Overview of Environmental Agent ManagementToxics Substance Management
「Overview of Environmental Agent ManagementToxics Substance Management」於資料集「Environmental Policy Monthly」由單位「行政院環境保護署」的楊先生所提供，聯繫電話是(02)23117722#2217,(02)23117722#2216，最近更新時間為：2022-01-15 01:13:03。 欄位編號的內容是917 ， 欄位標題的內容是Overview of Environmental Agent Management ， 欄位摘要的內容是Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system.
Regulations and Systems
Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies.
Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997.
So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms.
Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system:
Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business.
Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc.
Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples.
Effective Management
Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area.
Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table).
Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management
Administrative services (NT$)
Technology projects (NT$)
Local Government Subsidies (NT$)
Total (NT$)
Jul ’97-Jun ‘98
4,025,000
0
800,000
4,825,000
Jul ’98-Jun ‘99
4,025,000
550,000
3,000,000
7,575,000
Jul ’99-Dec ‘00
5,558,000
1,412,000
3,612,000
10,582,000
Jan ’01- Dec ‘01
3,120,000
1,440,000
0
4,560,000
Jan ’02- Dec ‘02
4,210,000
2,000,000
0
6,210,000
Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001.
As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses.
Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline.
The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units.
Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors.
Simplifying Procedures
Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents.
The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include:
Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service.
In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire.
An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/.
The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely.
Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate.
The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders.
Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection.
For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865.
[CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.] ， 欄位全文的內容是Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system.
Regulations and Systems
Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies.
Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997.
So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms.
Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system:
Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business.
Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc.
Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples.
Effective Management
Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area.
Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table).
Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management
Administrative services (NT$)
Technology projects (NT$)
Local Government Subsidies (NT$)
Total (NT$)
Jul ’97-Jun ‘98
4,025,000
0
800,000
4,825,000
Jul ’98-Jun ‘99
4,025,000
550,000
3,000,000
7,575,000
Jul ’99-Dec ‘00
5,558,000
1,412,000
3,612,000
10,582,000
Jan ’01- Dec ‘01
3,120,000
1,440,000
0
4,560,000
Jan ’02- Dec ‘02
4,210,000
2,000,000
0
6,210,000
Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001.
As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses.
Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline.
The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units.
Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors.
Simplifying Procedures
Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents.
The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include:
Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service.
In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire.
An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures.
The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/.
The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely.
Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate.
The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders.
Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection.
For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865.
[CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.] ， 欄位年度的內容是2002 ， 欄位月份的內容是5 ， 欄位卷的內容是5 ， 欄位期的內容是4 ， 欄位順序的內容是1 ， 欄位倒序的內容是2 ， 欄位分類的內容是Toxics Substance Management ， 欄位標題2的內容是Overview of Environmental Agent Management ， 欄位檔案位置的內容是print/V5/V5-04 。
編號
917
標題
Overview of Environmental Agent Management
摘要
Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system. Regulations and Systems Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies. Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997. So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms. Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system: Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business. Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc. Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples. Effective Management Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area. Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table). Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management Administrative services (NT$) Technology projects (NT$) Local Government Subsidies (NT$) Total (NT$) Jul ’97-Jun ‘98 4,025,000 0 800,000 4,825,000 Jul ’98-Jun ‘99 4,025,000 550,000 3,000,000 7,575,000 Jul ’99-Dec ‘00 5,558,000 1,412,000 3,612,000 10,582,000 Jan ’01- Dec ‘01 3,120,000 1,440,000 0 4,560,000 Jan ’02- Dec ‘02 4,210,000 2,000,000 0 6,210,000 Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001. As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses. Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline. The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units. Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors. Simplifying Procedures Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents. The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include: Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service. In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire. An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/. The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely. Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate. The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders. Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection. For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865. [CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.]
