第六条都道府県知事は、土地が次の各号のいずれにも該当すると認める場合には、当該土地の区域を、その土地が特定有害物質によって汚染されており、当該汚染による人の健康に係る被害を防止するため当該汚染の除去、当該汚染の拡散の防止その他の措置（以下「汚染の除去等の措置」という。）を講ずることが必要な区域として指定するものとする。

Article 6(1)If a prefectural governor finds that land falls under both of the following items, the prefectural governor is to designate the area of the land as an area contaminated by a specified hazardous substance and for which it is necessary to take measures to remove the contamination to prevent spread of the contamination or take other measures (hereinafter referred to as "measures for contamination removal, etc."), in order to prevent harm to human health due to the contamination:

２都道府県知事は、前項の指定をするときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、その旨を公示しなければならない。

(2)When making the designation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must give public notice to that effect, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

３第一項の指定は、前項の公示によってその効力を生ずる。

(3)The designation referred to in paragraph (1) becomes effective by the public notice referred to in the preceding paragraph.

４都道府県知事は、汚染の除去等の措置により、第一項の指定に係る区域（以下「要措置区域」という。）の全部又は一部について同項の指定の事由がなくなったと認めるときは、当該要措置区域の全部又は一部について同項の指定を解除するものとする。

(4)If the prefectural governor finds that due to the measures for contamination removal, etc., the reason for the designation referred to in paragraph (1) has ceased to exist with respect to all or part of the area to which the designation referred to in that paragraph pertains (hereinafter referred to as an "area that requires measures"), the prefectural governor is to cancel the designation referred to in that paragraph with respect to all or part of the area that requires measures.

５第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の解除について準用する。

(5)The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the cancellation referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第七条都道府県知事は、前条第一項の指定をしたときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、当該汚染による人の健康に係る被害を防止するため必要な限度において、要措置区域内の土地の所有者等に対し、当該要措置区域内において講ずべき汚染の除去等の措置及びその理由、当該措置を講ずべき期限その他環境省令で定める事項を示して、次に掲げる事項を記載した計画（以下「汚染除去等計画」という。）を作成し、これを都道府県知事に提出すべきことを指示するものとする。ただし、当該土地の所有者等以外の者の行為によって当該土地の土壌の特定有害物質による汚染が生じたことが明らかな場合であって、その行為をした者（相続、合併又は分割によりその地位を承継した者を含む。以下この項及び次条において同じ。）に汚染の除去等の措置を講じさせることが相当であると認められ、かつ、これを講じさせることについて当該土地の所有者等に異議がないときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、その行為をした者に対し、指示するものとする。

Article 7(1)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment and to the extent necessary in order to prevent harm to human health due to the contamination, if a prefectural governor makes a designation referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor is to indicate to the owner, etc. of the land in the area that requires measures any measures for contamination removal, etc. that should be taken in the area that requires measures, the reasons thereof, the deadline for taking the measures, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, and to give instructions to the owner, etc. of the land to prepare and submit to the prefectural governor a plan describing the following matters (hereinafter referred to as a "plan for contamination removal, etc."); provided, however, that if it is clear that an act of a person other than the owner, etc. of the land caused the contamination of the land by a specified hazardous substance, and it is found to be appropriate to have that person who conducted the act (including a person that succeeds to that status by inheritance, merger, or split; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following Article) take measures for contamination removal, etc., and the owner, etc. of the land has no objection to having those measures imposed on that person, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, the prefectural governor is to give instructions to the person that conducted the act:

２都道府県知事は、前項の規定により都道府県知事から指示を受けた者が汚染除去等計画を提出しないときは、その者に対し、汚染除去等計画を提出すべきことを命ずることができる。

(2)If the person that receives an instruction from the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph fails to submit a plan for contamination removal, etc., the prefectural governor may order that person to submit a plan for contamination removal, etc.

３汚染除去等計画の提出をした者は、第一項各号に掲げる事項の変更（環境省令で定める軽微な変更を除く。）をしたときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、変更後の汚染除去等計画を都道府県知事に提出しなければならない。

(3)If a person that has submitted a plan for contamination removal, etc. makes a change to a matter set forth in any item in paragraph (1) (excluding minor changes specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment), pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, that person must submit to the prefectural governor the changed plan for contamination removal, etc..

４都道府県知事は、汚染除去等計画（汚染除去等計画の変更があったときは、その変更後のもの。以下この項から第九項まで、第九条第一号及び第十条において同じ。）の提出があった場合において、当該汚染除去等計画に記載された実施措置が環境省令で定める技術的基準（次項において「技術的基準」という。）に適合していないと認めるときは、その提出があった日から起算して三十日以内に限り、当該提出をした者に対し、その変更を命ずることができる。

(4)If a plan for contamination removal, etc. is submitted (if there is a change to a plan for contamination removal, etc., the changed plan; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph through paragraph (9); in Article 9, item (i); and in Article 10), and the prefectural governor finds that the intended measures described in the plan for contamination removal, etc. do not conform to technical standards specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment (referred to as "technical standards" in the following paragraph), only within a period of 30 days after the submission was made, the prefectural governor may order the person that submitted the plan to make changes to it.

５都道府県知事は、汚染除去等計画の提出があった場合において、当該汚染除去等計画に記載された実施措置が技術的基準に適合していると認めるときは、前項に規定する期間を短縮することができる。この場合においては、当該提出をした者に対し、遅滞なく、短縮後の期間を通知しなければならない。

(5)If a plan for contamination removal, etc. is submitted, and the prefectural governor finds that the intended measures described in the plan for contamination removal, etc. conform to technical standards, the prefectural governor may shorten the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the prefectural governor must notify the person that submitted the plan of the shortened period without delay.

