盛り土、知事の許可制に　規制強化法案を閣議決定

　政府は１日、静岡県熱海市で昨年発生した土石流災害を受けて盛り土の規制強化について定めた宅地造成等規制法改正案を閣議決定した。盛り土を都道府県知事らの許可制とし、違反した個人には３年以下の懲役または１０００万円以下の罰金を科す。
　同法を抜本改正し、宅地や森林、農地といった土地の用途にかかわらず、危険な盛り土に全国一律の基準で規制をかける。成立後、法律の名称も「宅地造成及び特定盛土等規制法」（通称・盛土規制法）に変更する。（2022/03/01-08:53）

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a bill to strengthen regulations on soil mounds following a deadly mudslide in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, last year.
   The bill, designed to drastically revise the residential land development regulation law, calls for entitling prefectural governors and mayors of major cities to designate areas where soil mounds could lead to a landslide disaster as regulated zones. Their approval will become necessary to create soil mounds in regulated zones.
   Individual violators will face a prison term of up to three years or a fine of up to 10 million yen. Corporate violators will face a fine of up to 300 million yen.
   The revised law will uniformly impose regulations on dangerous soil mounds across the country regardless of types of land-use, such as residential land, forests and farmland.
   Prefectural governors and major city mayors will be allowed to order the current and past owners of soil mounds and their builders to improve measures to prevent disasters.