全文
Environmental agents are an all-pervasive part of our society. To avoid harm to the environment and human health the EPA plans to utilize its limited management resources to strengthen oversight of these agents, conduct more public awareness work, and establish an online management system. Regulations and Systems Taiwan’s location in the subtropical zone means that disease-carrying pests and microbes proliferate readily. The environmental agents needed to control disease vectors are thus important everyday products for Taiwan’s population. In spite of their importance, the misuse and abuse of these products often harms the environment and may even cause health risks. To give readers a better understanding of our management of environmental agents, for this issue we have interviewed Tung Te-po, director general of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control, and let him explain the country’s environmental agent management system and policies. Director General Tung emphasized that although Taiwan enacted the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) on November 10, 1997, the management of environmental agents in fact dates back to the Regulations Governing Pesticides Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用殺蟲劑管理辦法), which were announced by the Ministry of the Interior in 1967. Rodenticides and fungicides were subsequently regulated with the Department of Health’s announcement of the Regulations Governing the Management of Chemical and Biological Agents Used for Environmental Sanitation Purposes (環境衛生用藥管理辦法). The EPA proposed the draft Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act (環境用藥管理法) in 1990 in response to legal changes, and after passage by the Legislative Yuan, this act was implemented on November 10, 1997. So-called environmental agents consist of three classes of substances: (1) environmental sanitation pesticides, (2) agents used for pollution prevention, and (3) microbial preparations used as environmental agents. Types of enterprises managed under the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act include (1) the environmental agent manufacturing industry, (2) environmental agent vendors, and (3) disease vector control firms. Environmental agents are regulated in a way similar to that of other chemical agents. The environmental agent management system primarily consists of a registration and permit system, an operation management system, and an oversight and inspection system: Registration and permit system: Product information must be submitted to the EPA and a registration application made whenever environmental agents are manufactured, processed, or imported. Such agents may be manufactured or imported only after a permit has been issued. For their part, environmental agent vendors and disease vector control firms must also obtain a permit from the local competent authorities before engaging in business. Operation management system: After environmental agents have been registered, granted a permit, and gone on sale, the management focus shifts to operations involving the agents, including manufacturing, mixing, packaging, storage, placement, labeling, and advertising, etc. Oversight and inspection system: Environmental protection units may send personnel bearing verifying documentation to places where environmental agents are used for the purpose of performing necessary checking and inspection of samples. Effective Management Although the country’s environmental agent management system has gradually attained a state of maturity, Director General Tung noted that the resources the EPA can devote to the management of environmental agents are actually extremely limited. As far as manpower is concerned, only one division of the EPA Bureau of Environmental Sanitation and Toxic Chemicals Control is responsible for the overall environmental agent management system and the drafting of policy. Moreover, since management of environmental agents is only one of the many duties of local government, it is difficult for local authorities to accumulate much experience in this area. Furthermore, funding for environmental agent management is very meager in comparison with other environmental protection services. After the Environmental Chemical and Biological Agents Control Act was enacted, the total environmental agent budget was NT$4.83 million in 1998, and rose to NT$7.58 million in 1999 due to more research spending and local subsidies. The budget was NT$10.6 million in the second half of 1999 and all of 2000, NT$4.56 million in 2001, and will be NT$6.21 million in 2002 (see table). Recent Annual Budgets for EPA Environmental Agent Management Administrative services (NT$) Technology projects (NT$) Local Government Subsidies (NT$) Total (NT$) Jul ’97-Jun ‘98 4,025,000 0 800,000 4,825,000 Jul ’98-Jun ‘99 4,025,000 550,000 3,000,000 7,575,000 Jul ’99-Dec ‘00 5,558,000 1,412,000 3,612,000 10,582,000 Jan ’01- Dec ‘01 3,120,000 1,440,000 0 4,560,000 Jan ’02- Dec ‘02 4,210,000 2,000,000 0 6,210,000 Note : The Executive Yuan took over responsibility for allocating all subsidies for local governments in 2001. As far as the current state of management is concerned (as of April 8, 2002), the EPA has approved a total of 691 permits, including 434 manufacturing permits and 257 import permits. In addition, county and city environmental protection bureaus have issued a total of 225 environmental agent sale licenses and 421 disease vector control licenses. Environmental protection units are continuing to keep tabs on permit-holding businesses. Taking 2001 as an example, inspections were performed of 665 firms. In addition, 14,660 environmental agent packaging