６汚染除去等計画の提出をした者は、第四項に規定する期間（前項の規定による通知があったときは、その通知に係る期間）を経過した後でなければ、実施措置を講じてはならない。

(6)A person that submits a plan for contamination removal, etc. must not implement the intended measures until the period prescribed in paragraph (4) has elapsed (or, if notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been made, the period to which that notification pertains).

７汚染除去等計画の提出をした者は、当該汚染除去等計画に従って実施措置を講じなければならない。

(7)A person that submits a plan for contamination removal, etc. must implement the intended measures in accordance with the plan for contamination removal, etc.

８都道府県知事は、汚染除去等計画の提出をした者が当該汚染除去等計画に従って実施措置を講じていないと認めるときは、その者に対し、当該実施措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。

(8)If the prefectural governor finds that a person that has submitted a plan for contamination removal, etc. is not implementing the intended measures in accordance with the plan for contamination removal, etc., the prefectural governor may order that person to implement the intended measures.

９汚染除去等計画の提出をした者は、当該汚染除去等計画に記載された実施措置を講じたときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、その旨を都道府県知事に報告しなければならない。

(9)If a person that has submitted a plan for contamination removal, etc. has implemented the intended measures that are described in the plan for contamination removal, etc., that person must report to the prefectural governor to that effect, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

１０都道府県知事は、第一項の規定により指示をしようとする場合において、過失がなくて当該指示を受けるべき者を確知することができず、かつ、これを放置することが著しく公益に反すると認められるときは、その者の負担において、当該要措置区域内の土地において講ずべき汚染の除去等の措置を自ら講ずることができる。この場合において、相当の期限を定めて、汚染除去等計画を作成し、これを都道府県知事に提出した上で、当該汚染除去等計画に従って実施措置を講ずべき旨及びその期限までに当該実施措置を講じないときは、当該汚染の除去等の措置を自ら講ずる旨を、あらかじめ、公告しなければならない。

(10)If the prefectural governor intends to give an instruction pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), but, without negligence, cannot ascertain the person to whom the instruction should be given, and finds that inaction would have a significant adverse effect on the public interest, the prefectural governor themselves may implement any measures for contamination removal, etc. that should be implemented on the land in the area that requires measures, at the expense of the owner, etc.. In this case, upon providing a reasonable deadline, the prefectural governor must give prior public notice that a plan for contamination removal, etc. is to be prepared and submitted to the prefectural governor, and that the intended measures must be implemented in accordance with the plan for contamination removal, etc., and that if the measures to be implemented are not implemented by the deadline, the prefectural governor will implement the measures for contamination removal, etc. themselves

第八条前条第一項本文の規定により都道府県知事から指示を受けた土地の所有者等は、当該土地において実施措置を講じた場合において、当該土地の土壌の特定有害物質による汚染が当該土地の所有者等以外の者の行為によるものであるときは、その行為をした者に対し、当該実施措置に係る汚染除去等計画の作成及び変更並びに当該実施措置に要した費用について、指示措置に係る汚染除去等計画の作成及び変更並びに指示措置に要する費用の額の限度において、請求することができる。ただし、その行為をした者が既に当該指示措置又は当該指示措置に係る前条第一項第一号に規定する環境省令で定める汚染の除去等の措置（以下この項において「指示措置等」という。）に係る汚染除去等計画の作成及び変更並びに指示措置等に要する費用を負担し、又は負担したものとみなされるときは、この限りでない。

Article 8(1)If an owner, etc. of the land that has received an instruction from a prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article has implemented the intended measures on the land, and the contamination of the soil of the land by a specified hazardous substance is due to an act of a person other than the owner, etc. of the land, the owner, etc. of the land may claim the expenses required for preparation and revision of the plan for contamination removal, etc. related to the intended measures and the expenses required for implementing the intended measures to the person that conducted the act, to the extent of the expense amount needed for the preparation and revision of the plan for contamination removal, etc. related to the instructed measures and implementation of the instructed measures; provided, however, that this does not apply where the person that conducted the act bears or is deemed to have borne the expenses required for the preparation and revision of the plan for contamination removal, etc. related to the instructed measures or any measures for contamination removal, etc. related to the instructed measures specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "instructed measures, etc.") and the expenses required for the instructed measures, etc.

２前項に規定する請求権は、次に掲げる場合には、時効によって消滅する。

(2)The right to make the claim prescribed in the preceding paragraph is extinguished by prescription if:

第九条要措置区域内においては、何人も、土地の形質の変更をしてはならない。ただし、次に掲げる行為については、この限りでない。

Article 9It is prohibited for any person to make a change in land characteristics in an area that requires measures; provided, however, that this does not apply to the following acts:

第十条第三条第七項及び第四条第一項の規定は、第七条第一項の規定により都道府県知事から指示を受けた者が汚染除去等計画に基づく実施措置として行う行為については、適用しない。

Article 10The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (7) and Article 4, paragraph (1) do not apply to acts performed by a person who received an instruction from a prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) as the intended measures based on a plan for contamination removal, etc.

第十一条都道府県知事は、土地が第六条第一項第一号に該当し、同項第二号に該当しないと認める場合には、当該土地の区域を、その土地が特定有害物質によって汚染されており、当該土地の形質の変更をしようとするときの届出をしなければならない区域として指定するものとする。

Article 11(1)If a prefectural governor finds that land falls under Article 6, paragraph (1), item (i), but not under item (ii) of that paragraph, the prefectural governor is to designate the section of that land as an area where the land is contaminated by a specified hazardous substance and for which a notification must be submitted when a person intends to change the characteristics of that land.

２都道府県知事は、土壌の特定有害物質による汚染の除去により、前項の指定に係る区域（以下「形質変更時要届出区域」という。）の全部又は一部について同項の指定の事由がなくなったと認めるときは、当該形質変更時要届出区域の全部又は一部について同項の指定を解除するものとする。

(2)If the prefectural governor finds that the reason for the designation referred to in the preceding paragraph has ceased to exist with respect to all or part of an area to which the designation referred to in that paragraph pertains (hereinafter referred to as an "area that require notification for any intended change in characteristics") due to the removal of soil contamination by a specified hazardous substance, the prefectural governor is to cancel the designation referred to in that paragraph with respect to all or part of the area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics.

