Chapter II Protection of Hot Springs
第二章 温泉の保護等
Article 3Permission to Drill Land
第三条（土地の掘削の許可）
A person intending to drill land for the purpose of making a hot spring gush out must apply to the prefectural governor and obtain the permission pursuant to the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of the Environment.
温泉をゆう出させる目的で土地を掘削しようとする者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事に申請してその許可を受けなければならない。
A person seeking the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph must be entitled to use the land necessary for drilling.
前項の許可を受けようとする者は、掘削に必要な土地を掘削のために使用する権利を有する者でなければならない。
Article 4Criteria for Permission
第四条（許可の基準）
When an application has been filed for the permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor must grant the permission, unless the application falls under any of the following items:
when it is found that the drilling related to the application affects the amount, temperature, or composition of a hot spring;
当該申請に係る掘削が温泉のゆう出量、温度又は成分に影響を及ぼすと認めるとき。
when the site, structure, and equipment of the facilities for the drilling related to the application, as well as the method of drilling, are found not to conform to the technical standards specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment concerning the prevention of disasters caused by flammable natural gas resulting from drilling;
当該申請に係る掘削のための施設の位置、構造及び設備並びに当該掘削の方法が掘削に伴い発生する可燃性天然ガスによる災害の防止に関する環境省令で定める技術上の基準に適合しないものであると認めるとき。
beyond what is referred to in the preceding two items, when it is found that the drilling related to the application is likely to harm public interest;
前二号に掲げるもののほか、当該申請に係る掘削が公益を害するおそれがあると認めるとき。
when the applicant has been sentenced to a fine or a more severe punishment pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and two years have not elapsed since the day the applicant finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;
申請者がこの法律の規定により罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又はその執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者であるとき。
when the applicant's permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to items (iii) and (iv)), and two years have not elapsed since the date of revocation; or
when the applicant is a corporation and any of its officers falls under any of the preceding two items.
申請者が法人である場合において、その役員が前二号のいずれかに該当する者であるとき。
When a prefectural governor does not grant the permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor must notify the applicant to that effect with the reason for it in writing without delay.
都道府県知事は、前条第一項の許可をしないときは、遅滞なく、その旨及びその理由を申請者に書面により通知しなければならない。
Conditions necessary for the protection of hot springs, the prevention of disasters caused by flammable natural gas, and other matters in public interest may be attached to the permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and these conditions may be changed.
Article 5Validity Period of Permission
第五条（許可の有効期間等）
The validity period of the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) is two years from the date of the permission.
第三条第一項の許可の有効期間は、当該許可の日から起算して二年とする。
When the drilling construction related to the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) is not expected to be completed within the validity period of the permission due to disasters or other unavoidable circumstances, the prefectural governor may renew the validity period once for up to two years, upon application by the person that obtained the permission, pursuant to the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of the Environment.
都道府県知事は、第三条第一項の許可に係る掘削の工事が災害その他やむを得ない理由により当該許可の有効期間内に完了しないと見込まれるときは、環境省令で定めるところにより、当該許可を受けた者の申請により、一回に限り、二年を限度としてその有効期間を更新することができる。
Article 6Merger and Split of Corporations That Have Obtained Permission to Drill Land
第六条（土地の掘削の許可を受けた者である法人の合併及び分割）
In the case of a merger of corporations that have obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) (excluding the situation where a corporation that has obtained the permission referred to in the same paragraph continues to exist after merging with a corporation that has not obtained the permission), or in the case of a split of corporations that have obtained the permission (limited to situations where the entire drilling business related to the permission is succeeded), if the approval of the prefectural governor has been obtained for the merger or split, the corporation that continues to exist after the merger, the corporation established by the merger, or the corporation that succeeds to the entire business through the split is to succeed to the status of the person that obtained the permission referred to in the same paragraph.
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to items (iv) through (vi)) and paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the applicant" in paragraph (1) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation established by the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the entire drilling business related to the permission through the split".
第四条第一項（第四号から第六号までに係る部分に限る。）及び第二項の規定は、前項の承認について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「申請者」とあるのは、「合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立される法人又は分割により当該許可に係る掘削の事業の全部を承継する法人」と読み替えるものとする。
Article 7Inheritance of Rights to Drill Land by a Person That Obtained Permission
第七条（土地の掘削の許可を受けた者の相続）
If a person who obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) dies, and the heir (if there are two or more heirs and an heir who is to succeed to the drilling business related to the permission has been selected with the consent of all the heirs, that person; the same applies below in this Article) intends to continue the drilling business related to the permission, the heir must file an application to, and obtain the approval from, the prefectural governor within sixty days after the death of the decedent.
