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Why the Bin-nan industrial zone, which generally considered
harmful to the precious Chi-gu lagoon, is still holding on the
process of EIA ? Why can''t the EPA reject this project? Those
were the main points this report concerned.
This report begins with the description of the close
relationship between the villagers of Lon-san and the Chi-gu
lagoon. Villagers make living mainly by oyster raising and
fixed-net fishing in the lagoon and would be serious threatened
by the construction of the Bin-nan project, which will
landfill sixty percent of the lagoon. There are also a
supporting group, called "the Big Chi-gu" who support the
construction of Bin-nan. They have their reasons, too. The Chi-
gu county, where includes the Lon-san vil
From the second chapter, the article analyzes the EIA system
in Taiwan through the process of EIA of Bin-nan project. The
main purpose is to understand why so many project generally
considered harmful to local environment has passed the EIA
review, even after the legislation of the EIA. The result shows
that because of lacking of the law of Sin-jin-su-song and the
low status of EPA, the EIA system couldn''t work as effectively
as the United States while encountered with the political
stress.
At the end of this article, the author suggests let locals
decide the future of the project by public referendum .
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