３第六条第二項及び第三項の規定は、第一項の指定及び前項の解除について準用する。

(3)The provisions of Article 6, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to a designation referred to in paragraph (1) and a cancellation referred to in the preceding paragraph.

４形質変更時要届出区域の全部又は一部について、第六条第一項の規定による指定がされた場合においては、当該形質変更時要届出区域の全部又は一部について第一項の指定が解除されたものとする。この場合において、同条第二項の規定による指定の公示をしたときは、前項において準用する同条第二項の規定による解除の公示をしたものとみなす。

(4)If a designation has been made under the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) with respect to all or part of the area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics, the designation referred to in paragraph (1) with respect to all or part of that area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics is to be deemed to have been cancelled. In this case, if the prefectural governor has given public notice of designation under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article, the prefectural governor is deemed to have given public notice of cancellation under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

第十二条形質変更時要届出区域内において土地の形質の変更をしようとする者は、当該土地の形質の変更に着手する日の十四日前までに、環境省令で定めるところにより、当該土地の形質の変更の種類、場所、施行方法及び着手予定日その他環境省令で定める事項を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。ただし、次に掲げる行為については、この限りでない。

Article 12(1)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a person that intends to make a change in land characteristics in an area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics must notify the prefectural governor of the type, location, implementation method, and intended commencement date of the change in land characteristics, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, by 14 days prior to the date of commencing the change in land characteristics; provided, however, that this does not apply to the following acts:

２形質変更時要届出区域が指定された際当該形質変更時要届出区域内において既に土地の形質の変更に着手している者は、その指定の日から起算して十四日以内に、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事にその旨を届け出なければならない。

(2)A person that has already commenced a change in land characteristics in an area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics when the area was so designated must notify the prefectural governor to that effect within 14 days from the date of designation, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

３形質変更時要届出区域内において非常災害のために必要な応急措置として土地の形質の変更をした者は、当該土地の形質の変更をした日から起算して十四日以内に、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事にその旨を届け出なければならない。

(3)A person that has made a change in land characteristics as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster in an area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics must notify the prefectural governor to that effect within 14 days from the date of the change in land characteristics, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

４第一項第一号の土地の形質の変更をした者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、環境省令で定める期間ごとに、当該期間中において行った当該土地の形質の変更の種類、場所その他環境省令で定める事項を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。

(4)A person that has made a change in land characteristics referred to in paragraph (1), item (i) must notify the prefectural governor of the type and location of the change in land characteristics that was made during the relevant period, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment and for each period of time specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

５都道府県知事は、第一項の届出を受けた場合において、その届出に係る土地の形質の変更の施行方法が環境省令で定める基準に適合しないと認めるときは、その届出を受けた日から十四日以内に限り、その届出をした者に対し、その届出に係る土地の形質の変更の施行方法に関する計画の変更を命ずることができる。

(5)If the prefectural governor receives a notification referred to in paragraph (1) and finds that the implementation method for the change in land characteristics to which the notification pertains does not conform to standards specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, limited to the period within 14 days from the date of the receipt of the notification, the prefectural governor may order the person that filed the notification to revise the plan concerning the implementation method to be used in making the change in land characteristics to which the notification pertains.

第十三条第三条第七項及び第四条第一項の規定は、形質変更時要届出区域内における土地の形質の変更については、適用しない。

Article 13The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (7) and Article 4, paragraph (1) do not apply to changes in land characteristics in any area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics.

第十四条土地の所有者等は、第三条第一項本文及び第八項、第四条第三項本文並びに第五条第一項の規定の適用を受けない土地（第四条第二項の規定による土壌汚染状況調査の結果の提出があった土地を除く。）の土壌の特定有害物質による汚染の状況について調査した結果、当該土地の土壌の特定有害物質による汚染状態が第六条第一項第一号の環境省令で定める基準に適合しないと思料するときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事に対し、当該土地の区域について同項又は第十一条第一項の規定による指定をすることを申請することができる。この場合において、当該土地に当該申請に係る所有者等以外の所有者等がいるときは、あらかじめ、その全員の合意を得なければならない。

Article 14(1)If an owner, etc. of the land considers that the state of land contamination of the soil of the land by a specified hazardous substance does not conform to standards specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (i), as a result of an investigation of the state of soil contamination by a specified hazardous substance on land that is not subject to the application of the provisions of the main clause of Article 3, paragraph (1), Article 3, paragraph (8), the main clause of Article 4, paragraph (3) and Article 5, paragraph (1) (excluding any land for which results of a soil contamination investigation have been submitted under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2)), pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, the owner, etc. of the land may file an application to the prefectural governor for the designation of the area of the land under the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1). In this case, if there is any other owner, etc. other than the owner, etc. of the land to which the application pertains, the unanimous agreement of all owners, etc. must be obtained in advance.

２前項の申請をする者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、同項の申請に係る土地の土壌の特定有害物質による汚染の状況の調査（以下この条において「申請に係る調査」という。）の方法及び結果その他環境省令で定める事項を記載した申請書に、環境省令で定める書類を添付して、これを都道府県知事に提出しなければならない。

(2)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a person that files an application referred to in the preceding paragraph must, submit to the prefectural governor a written application stating the methods and results of the investigation of the state of soil contamination of the land by a specified hazardous substance to which the application referred to in that paragraph pertains (hereinafter referred to as "investigation related to the application" in this Article) and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, attaching the documents specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

３都道府県知事は、第一項の申請があった場合において、申請に係る調査が公正に、かつ、第三条第一項の環境省令で定める方法により行われたものであると認めるときは、当該申請に係る土地の区域について、第六条第一項又は第十一条第一項の規定による指定をすることができる。この場合において、当該申請に係る調査は、土壌汚染状況調査とみなす。

(3)If an application referred to in paragraph (1) has been filed and the prefectural governor finds that the investigation pertaining to the application was conducted fairly and in the manner specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1), the prefectural governor may make a designation of the area of the land to which the application pertains under the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1). In this case, the investigation pertaining to the application is deemed to be a soil contamination investigation.