第三条第一項の許可を受けた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許可に係る掘削の事業を承継すべき相続人を選定したときは、その者。以下この条において同じ。）が当該許可に係る掘削の事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。
If an heir applies for the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) which has been granted to the decedent is deemed to have been granted to the heir from the day of the death of the decedent until the day on which the heir obtains the approval or receives notice of non-approval.
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to items (iv) and (v)) and paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in paragraph (1).
An heir who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) succeeds to the status of the person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) in relation to the decedent.
Article 7-2Changes in Drilling Facilities
第七条の二（掘削のための施設等の変更）
When a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) intends to make a significant change to the site, structure, or equipment of the drilling facilities or the method of drilling, as specified by the Order of the Ministry of the Environment, in order to prevent disasters caused by flammable natural gas, the person must apply to the prefectural governor and obtain the permission pursuant to the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of the Environment.
第三条第一項の許可を受けた者は、掘削のための施設の位置、構造若しくは設備又は掘削の方法について環境省令で定める可燃性天然ガスによる災害の防止上重要な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、都道府県知事に申請してその許可を受けなければならない。
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (ii)), paragraph (2), and paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "for the protection of hot springs, the prevention of disasters caused by flammable natural gas, and other matters in public interest" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "for the prevention of disasters caused by flammable natural gas".
Article 8Notification of Completion or Discontinuation of Construction
第八条（工事の完了又は廃止の届出等）
When a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has completed or discontinued the drilling construction related to the permission, the person must give notice of this to the prefectural governor without delay, pursuant to the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of the Environment.
第三条第一項の許可を受けた者は、当該許可に係る掘削の工事を完了し、又は廃止したときは、遅滞なく、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。
When a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed, the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) ceases to be effective.
When a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has completed or discontinued the drilling construction related to the permission, or when the permission referred to in the same paragraph has been revoked, the prefectural governor may order the person that has completed or discontinued the drilling, or whose permission has been revoked, to take necessary measures to prevent disasters caused by the flammable natural gas resulting from the drilling for two years from the date of the completion, discontinuance, or revocation.
Article 9Revocation of Permission
第九条（許可の取消し等）
A prefectural governor may revoke the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) in the following cases:
都道府県知事は、次に掲げる場合には、第三条第一項の許可を取り消すことができる。
when the drilling related to the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has come to fall under any of Article 4, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii);
第三条第一項の許可に係る掘削が第四条第一項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに該当するに至つたとき。
when a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has come to fall under either Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iv) or item (vi);
when a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has violated the provisions of this Act, or an order or disposition based on the provisions of this Act; and
第三条第一項の許可を受けた者がこの法律の規定又はこの法律の規定に基づく命令若しくは処分に違反したとき。
when a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has violated any of the conditions attached to the permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-2, paragraph (2)).
In the cases referred to in item (i), (iii), or (iv) of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor may order a person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) to take measures necessary for the protection of hot springs, the prevention of disasters caused by flammable natural gas, and other matters in public interest.
Article 9-2Order for Emergency Measures
第九条の二（緊急措置命令等）
When a prefectural governor finds it urgently necessary to prevent disasters caused by flammable natural gas resulting from drilling of land for the purpose of making a hot spring gush out, the governor may order the person to conduct the drilling to take necessary measures to prevent such disasters or to suspend the drilling.
都道府県知事は、温泉をゆう出させる目的で行う土地の掘削に伴い発生する可燃性天然ガスによる災害の防止上緊急の必要があると認めるときは、当該掘削を行う者に対し、可燃性天然ガスによる災害の防止上必要な措置を講ずべきこと又は掘削を停止すべきことを命ずることができる。
Article 10Order for Restoration
第十条（原状回復命令）
When the drilling related to the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) has been conducted, and the prefectural governor revokes the permission or no hot spring gushes out from the site where the drilling was conducted, the prefectural governor may order the person that obtained the permission to restore the original conditions. The same applies to a person who has drilled land for the purpose of making a hot spring gush out without obtaining the permission referred to in the same paragraph.
A person intending to expand a hot spring channel or install powered equipment to increase the amount of a hot spring must apply to the prefectural governor and obtain the permission pursuant to the provisions of the Order of the Ministry of the Environment.
温泉のゆう出路を増掘し、又は温泉のゆう出量を増加させるために動力を装置しようとする者は、環境省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事に申請してその許可を受けなければならない。
The provisions of Article 4, Article 5, Article 9, and the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the permission for the additional drilling referred to in the preceding paragraph; the provisions of Article 6 through Article 8 apply mutatis mutandis to a person that has obtained the permission for the additional drilling referred to in the same paragraph; and the provisions of Article 9-2 apply mutatis mutandis to the additional drilling of a hot spring channel. In this case, the term "drilling" in Article 4, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii), Article 5, paragraph (2), Article 6, Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraphs (1) and (3), and Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "additional drilling"; the term "drilling" in Article 9-2 is deemed to be replaced with "additional drilling"; the phrases "when drilling has been conducted", "the drilling", and "a person who has drilled land for the purpose of making a hot spring gush out" in the preceding Article are deemed to be replaced with "when the additional drilling has been conducted", "the additional drilling", and "a person that has expanded a hot spring channel", respectively.