items and container labels were inspected. In the case of the 123 items that failed to meet standards, the original manufacturers were requested to recall the products and make improvements before the given deadline. The EPA also oversees environmental agent education and awareness work performed by local authorities, and produces environmental agent user handbooks intended to make the public better informed about the use of these chemicals. The EPA’s updated environmental agent manufacturing and import permit overview and query CD-ROM serves as a procurement reference for environmental protection units. Furthermore, as part of the promotion of e-government, the EPA has established a database for the management of environmental agents enabling the effective management of environmental agent permits and licenses; this database can also be used to simplify administrative procedures and streamline management tasks. Finally, the public can use the Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System located on the EPA website’s to find out about legally-registered agents, disease vector control firms, and environmental agent vendors. Simplifying Procedures Keeping pace with Taiwan’s WTO membership and the roll-out of e-government, the EPA is in the midst of instituting new measures to make administrative procedures concerning environmental agents simpler and more convenient. The EPA's ultimate goal is to achieve the most effective possible management of these agents. The new measures are aimed at both the general public and at environmental agent firms. Apart from stepping up public safety awareness concerning environmental agents, the EPA is also using the Internet to provide several relevant online services, and is improving dialogue with environmental agent firms. Specific measures being taken by the EPA include: Simplification of the format of environmental agent reporting forms: The EPA has combined four types of reporting forms as a single form, and revised the Guidelines for the Approval of Environmental Agent Permit Applications (環境用藥許可證申請核發作業要點), simplifying application materials and strengthening public service. In accordance with the toxicity and chemical characteristics of specific environmental agents, the EPA is now requiring warnings and precautions on environmental agent product labels, and requires graphic symbols to illustrate these. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License Extension and Application Notification Online Query System will permit enterprises to search for license validity periods and expiration dates, and will remind firms to quickly apply for extensions. The EPA hopes to avoid the harm to firms and the public interest that may occur if permits are allowed to expire. An Environmental Agent Management Information System has already been established and is making the management of environmental agent permits and licenses more efficient. This system, which offers edit, query, statistical analysis, file transfer, and printing functions, will simplify management and administrative procedures. The establishment of an Environmental Agent License and Disease Vector Control Industry Online Query System will allow the public and local governments to conveniently query environmental agent permit information as a reference for their purchasing decisions. Members of the public can also go online to find information on approved disease vector control firms and obtain legal and safe pest prevention services. This query system can be found at http://www.epa.gov.tw/j/envagent/. The EPA is strengthening oversight of environmental agents on the market. The items the EPA checks or investigates include prohibited, phony and substandard environmental agents, labeling on environmental agents, active components of environmental agents, environmental agent manufacturers and vendors, disease vector control firms, and advertisements for environmental agents. The goal of oversight is to safeguard the quality of environmental agents and ensure that customers use them safely. Printed by the EPA, the “Environmental Agent Permit Application Question and Answer Handbook” provides clear explanations of relevant laws, elucidates their practical applications, and helps vendors avoid permit application misunderstandings, reducing the application rejection rate. The EPA has performed a general survey of environmental agent manufacturers and established a list of relevant firms. In conjunction with local environmental protection bureaus, the EPA is visiting these firms and providing assistance. A planned “Environmental Agent Electronic Bulletin” will automatically send firms information on environmental agents and increase their knowledge of legal regulations and government orders. Apart from these new public service and simplification measures, the EPA also plans to perform strict reviews of applications for environmental agent permits to ensure that the agents are being used safely. A careful review of environmental agent labeling will help safeguard consumers. The EPA continues to print a variety of environmental agent safety handbooks for free distribution to the public. The EPA, together with local environmental protection units, also holds public meetings to explain the correct use of environmental agents to improve environmental sanitation and eliminate disease vectors such as mosquitoes and flies. By using environmental agents properly, it will be possible to cut back on their use and achieve better environmental protection. For more information, please call 02-2311-7722 ext. 2860 and 2865. [CAPTION: To maintain safety, close tabs must be kept on a wide variety of environmental agents.]