４都道府県知事は、第一項の申請があった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、当該申請をした者に対し、申請に係る調査に関し報告若しくは資料の提出を求め、又はその職員に、当該申請に係る土地に立ち入り、当該申請に係る調査の実施状況を検査させることができる。

(4)If an application referred to in paragraph (1) has been filed and the prefectural governor finds it necessary, the prefectural governor may request the person that filed the application to report or to submit materials regarding the investigation pertaining to the application, or have the prefectural governor's officials enter the land to which the application pertains and inspect the status of implementation of the investigation related to the application.

第十五条都道府県知事は、要措置区域の台帳、形質変更時要届出区域の台帳、第六条第四項の規定により同条第一項の指定が解除された要措置区域の台帳及び第十一条第二項の規定により同条第一項の指定が解除された形質変更時要届出区域の台帳（以下この条において「台帳」という。）を調製し、これを保管しなければならない。

Article 15(1)The prefectural governor must create and keep a registry of areas that require measures, a registry of areas that require notification for any intended change in characteristics, a registry of areas that require measures where the designation referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1) has been cancelled pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, and a registry of areas that require notification for any intended change in characteristics where the designation referred to in Article 11, paragraph (1) has been cancelled pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "registry" in this Article).

２台帳の記載事項その他その調製及び保管に関し必要な事項は、環境省令で定める。

(2)The information required to be included in the registry and other necessary matters concerning the creation and keeping of the registry are specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

３都道府県知事は、台帳の閲覧を求められたときは、正当な理由がなければ、これを拒むことができない。

(3)If a prefectural governor receives a request to inspect the registry, the request may not be refused without reasonable grounds.

第十六条要措置区域又は形質変更時要届出区域（以下「要措置区域等」という。）内の土地の土壌（指定調査機関が環境省令で定める方法により調査した結果、特定有害物質による汚染状態が第六条第一項第一号の環境省令で定める基準に適合すると都道府県知事が認めたものを除く。以下「汚染土壌」という。）を当該要措置区域等外へ搬出しようとする者（その委託を受けて当該汚染土壌の運搬のみを行おうとする者を除く。）は、当該汚染土壌の搬出に着手する日の十四日前までに、環境省令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。ただし、非常災害のために必要な応急措置として当該搬出を行う場合及び汚染土壌を試験研究の用に供するために当該搬出を行う場合は、この限りでない。

Article 16(1)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a person (excluding a person that intends to be entrusted only to carry the contaminated soil) that intends to carry soil out of land within an area that requires measures or within an area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics (hereinafter referred to as an "area that requires measures, etc.") (excluding soil where the state of contamination by any specified hazardous substance has been found by the prefectural governor to conform to standards specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment as referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (i) as a result of an investigation that was conducted by a designated investigation organization in a manner specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment; hereinafter referred to as "contaminated soil")must notify the prefectural governor of the following matters by 14 days prior to the date of commencing the carrying out of the contaminated soil; provided, however, that this does not apply when the soil is carried out as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster or to provide contaminated soil for use in testing and research:

２前項の規定による届出をした者は、その届出に係る事項を変更しようとするときは、その届出に係る行為に着手する日の十四日前までに、環境省令で定めるところにより、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。

(2)If a person that gives notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph intends to make changes to matters related to the notification, that person must notify the prefectural governor to that effect by 14 days prior to the date of commencing the acts to which the notification pertains, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

３非常災害のために必要な応急措置として汚染土壌を当該要措置区域等外へ搬出した者は、当該汚染土壌を搬出した日から起算して十四日以内に、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事にその旨を届け出なければならない。

(3)A person that has carried contaminated soil out of the area that requires measures, etc. as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster must notify the prefectural governor to that effect within 14 days from the date of carrying out the contaminated soil, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

４都道府県知事は、第一項又は第二項の届出があった場合において、次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、その届出を受けた日から十四日以内に限り、その届出をした者に対し、当該各号に定める措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。

(4)If a notification referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) is submitted under and the prefectural governor finds that it falls under any of the following items, limited to a period within 14 days from the date of receiving the notification, the prefectural governor may order the person that submits the notification to implement the measure specified in the respective item below:

第十七条要措置区域等外において汚染土壌を運搬する者は、環境省令で定める汚染土壌の運搬に関する基準に従い、当該汚染土壌を運搬しなければならない。ただし、非常災害のために必要な応急措置として当該運搬を行う場合は、この限りでない。

Article 17A person that carries contaminated soil outside an area that requires measures, etc. must do so in accordance with standards concerning the carrying of contaminated soil as specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment; provided, however, that this does not apply when the carrying is conducted as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster.

第十八条汚染土壌を当該要措置区域等外へ搬出する者（その委託を受けて当該汚染土壌の運搬のみを行う者を除く。）は、当該汚染土壌の処理を汚染土壌処理業者に委託しなければならない。ただし、次に掲げる場合は、この限りでない。

Article 18(1)A person that carries contaminated soil out of an area that requires measures, etc. (excluding a person entrusted only to carry the contaminated soil) must entrust the processing of the contaminated soil to a contaminated soil processing licensee; provided, however, that this does not apply in the following cases:

２前項第二号の「自然由来等形質変更時要届出区域」とは、形質変更時要届出区域のうち、土壌汚染状況調査の結果、当該土地の土壌の特定有害物質による汚染が専ら自然又は専ら当該土地の造成に係る水面埋立てに用いられた土砂に由来するものとして、環境省令で定める要件に該当する土地の区域をいい、同号の「自然由来等土壌」とは、当該区域内の汚染土壌をいう。

(2)The term "area contaminated by natural sources, etc. that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics" as used in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph means an area that requires notification for any intended change in characteristics that satisfies requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, as a result of a soil contamination investigation, regarding the land where soil contamination by a specified hazardous substance resulted exclusively from natural sources or exclusively from earth and sand used for reclamation of a water area related to land development, and the term "soil contaminated by natural sources, etc." as used in that item means contaminated soil located within that area.

