環境影響評估法環評義務定性之研究

A Study on the Definitive Legal Meaning of Environmental Impact Assessment under Taiwan’s Environmental Impact Assessment Act

對於環境影響評估法之核心－ 環評加以定性，基本上也就決定了其他各種與環評法有關爭議的結果。然而上述的定性，相當程度受定性者之價值觀所決定。本文藉由當地居民是否符合當事人適格要件與環評審議結果是否為行政處分兩爭議，說明法院在處理環評個案爭議時，其結論已定。原因在於法院認為環評法為環境價值優先之實體規範是以當地居民之權益應受保護，故當地居民符合當事人適格要件，同時環評審議結果應為行政處分，此二爭議的法律論證與依據，雖皆有一定基礎，但其終究是合理化其價值認定的工具。

The resolutions of legal issues related to Taiwan’s Environmental Impact Assessment Act (EIAA) are basically determined by the definitive legal meaning of EIAA’s core - Environmental Impact Assessment. However, the aforesaid definitive legal meaning is greatly shaped by definer’s value judgment. This essay analyzes local people standing requirement issue and administrative decision issue to demonstrate that judicial decisions has been reached when courts conclude that EIAA prioritizes environmental value substantively. The legal reasoning and basis for awarding local people judicial standing and for deeming agency EIA examination reviewable may find its foundation, they are essentially rationalizing tools to achieve its pre-set result.