Projects subject to EIA
Thirteen types of projects are subject to the Environmental Impact Assessment Law including the
construction of roads, dams, railways, airports and power plants.
Among them, large-scale projects that could have a serious impact on the environment are
categorized as“Class-1”projects and are required to follow the procedure of the Law. The projects
ranked next to the Class-1 projects in scale are grouped as“Class-2”projects for which the judgment
whether to follow the procedure for EIA is determined individually. In other words, all Class-1 projects
and the Class-2 projects judged to be subject to EIA must follow the procedure for EIA in the Law.
Large scale port planning is subject to the assessment as well.
The types and sizes of projects are described in the table on the next page.