第四条、第五条、第九条及び前条の規定は前項の増掘の許可について、第六条から第八条までの規定は同項の増掘の許可を受けた者について、第九条の二の規定は温泉のゆう出路の増掘について準用する。この場合において、第四条第一項第一号から第三号まで、第五条第二項、第六条、第七条第一項、第七条の二第一項、第八条第一項及び第三項並びに第九条第一項第一号中「掘削」とあるのは「増掘」と、第九条の二中「掘削を」とあるのは「増掘を」と、前条中「掘削が行われた場合」とあるのは「増掘が行われた場合」と、「当該掘削」とあるのは「当該増掘」と、「温泉をゆう出させる目的で土地を掘削した者」とあるのは「温泉のゆう出路を増掘した者」と読み替えるものとする。
The provisions of Article 4 (excluding the part related to paragraph (1), item (ii)), Article 5, Article 9, and the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the permission for installation of powered equipment referred to in paragraph (1), and the provisions of Article 6, Article 7, and Article 8, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a person that has obtained the permission for installation of powered equipment referred to in in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "drilling" in Article 4, paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii), Article 5, paragraph (2), Article 6, Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), and Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "installation of powered equipment ," the term "through item (iii)" in the same item is deemed to be replaced with "or item (iii)," the terms "when the drilling has been conducted," "the drilling," and "a person who drills land for the purpose of making a hot spring gush out" in the preceding Article are deemed to be replaced with "when installation of powered equipment has been conducted," "the installation of powered equipment," and "a person that installs powered equipment to increase the amount of a hot spring," respectively.
第四条（第一項第二号に係る部分を除く。）、第五条、第九条及び前条の規定は第一項の動力の装置の許可について、第六条、第七条並びに第八条第一項及び第二項の規定は第一項の動力の装置の許可を受けた者について準用する。この場合において、第四条第一項第一号及び第三号、第五条第二項、第六条、第七条第一項、第八条第一項並びに第九条第一項第一号中「掘削」とあるのは「動力の装置」と、同号中「から第三号まで」とあるのは「又は第三号」と、前条中「掘削が行われた場合」とあるのは「動力の装置が行われた場合」と、「当該掘削」とあるのは「当該動力の装置」と、「温泉をゆう出させる目的で土地を掘削した者」とあるのは「温泉のゆう出量を増加させるために動力を装置した者」と読み替えるものとする。
Article 12Order on Restrictions on Extraction of Hot Springs
第十二条（温泉の採取の制限に関する命令）
When a prefectural governor finds it necessary for the protection of a hot spring source, the governor may order a person that extracts hot springs from the hot spring source to restrict the extraction of hot springs.
Article 13Consultation with the Minister of the Environment
第十三条（環境大臣への協議等）
When a prefectural governor makes a disposition under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1), or Article 11, paragraph (1), and there is a risk of affecting the amount, temperature, or composition of a hot spring in an adjacent prefecture, the governor must consult with the Minister of the Environment in advance.
When a consultation is held under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of the Environment must hear the opinions of the stakeholders of the affected prefectures.
環境大臣は、前項の規定による協議を受けたときは、関係都府県の利害関係者の意見を聴かなければならない。
Article 14Order to Take Measures against a Person That Has Drilled Land for Other Purposes
第十四条（他の目的で土地を掘削した者に対する措置命令）
When the amount, temperature, or composition of a hot spring is significantly affected by drilling land for a purpose other than making a hot spring gush out, and a prefectural governor finds it necessary for public interest, the governor may order the person who drilled the land to take necessary measures to prevent such effects.
都道府県知事は、温泉をゆう出させる目的以外の目的で土地が掘削されたことにより温泉のゆう出量、温度又は成分に著しい影響が及ぶ場合において公益上必要があると認めるときは、その土地を掘削した者に対してその影響を防止するために必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。
When a prefectural governor intends to order a person that has drilled land with the permission or approval of another administrative agency based on the provisions of laws and regulations to take measures referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must consult with the administrative agency in advance.
都道府県知事は、法令の規定に基づく他の行政庁の許可又は認可を受けて土地を掘削した者に対して前項の措置を命じようとするときは、あらかじめ当該行政庁と協議しなければならない。