３第一項本文の規定は、非常災害のために必要な応急措置として汚染土壌を当該要措置区域等外へ搬出した者について準用する。ただし、当該搬出をした者が汚染土壌処理業者であって当該汚染土壌を自ら処理する場合は、この限りでない。

(3)The provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a person that has carried contaminated soil out of the area that requires measures, etc. as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster; provided, however, that this does not apply when the person that has carried the contaminated soil out is a contaminated soil processing licensee and that person processes the contaminated soil themselves.

第十九条都道府県知事は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合において、汚染土壌の特定有害物質による汚染の拡散の防止のため必要があると認めるときは、当該各号に定める者に対し、相当の期限を定めて、当該汚染土壌の適正な運搬及び処理のための措置その他必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。

Article 19In cases falling under any of the following items, if a prefectural governor finds it necessary to prevent the spread of contamination by any specified hazardous substance in contaminated soil, upon providing a reasonable deadline, the prefectural governor may order the person specified in the respective item to implement measures for the appropriate transport and processing of the contaminated soil and other necessary measures:

第二十条汚染土壌を当該要措置区域等外へ搬出する者は、その汚染土壌の運搬又は処理を他人に委託する場合には、環境省令で定めるところにより、当該委託に係る汚染土壌の引渡しと同時に当該汚染土壌の運搬を受託した者（当該委託が汚染土壌の処理のみに係るものである場合にあっては、その処理を受託した者）に対し、当該委託に係る汚染土壌の特定有害物質による汚染状態及び体積、運搬又は処理を受託した者の氏名又は名称その他環境省令で定める事項を記載した管理票を交付しなければならない。ただし、非常災害のために必要な応急措置として当該搬出を行う場合及び汚染土壌を試験研究の用に供するために当該搬出を行う場合は、この限りでない。

Article 20(1)If a person that carries contaminated soil out of an area that requires measures, etc. entrusts the carrying or processing of the contaminated soil to another person, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, simultaneously with the transfer of the contaminated soil to which the entrustment pertains, that person must issue to the person entrusted with the carrying of the contaminated soil (if the entrustment pertains only to the processing of contaminated soil, to the person entrusted with the processing) a control manifest stating the state of contamination of soil contaminated by a specified hazardous substance and the volume of the contaminated soil to which the entrustment pertains, the name of the person entrusted with the carrying or processing, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment; provided, however, that this does not apply when the soil is carried out as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster or to provide contaminated soil for use in testing and research.

２前項本文の規定は、非常災害のために必要な応急措置として汚染土壌を当該要措置区域等外へ搬出した者について準用する。

(2)The provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to any person that has carried contaminated soil out of the area that requires measures, etc. as an emergency measure necessitated by an extraordinary disaster.

３汚染土壌の運搬を受託した者（以下「運搬受託者」という。）は、当該運搬を終了したときは、第一項（前項において準用する場合を含む。以下この項及び次項において同じ。）の規定により交付された管理票に環境省令で定める事項を記載し、環境省令で定める期間内に、第一項の規定により管理票を交付した者（以下この条において「管理票交付者」という。）に当該管理票の写しを送付しなければならない。この場合において、当該汚染土壌について処理を委託された者があるときは、当該処理を委託された者に管理票を回付しなければならない。

(3)When the person entrusted with the carrying of contaminated soil (hereinafter referred to as the "entrusted carrier") completes the carrying, that person must enter matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment into the control manifest that was issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this and the following paragraphs) and send a copy of the control manifest to the person that issued the control manifest pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "control manifest issuer" in this Article), within a period of time specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment. In this case, if there is a person that has been entrusted to process the contaminated soil, the entrusted carrier must circulate the control manifest to that person.

４汚染土壌の処理を受託した者（以下「処理受託者」という。）は、当該処理を終了したときは、第一項の規定により交付された管理票又は前項後段の規定により回付された管理票に環境省令で定める事項を記載し、環境省令で定める期間内に、当該処理を委託した管理票交付者に当該管理票の写しを送付しなければならない。この場合において、当該管理票が同項後段の規定により回付されたものであるときは、当該回付をした者にも当該管理票の写しを送付しなければならない。

(4)When a person entrusted with the processing of contaminated soil (hereinafter referred to as an "entrusted processor") completes the processing, that person must enter matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment into the control manifest that was issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or circulated pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph, and send a copy of the control manifest to the control manifest issuer that entrusted the processing, within a period of time specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment. In this case, when the control manifest has been circulated pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of that paragraph, the entrusted processor must send a copy of the control manifest to the person that circulated it.

５管理票交付者は、前二項の規定による管理票の写しの送付を受けたときは、当該運搬又は処理が終了したことを当該管理票の写しにより確認し、かつ、当該管理票の写しを当該送付を受けた日から環境省令で定める期間保存しなければならない。

(5)When a control manifest issuer receives a copy of a control manifest under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the control manifest issuer must confirm from the copy of the control manifest that the carrying or processing has been completed, and retain the copy of the control manifest for a period of time, specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, from the date on which the copy was received.