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Toxics Substance Management
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Overview of Environmental Agent Management
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「Overview of Environmental Agent ManagementToxics Substance Management」所屬的資料集：「Environmental Policy Monthly」的其他資料
編號：
668
標題：
Study Shows Recycling Gains in Popularity
摘要：
Recycling has become something of a national pastime in Taiwan. According to the results of the EPA’
全文：
Recycling has become something of a national pastime in Taiwan. According to the results of the EPA’
編號：
310
標題：
New Version of Public Dispute Settlement White Paper Due Out in August
摘要：
In 1993 the first version of the Public Dispute Settlement White Paper was published. To prepare an
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In 1993 the first version of the Public Dispute Settlement White Paper was published. To prepare an
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372
標題：
Award Amount for Turning in Unwanted Vehicles Raised
摘要：
On June 16 the EPA announced new vehicle recycling award amounts for the period of July 1, 1999, to
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482
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Revisions to Waste Disposal Act Pass First Reading
摘要：
The Legislative Yuan’s Health Environment and Public Welfare Committee passed draft revisions to the
全文：
The Legislative Yuan’s Health Environment and Public Welfare Committee passed draft revisions to the
編號：
820
標題：
Revised EIA Regulations Benefit Industry and Environment
摘要：
The EPA has recently announced revisions to parts of both the Environmental Impact Assessment Act En
全文：
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編號：
905
標題：
Standardization of Soil Pollution Analysis Methods
摘要：
The EPA has been gradually completing soil pollution standards and methods to be used in standardize
全文：
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編號：
710
標題：
Draft Implementation Rules Announced for Soil & Groundwater Act
摘要：
The EPA has announced draft implementation rules for the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation
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486
標題：
8th Annual Green Business Awards Announced
摘要：
Results for the 8th Annual Green Business Awards were announced recently where China Motor Corp. and
全文：
Results for the 8th Annual Green Business Awards were announced recently where China Motor Corp. and
編號：
3566
標題：
Premier Lin Visits Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau
摘要：
Toxic Substance
Premier Lin Visits Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau
On 2 June 2017, Premier Lin
全文：
Premier Lin Visits Toxic and Chemical Substances Bureau
On 2 June 2017, Premier Lin Chuan inspected
編號：
262
標題：
EPA to Lower Subsidies for PET Bottle Recycling
摘要：
With the PET Bottle Recycling Fund overdrawn by about NT$770 million the EPA decided from December 1
全文：
With the PET Bottle Recycling Fund overdrawn by about NT$770 million the EPA decided from December 1
編號：
173
標題：
A Look Inside the EPA The Comprehensive Planning Bureau
摘要：
According to the series of regulations establishing the EPA's organizational structure the EPA's Com
全文：
According to the series of regulations establishing the EPA's organizational structure the EPA's Com
編號：
829
標題：
Modification of EIA Scope Determination Standards
摘要：
The EPA announced the revised Standards for Determining Detailed Items and Scope of Environment
全文：
The EPA announced the revised Standards for Determining Detailed Items and Scope of Environment
編號：
152
標題：
Regulations Governing Disease Prevention Businesses Formally Announced
摘要：
Environmental Sanitation On April 29 the EPA formally announced the Regulations Governing Disease
全文：
Environmental Sanitation On April 29 the EPA formally announced the Regulations Governing Disease
編號：
982
標題：
Conference on the Establishment of Environmental Accounting Systems
摘要：
The EPA invited more than 20 domestic accounting system specialists and representatives of private b
全文：
The EPA invited more than 20 domestic accounting system specialists and representatives of private b
編號：
736
標題：
Professor Juu-En Chang Appointed EPA Deputy Administrator
摘要：
The Executive Yuan recently approved EPA Administrator Hau's decision to appoint Juu-En Chang as EPA
全文：
