最近の地方自治体アセス条例の動向分析

Abstract

Local governments have used a system of integrating environmental consideration in implementing new projects which might greatly effect the environment to prevent pollution, to preserve the natural and historical environment, and to sustain scenic beauty based on the local government ordinance. However, the current local government environmental impact assessment system is subject to revision. Two main points are involved. First, I suggest reviewing a project from an environmental viewpoint by throwing information open as early as thrashing out a project draft. Second, I suggest considering complex and cumulative environmental impact a large-target area development project may have in the whole project area. “A New System of Environmental Consideration in Tokyo Metropolitan government” was submitted to the Head of the Environmental Preservation Bureau in 1998, to enrich and develop environmental administration preventive function by institutionalizing complementary procedures with a fresh viewpoint besides the current system of environmental impact assessment. Thus, an effective assessment in which two kinds of procedure are closely connected will be put into operation if the proposed system is realized and applied by ordinance.