６管理票交付者は、環境省令で定める期間内に、第三項又は第四項の規定による管理票の写しの送付を受けないとき、又はこれらの規定に規定する事項が記載されていない管理票の写し若しくは虚偽の記載のある管理票の写しの送付を受けたときは、速やかに当該委託に係る汚染土壌の運搬又は処理の状況を把握し、その結果を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。

(6)If a control manifest issuer does not receive a copy of the control manifest under the provisions of paragraph (3) or (4) within the period of time specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, or receives a copy of a control manifest that does not contain the matters prescribed in those provisions or that contains a false statement, that person must promptly ascertain the status of the carrying or processing of the contaminated soil to which the entrustment pertains and notify the prefectural governor of the results thereof.

７運搬受託者は、第三項前段の規定により管理票の写しを送付したとき（同項後段の規定により管理票を回付したときを除く。）は当該管理票を当該送付の日から、第四項後段の規定による管理票の写しの送付を受けたときは当該管理票の写しを当該送付を受けた日から、それぞれ環境省令で定める期間保存しなければならない。

(7)When an entrusted carrier sends a copy of the control manifest pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (3) (excluding cases when the entrusted carrier circulates a control manifest pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of that paragraph), the entrusted carrier must retain the control manifest for a period of time, specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, from the date on which it was sent, and when an entrusted carrier receives a copy of the control manifest under the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (4), the entrusted carrier must retain the copy of the control manifest for a period of time, specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, from the date on which it was received.

８処理受託者は、第四項前段の規定により管理票の写しを送付したときは、当該管理票を当該送付の日から環境省令で定める期間保存しなければならない。

(8)When an entrusted processor has sent a copy of a control manifest pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (4), the entrusted carrier must retain the control manifest for a period of time, specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, from the date on which it was sent.

９前各項の規定は、汚染土壌を他人に第十八条第一項第二号又は第三号に規定する土地の形質の変更に使用させる場合について準用する。この場合において、第一項中「（当該委託が汚染土壌の処理のみに係るものである場合にあっては、その処理を受託した者）」とあるのは「（運搬を委託しない場合にあっては、当該汚染土壌を土地の形質の変更に使用する者）」と、「運搬又は処理を受託した者」とあるのは「運搬を受託した者又は土地の形質の変更に使用する者」と、第三項中「処理を委託された者」とあるのは「土地の形質の変更に使用する者」と、第四項中「の処理を受託した者（以下「処理受託者」という。）」とあるのは「を土地の形質の変更に使用する者（以下「土壌使用者」という。）」と、「処理を終了した」とあるのは「土地の形質の変更をした」と、「処理を委託した」とあるのは「土地の形質の変更に使用させた」と、第五項中「運搬又は処理が終了した」とあるのは「運搬が終了し、又は土地の形質の変更が行われた」と、第六項中「委託に係る汚染土壌の運搬又は処理」とあるのは「運搬又は土地の形質の変更」と、前項中「処理受託者」とあるのは「土壌使用者」と読み替えるものとする。

(9)The provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to cases of having another person use the contaminated soil for a change in land characteristics as prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii). In such cases, the phrase "(if the entrustment pertains only to the processing of contaminated soil, to the person entrusted with the processing)" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "(if the carrying is not entrusted, to the person that will use the contaminated soil for a change in land characteristics)"; the phrase "the person entrusted with the carrying or processing" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the person entrusted with the carrying or the person that will use the soil for a change in land characteristics"; the phrase "person that has been entrusted to process the contaminated soil" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "person that will use the contaminated soil for a change in land characteristics"; the phrase "a person entrusted with the processing of contaminated soil (hereinafter referred to as an "entrusted processor")" in paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "a person that will use contaminated soil for a change in land characteristics (hereinafter referred to as a "soil user")"; the phrase "completes the processing" is deemed to be replaced with "makes a change in land characteristics"; the phrase "that entrusted the processing" is deemed to be replaced with "that had the soil used for a change in land characteristics"; the phrase "the carrying or processing has been completed" in paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "the carrying has been completed or the change in land characteristics has been implemented"; the phrase "the carrying or processing of the contaminated soil to which the entrustment pertains" in paragraph (6) is deemed to be replaced with "carrying or change in land characteristics"; and the term "entrusted processor" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "soil user."

第二十一条何人も、汚染土壌の運搬を受託していないにもかかわらず、前条第三項（同条第九項において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する事項について虚偽の記載をして管理票を交付してはならない。

Article 21(1)It is prohibited for any person to issue a control manifest containing a false statement regarding the matters prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article), despite the fact that no person is entrusted with the carrying of the contaminated soil.

２何人も、汚染土壌の処理を受託していない又は汚染土壌を土地の形質の変更に使用しないにもかかわらず、前条第四項（同条第九項において準用する場合を含む。）に規定する事項について虚偽の記載をして管理票を交付してはならない。

(2)It is prohibited for any person to issue a control manifest containing a false statement regarding the matters prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article), despite the fact that no person is entrusted with the processing of the contaminated soil or no person uses the contaminated soil for a change in land characteristics.

３運搬受託者、処理受託者又は汚染土壌を第十八条第一項第二号若しくは第三号に規定する土地の形質の変更に使用する者は、受託した汚染土壌の運搬若しくは処理を終了していない又は汚染土壌を土地の形質の変更に使用していないにもかかわらず、前条第三項又は第四項（これらの規定を同条第九項において準用する場合を含む。）の送付をしてはならない。

(3)An entrusted carrier or entrusted processor or a person that will use contaminated soil for a change in land characteristics as prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1), items (ii) or (iii) must not send a copy of a control manifest referred to in paragraph (3) or (4) of the preceding Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article), despite the fact that the entrusted carrying or processing of contaminated soil has not been completed or the contaminated soil has not been used for a change in land characteristics.

