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Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience

2018.9.24

EIA Process in Taiwan 
EIA Review Committee reviews
the EISAre development activities likely tohave significant adverse impact on theenvironment ?

YESNO
Publish the conclusions related
to the EIS review

Phase II EIAEIA Review Committee reviews
the draft of the EIA report

Reject thedevelopment
activity

Approve the EIAreview

1. Public Participation in the Phase I EIA
The developer publishes
the content of thedevelopment activity

The developer preparesan EIS

Express opinions in writing

Express opinions in writing
Public meeting
Public meeting and on-site
inspection

The EIA review
committee reviews theEIS

Apply for expressing opinions inadvance

Publish the review
conclusions

Public explanation meeting1. Public Participation in the Phase II EIA
Display or disclose theEIS, etc.

The scope identification

Public explanation meeting
Express opinions in writing
Groups, experts and therepresentatives of the local
residents are invited to define thescope

Prepare a draft EIA report
On-site inspection and publichearing
EIA review committee
reviews the draft EIA report
Publish the review
conclusions

Apply for expressing opinions inadvanceProvision ofinformation

1. The items (name of the development activity and thedevelopment site, etc.) before beginning the EIA
2. The items (alternate plans, etc.) before completing theEIS
3. The EIS and the draft of EIA report
4. The information and the records of the public meeting,public hearing, and EIA Review Committee.
5. The information on the scope identification
6. Review conclusions and the EIA Report

Public1. Public meeting
participation 2. Present opinions in writing
3. Public explanation meeting
4. On-site inspection
5. Public hearing
6. EIA review committee
Decisionmaking

The scope identification

2. Easy access to the relevant information on the EIA• EIA inquiry system of the Environmental Protection Administration of
Executive Yuan https://www.epa.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=epa
Thedocumentsof the EIA
review
committee

Inquires for thecases of the EIA
Name of the EIA
documents
Review scheduleand progress

Search anddownload
Latestmeeting
minutes

2. Easy access to the relevant information on the EIA
https://eiadoc.epa.gov.tw/EIAforum/?page=PubHear

Latest news

Scopeidentification

Publicmeetings orpublicexplanation
meeting

Public hearing andon-site inspection

The EIA document
namePublic hearing
venue

Public hearing date
and time

2. Easy access to the relevant information on the EIA
https://eiadoc.epa.gov.tw/EIAforum/?page=PubHear

The public hearing of“The plan of theWanli hydroelectric
power plant”
Public hearing date
and time: 2018/7/17
3pm
Public hearing
venue: theWanlung
elementary
school, HualienCountyParticipating
invitedenvironmentalNGOs

The industry competent authority:
Ministry of Economic Affairs2. Easy access to the relevant information on the EIA
https://eiadoc.epa.gov.tw/EIAforum/?page=PubHear

Public hearing
information anddraft EIA report
documents
download

Public hearing
meeting minutes
download3. The duty to respond and publish the opinions submitted

Responses andexplanationsOpinions.
.
.

Clause 12.2-2: The
compilation of opinions
expressed in the public
hearing and their responses

This clause is from the EIA
report, “The Phase 4
development project of theCentral Taiwan Science Park”,
ch12-p13, p15
It is published on thewebsite:https://eiadoc.epa.gov.tw/EIAWEB/10.aspx?hcode=106106
2A&srctype=0

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