：指底泥因物質、生物或能量之介入，致影響地面水體生態環境與水生食物的正常用途或危害國民健康及生活環境之虞。
七、污染物：指任何能導致土壤或地下水污染之外來物質、生物或能量。
八、土壤污染監測標準：指基於土壤污染預防目的，所訂定須進行土壤污染監測之污染物濃度。
九、地下水污染監測標準：指基於地下水污染預防目的，所訂定須進行地下水污染監測之污染物濃度。
十、土壤污染管制標準：指為防止土壤污染惡化，所訂定之土壤污染管制限度。
十一、地下水污染管制標準：指為防止地下水污染惡化，所訂定之地下水污染管制限度。
十二、底泥品質指標：指基於管理底泥品質之目的，考量污染傳輸移動特性及生物有效累積性等，所訂定分類管理或用途限制之限度。
十三、土壤污染整治目標：指基於土壤污染整治目的，所訂定之污染物限度。
十四、地下水污染整治目標：指基於地下水污染整治目的，所訂定之污染物限度。
十五、污染行為人：指因有下列行為之一而造成土壤或地下水污染之人：
（一）洩漏或棄置污染物。
（二）非法排放或灌注污染物。
（三）仲介或容許洩漏、棄置、非法排放或灌注污染物。
（四）未依法令規定清理污染物。
十六、潛在污染責任人：指因下列行為，致污染物累積於土壤或地下水，而造成土壤或地下水污染之人：
（一）排放、灌注、滲透污染物。
（二）核准或同意於灌排系統及灌區集水區域內排放廢污水。
十七、污染控制場址：指土壤污染或地下水污染來源明確之場址，其污染物非自然環境存在經沖刷、流布、沉積、引灌，致該污染物達土壤或地下水污染管制標準者。
十八、污染整治場址：指污染控制場址經初步評估，有嚴重危害國民健康及生活環境之虞，而經中央主管機關審核公告者。
十九、污染土地關係人：指土地經公告為污染控制場址或污染整治場址時，非屬於污染行為人之土地使用人、管理人或所有人。
二十、污染管制區：指視污染控制場址或污染整治場址之土壤、地下水污染範圍或情況所劃定之區域。