第二十二条汚染土壌の処理（当該要措置区域等内における処理を除く。）を業として行おうとする者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、汚染土壌の処理の事業の用に供する施設（以下「汚染土壌処理施設」という。）ごとに、当該汚染土壌処理施設の所在地を管轄する都道府県知事の許可を受けなければならない。

Article 22(1)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a person that intends to engage in the processing of contaminated soil in the course of trade (excluding processing within the relevant area that requires measures, etc.) must obtain a license for each facility to be used in the business of processing contaminated soil (hereinafter referred to as a "contaminated soil processing facility") from the prefectural governor having jurisdiction over the location of the contaminated soil processing facility.

２前項の許可を受けようとする者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を記載した申請書を提出しなければならない。

(2)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a person that intends to obtain a license referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written application stating the following information:

３都道府県知事は、第一項の許可の申請が次に掲げる基準に適合していると認めるときでなければ、同項の許可をしてはならない。

(3)A prefectural governor must not grant a license referred to in paragraph (1) unless the application for the license referred to in that paragraph is found to conform to the following criteria:

４第一項の許可は、五年ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によって、その効力を失う。

(4)Unless the license referred to in paragraph (1) is renewed every five years, it expires when that period has elapsed.

５第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の更新について準用する。

(5)The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to any renewal referred to in the preceding paragraph.

６汚染土壌処理業者は、環境省令で定める汚染土壌の処理に関する基準に従い、汚染土壌の処理を行わなければならない。

(6)A contaminated soil processing licensee must process contaminated soil in accordance with standards concerning the processing of contaminated soil as specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

７汚染土壌処理業者は、汚染土壌の処理を他人に委託してはならない。

(7)A contaminated soil processing licensee must not entrust the processing of contaminated soil to another person.

８汚染土壌処理業者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、当該許可に係る汚染土壌処理施設ごとに、当該汚染土壌処理施設において行った汚染土壌の処理に関し環境省令で定める事項を記録し、これを当該汚染土壌処理施設（当該汚染土壌処理施設に備え置くことが困難である場合にあっては、当該汚染土壌処理業者の最寄りの事務所）に備え置き、当該汚染土壌の処理に関し利害関係を有する者の求めに応じ、閲覧させなければならない。

(8)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a contaminated soil processing licensee must record the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment concerning the processing of contaminated soil conducted at a contaminated soil processing facility for each facility to which the license pertains, keep this record at the contaminated soil processing facility (or, if it is difficult to keep it at the facility, the office closest to the contaminated soil processing licensee), and allow inspection upon request by any person with an interest in the processing of the contaminated soil.

９汚染土壌処理業者は、その設置する当該許可に係る汚染土壌処理施設において破損その他の事故が発生し、当該汚染土壌処理施設において処理する汚染土壌又は当該処理に伴って生じた汚水若しくは気体が飛散し、流出し、地下に浸透し、又は発散したときは、直ちに、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。

(9)If breakage or some other accident occurs at the contaminated soil processing facility to which the license pertains established by a contaminated soil processing licensee, and contaminated soil processed at the contaminated soil processing facility or contaminated water or gas that has been generated in connection with the processing is dispersed, is discharged, seeps underground, or is otherwise emitted, the contaminated soil processing licensee must immediately notify the prefectural governor to that effect.

第二十三条汚染土壌処理業者は、当該許可に係る前条第二項第三号又は第四号に掲げる事項の変更をしようとするときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事の許可を受けなければならない。ただし、その変更が環境省令で定める軽微な変更であるときは、この限りでない。

Article 23(1)If a contaminated soil processing licensee intends to make a change to any matter to which the license pertains as set forth in items (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the contaminated soil processing licensee must obtain the permission of the prefectural governor, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment; provided, however, that this does not apply to a minor change specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

２前条第三項の規定は、前項の許可について準用する。

(2)The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph.

３汚染土壌処理業者は、第一項ただし書の環境省令で定める軽微な変更をしたとき、又は前条第二項第一号に掲げる事項その他環境省令で定める事項に変更があったときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。

(3)If a contaminated soil processing licensee makes a minor change specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1), or where there is a change to any matter set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) of the preceding Article or other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of the Environment, without delay, the contaminated soil processing licensee must notify the prefectural governor to that effect, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

４汚染土壌処理業者は、その汚染土壌の処理の事業の全部若しくは一部を休止し、若しくは廃止し、又は休止した当該汚染土壌の処理の事業を再開しようとするときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。

(4)If a contaminated soil processing licensee intends to suspend or discontinue all or part of the business of processing the contaminated soil, or intends to resume a previously suspended or discontinued business of processing the contaminated soil, in advance, the contaminated soil processing licensee must notify the prefectural governor to that effect, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

第二十四条都道府県知事は、汚染土壌処理業者により第二十二条第六項の環境省令で定める汚染土壌の処理に関する基準に適合しない汚染土壌の処理が行われたと認めるときは、当該汚染土壌処理業者に対し、相当の期限を定めて、当該汚染土壌の処理の方法の変更その他必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。

Article 24If the prefectural governor finds that the processing of contaminated soil was performed by a contaminated soil processing licensee in a way that does not conform to standards concerning processing contaminated soil as specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment referred to in Article 22, paragraph (6), upon providing a reasonable deadline, the prefectural governor may order the contaminated soil processing licensee to make changes to its method of processing the contaminated soil and to implement other necessary measures.

第二十五条都道府県知事は、汚染土壌処理業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その許可を取り消し、又は一年以内の期間を定めてその事業の全部若しくは一部の停止を命ずることができる。

Article 25If a contaminated soil processing licensee falls under any of the following items, the prefectural governor may rescind the license thereof or order the suspension of all or part of the business of the contaminated soil processing licensee for a specified period of time not exceeding one year:

第二十六条汚染土壌処理業者は、自己の名義をもって、他人に汚染土壌の処理を業として行わせてはならない。

Article 26A contaminated soil processing licensee must not allow another person to engage in the processing of contaminated soil in the course of trade using the name of the contaminated soil processing licensee.