The Executive Yuan recently approved EPA Administrator Hau's decision to appoint Juu-En Chang as EPA
編號：
434
標題：
Value of Industrial Waste Reuse Nears 800 Million NTD in 1999
摘要：
In 1999 the EPA approved a total of 50 applications for reuse of industrial waste a total permitted
全文：
In 1999 the EPA approved a total of 50 applications for reuse of industrial waste a total permitted
編號：
539
標題：
Container Recycling Regulations to be Overhauled
摘要：
The EPA recently released draft amendments to the Waste Article and Container Recycling Clearance an
全文：
The EPA recently released draft amendments to the Waste Article and Container Recycling Clearance an
編號：
235
標題：
NCSD Implements National Energy Conference Resolutions
摘要：
The National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) recently commissioned the development of ene
全文：
The National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) recently commissioned the development of ene
編號：
773
標題：
Free Subscriptions to EPA e-News Offered Online
摘要：
Those who have been keeping and eye on the EPA will surely have noticed that there is a new addition
全文：
Those who have been keeping and eye on the EPA will surely have noticed that there is a new addition
編號：
958
標題：
Recycling and Reuse—Building an Ecologically Sustainable Society
摘要：
Keeping pace with economic development the amount of waste generated in Taiwan has grown explosively
全文：
Keeping pace with economic development the amount of waste generated in Taiwan has grown explosively
編號：
678
標題：
Biodiversity Gains Rank in the Sustainable Development Effort
摘要：
A recent meeting of the Executive Yuan's National Council for Sustainable Development included new m
全文：
A recent meeting of the Executive Yuan's National Council for Sustainable Development included new m
編號：
3277
標題：
2014 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Published
摘要：
Climate Change 2014 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Published
全文：
2014 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Published
編號：
644
標題：
Initial Tests of Waste Glass as Road Paving Material Successful
摘要：
To help promote the recycling and reuse of waste glass the EPA and the Public Construction Committee
全文：
To help promote the recycling and reuse of waste glass the EPA and the Public Construction Committee
編號：
676
標題：
EPA Considers Banning MTBE Fuel Additive
摘要：
Methyl tert-butyl ether MTBE, is a proven carcinogen in animals and a number of countries have consi
全文：
Methyl tert-butyl ether MTBE, is a proven carcinogen in animals and a number of countries have consi
編號：
189
標題：
The National Energy Conference Reaches Conclusions on Greenhouse Gas Reduction
摘要：
The National Energy Conference reached conclusions on greenhouse gas reduction targets and how to ac
全文：
The National Energy Conference reached conclusions on greenhouse gas reduction targets and how to ac
編號：
197
標題：
Fuel Sulfur Content Limit to be Lowered In Pingtung County
摘要：
To improve air quality in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung Air Quality Area the EPA recently concluded discuss
全文：
To improve air quality in the Kaohsiung-Pingtung Air Quality Area the EPA recently concluded discuss
編號：
394
標題：
PCB Containing Capacitors and Transformers Must be Reported by the End of October
摘要：
The EPA stated that users of capacitors or transformers whose insulating fluids contain above 1000pp
全文：
The EPA stated that users of capacitors or transformers whose insulating fluids contain above 1000pp
編號：
151
標題：
Recycling of Spent Ni-Cd Batteries to Begin in July
摘要：
Recycling The EPA formally announced on March 23 that recycling of spent Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd) ba
全文：
Recycling The EPA formally announced on March 23 that recycling of spent Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd) ba
編號：
591
標題：
EPA Pushes Inspection and Cleanup of Er-Jen River
摘要：
Underground smelting operations have gravely polluted Taiwan's Er-Jen River. During a tour of the E
全文：
Underground smelting operations have gravely polluted Taiwan's Er-Jen River. During a tour of the E
編號：
432
標題：
Taiwan Plans Participation in International Green House Gas Reduction Measures
摘要：
At a recently convened seminar on the atmosphere the EPA reiterated that Taiwan should be considered
全文：
At a recently convened seminar on the atmosphere the EPA reiterated that Taiwan should be considered
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