第二十七条汚染土壌の処理の事業を廃止し、又は第二十五条の規定により許可を取り消された汚染土壌処理業者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、当該廃止した事業の用に供した汚染土壌処理施設又は当該取り消された許可に係る汚染土壌処理施設の特定有害物質による汚染の拡散の防止その他必要な措置を講じなければならない。

Article 27(1)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of the Environment, a contaminated soil processing licensee that has discontinued its business of processing contaminated soil or has had its license revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 25 must prevent the spread of contamination by any specified hazardous substance at the contaminated soil processing facility that was being used in the business that was discontinued or was under the license that was revoked, and implement other necessary measures.

２都道府県知事は、前項に規定する汚染土壌処理施設の特定有害物質による汚染により、人の健康に係る被害が生じ、又は生ずるおそれがあると認めるときは、当該汚染土壌処理施設を汚染土壌の処理の事業の用に供した者に対し、相当の期限を定めて、当該汚染の除去、当該汚染の拡散の防止その他必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。

(2)If the prefectural governor finds that there is harm or a risk of causing harm to human health due to contamination by a specified hazardous substance at a contaminated soil processing facility prescribed in the preceding paragraph, upon providing a reasonable deadline, the prefectural governor may order the person who used the contaminated soil processing facility for the business of processing contaminated soil to remove the contamination and prevent the spread of the contamination and implement other necessary measures.

第二十七条の二汚染土壌処理業者が当該汚染土壌処理業を譲渡する場合において譲渡人及び譲受人が、その譲渡及び譲受について都道府県知事の承認を受けたときは、譲受人は、譲渡人の汚染土壌処理業者の地位を承継する。

Article 27-2(1)In cases where a contaminated soil processing licensee transfers the contaminated soil processing business, if the transferor and the transferee obtain the approval of the prefectural governor for the transfer and acquisition, the transferee succeeds to the status of the transferor as a contaminated soil processing licensee.

２第二十二条第三項の規定は、前項の承認について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第二十七条の三汚染土壌処理業者である法人の合併の場合（汚染土壌処理業者である法人と汚染土壌処理業者でない法人が合併する場合において、汚染土壌処理業者である法人が存続するときを除く。）又は分割の場合（当該汚染土壌処理業の全部を承継させる場合に限る。）において当該合併又は分割について都道府県知事の承認を受けたときは、合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立された法人又は分割により当該汚染土壌処理業の全部を承継した法人は、汚染土壌処理業者の地位を承継する。

Article 27-3(1)In the case of a merger involving a corporation that is a contaminated soil processing licensee (excluding cases where, as a result of a merger between a corporation that is a contaminated soil processing licensee and a corporation that is not a contaminated soil processing licensee, the corporation that is a contaminated soil processing licensee survives) or in the case of a split (limited to cases where the entire contaminated soil processing business succeeds to one corporation), if the approval of the prefectural governor is obtained for the merger or split, the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation established as a result of the merger, or the corporation to which the entire contaminated soil processing business succeeded as a result of the split succeeds to the status of contaminated soil processing licensee.

２第二十二条第三項の規定は、前項の承認について準用する。

(2)The provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第二十七条の四汚染土壌処理業者が死亡した場合において、相続人（相続人が二人以上ある場合において、その全員の同意により当該汚染土壌処理業を承継すべき相続人を選定したときは、その者。以下この項、次項及び第四項において同じ。）が当該汚染土壌処理業を引き続き行おうとするときは、その相続人は、被相続人の死亡後六十日以内に都道府県知事に申請して、その承認を受けなければならない。

Article 27-4(1)In the case of death of a contaminated soil processing licensee, if the heir (when there are two or more heirs, and if the heir to succeed the contaminated soil processing business was selected by consent of all the heirs, that person; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph, the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) intends to continue engaging in the contaminated soil processing business, the heir must apply to the prefectural governor within 60 days from the death of the decedent, and obtain approval thereof.

２相続人が前項の承認の申請をした場合においては、被相続人の死亡の日からその承認を受ける日又は承認をしない旨の通知を受ける日までは、被相続人に対してした第二十二条第一項の許可は、その相続人に対してしたものとみなす。

(2)If the heir applies for approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, the license referred to in Article 22, paragraph (1) given to the decedent is deemed to have been given to the heir from the date of the death of the decedent until the date of the heir obtaining the approval or receiving notice that the approval will not be given.

３第二十二条第三項（第二号ホに係る部分を除く。）の規定は、第一項の承認について準用する。

(3)The provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) (excluding the part related to (e) of item (ii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in paragraph (1).

４第一項の承認を受けた相続人は、被相続人に係る汚染土壌処理業者の地位を承継する。

(4)The heir that obtains the approval referred to in paragraph (1) succeeds to the status of the contaminated soil processing licensee related to the decedent.

第二十七条の五国又は地方公共団体（港湾法（昭和二十五年法律第二百十八号）第四条第一項の規定による港務局を含む。）（以下この条において「国等」という。）が行う汚染土壌の処理の事業についての第二十二条第一項の規定の適用については、当該国等が都道府県知事と協議し、その協議が成立することをもって、同項の規定による許可があったものとみなす。この場合において、この法律の規定の適用に当たっての技術的読替えその他この法律の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 27-5With respect to the application of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) to the contaminated soil processing business conducted by the national or a local government (including a port authority under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Port and Harbor Act (Act No. 218 of 1950)) (hereinafter referred to as the "national or local government or equivalent corporation"), the license under the provisions of that paragraph is deemed to have been given when the national or local government or equivalent corporation has consulted and reached agreement with the prefectural governor. In this case, any technical replacement of terms related to the application of the provisions of this Act and other matters necessary for the application of the provisions of this Act are prescribed by Cabinet Order.

第二十八条この節に定めるもののほか、汚染土壌の処理の事業に関し必要な事項は、環境省令で定める。

Article 28Beyond what is provided for in this Section, necessary matters for the business of processing contaminated soil are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of the Environment.