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：
349
標題：
Toxic Chemical Accident Dispersion Model Put On-line
摘要：
After two years of collaboration with the US the ROC EPA announced on April 23 that toxic disaster d
全文：
After two years of collaboration with the US the ROC EPA announced on April 23 that toxic disaster d
編號：
185
標題：
R.O.C. and Canada Initiate Mutual Recognition of Eco-label Schemes
摘要：
Following Canada's lead the EPA's Eco-label Review Committee recently passed jointly developed draft
全文：
Following Canada's lead the EPA's Eco-label Review Committee recently passed jointly developed draft
編號：
528
標題：
Guidelines for 921 Earthquake Reconstruction EIAs Announced
摘要：
In conjunction with temporary statutes for post-quake reconstruction and to ensure that rebuilding o
全文：
In conjunction with temporary statutes for post-quake reconstruction and to ensure that rebuilding o
編號：
547
標題：
Executive Yuan Passes Draft of the Marine Pollution Control Act
摘要：
On April 20th a full meeting of the Executive Yuan (EY) passed a draft of the Marine Pollution Contr
全文：
On April 20th a full meeting of the Executive Yuan (EY) passed a draft of the Marine Pollution Contr
編號：
414
標題：
Recycling Rates in 100 Townships Should Hit 10% By the End of 2000
摘要：
By the end of June 2000 the EPA plans to raise recycling rates in 50 townships to 10%. By the end of
全文：
By the end of June 2000 the EPA plans to raise recycling rates in 50 townships to 10%. By the end of
編號：
492
標題：
Executive Yuan Approves Draft Amendments to Noise Act
摘要：
The ROC Executive Yuan recently approved amendments to the Noise Pollution Control Act. Revisions t
全文：
The ROC Executive Yuan recently approved amendments to the Noise Pollution Control Act. Revisions t
編號：
630
標題：
Permit Review Process for Waste Treatment Facilities Expedited
摘要：
The EPA hopes to reduce review time for firms that apply to operate waste treatment facilities. Foll
全文：
The EPA hopes to reduce review time for firms that apply to operate waste treatment facilities. Foll
編號：
811
標題：
EPA Begins Survey of Polluted Farmland
摘要：
Following the discovery of rice polluted with cadmium in the Yunlin County town of Huwei in August t
全文：
Following the discovery of rice polluted with cadmium in the Yunlin County town of Huwei in August t
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：
449
標題：
Technology Review Working Group To Be Added to Green Mark Review Committee
摘要：
The EPA has begun to revise the Guidelines for Promoting the Use of the Green Mark. According to the
全文：
The EPA has begun to revise the Guidelines for Promoting the Use of the Green Mark. According to the
編號：
163
標題：
Government Purchasing Act to Add Article on Green Consumerism
摘要：
Eco-labeling According to Article 96 of the Government Purchasing Act passed by the Legislative Yu
全文：
Eco-labeling According to Article 96 of the Government Purchasing Act passed by the Legislative Yu
編號：
967
標題：
Department of Environmental Protection—Building an Eco-City
摘要：
Enforcement by local environmental protection organizations is essential if the environmental protec
全文：
Enforcement by local environmental protection organizations is essential if the environmental protec
編號：
588
標題：
Edgar Lin Urges Greater Interaction Between Environmental Agencies
摘要：
EPA Administrator Edgar Lin recently called his first joint meeting of environmental agencies. At t
全文：
EPA Administrator Edgar Lin recently called his first joint meeting of environmental agencies. At t
編號：
309
標題：
Initial Draft of Air Act Enforcement Rules Completed
摘要：
The EPA recently completed a thorough review and modification of the Air Pollution Control Act Enfor
全文：
The EPA recently completed a thorough review and modification of the Air Pollution Control Act Enfor
編號：
92
標題：
A Word from the Bureau of Environmental Monitoring and Data Processing: Promoting Individual and Com
摘要：
Environmental Information Since its establishment the EPA has effectively monitored and controlled
全文：
Environmental Information Since its establishment the EPA has effectively monitored and controlled
編號：
428
標題：
Medium and Long Term Plans for Waste Disposal Facilities in the Works
摘要：
The EPA is drafting the Medium and Long Term Plans for the Construction of Public Waste Disposal Fac
全文：
The EPA is drafting the Medium and Long Term Plans for the Construction of Public Waste Disposal Fac
編號：
830
標題：
“Re-enactment” of Noise Added to Noise Control Measures
摘要：
Satisfaction with the response to noise complaints has always been very low. The main reason for thi
全文：
Satisfaction with the response to noise complaints has always been very low. The main reason for thi
編號：
220
標題：
Seven Industrial Waste Items Listed for Recycling
摘要：
Pursuant to Article 31 Item 1 of the Commercial Waste Storage, Collection and Processing Methods and
全文：
Pursuant to Article 31 Item 1 of the Commercial Waste Storage, Collection and Processing Methods and
編號：
652
標題：
EIA System Reviewed for the First Time in 5 Years
摘要：
In the five plus years since the Environmental Impact Assessment Act went into effect a number of ac
全文：
In the five plus years since the Environmental Impact Assessment Act went into effect a number of ac
編號：
221
標題：
A Look Inside the EPA: The Bureau of Solid Waste Management
摘要：
According to the Environmental Protection Administration Organization Statutes the EPA’s Bureau of S
全文：
According to the Environmental Protection Administration Organization Statutes the EPA’s Bureau of S
編號：
906
標題：
Taiwan’s Air Quality Shows Yearly Improvement
摘要：
The EPA’s recently announced 2001 air quality monitoring results indicate that Taiwan’s air is gradu
全文：
The EPA’s recently announced 2001 air quality monitoring results indicate that Taiwan’s air is gradu
編號：
267
標題：
Regulatory Guidelines Proposed for Sand and Gravel Extraction on Agricultural Land
摘要：
To assist the liberalization of gravel extraction policies the EPA has compiled current related regu
全文：
To assist the liberalization of gravel extraction policies the EPA has compiled current related regu
編號：
326
標題：
Sale of Diesel Fuel Containing More Than 0.05% Sulfur Controlled
摘要：
In an EPA announcement made on 2 March effective immediately, the sale and use of diesel fuel contai
全文：
In an EPA announcement made on 2 March effective immediately, the sale and use of diesel fuel contai
編號：
778
標題：
Administrator Visits Hong Kong’s Waste Management Facilities
Administrator Visits Hong Kong’s Was
摘要：
Administrator Lung-Bin Hau visited Hong Kong from June 25 to June 27 to inspect local waste transshi
全文：
Administrator Lung-Bin Hau visited Hong Kong from June 25 to June 27 to inspect local waste transshi
編號：
514
標題：
Reuse of Earthquake Rubble to be Contracted Out
摘要：
The earthquake that hit Taiwan last year leveled many buildings and left 18 million cubic meters of
全文：
The earthquake that hit Taiwan last year leveled many buildings and left 18 million cubic meters of
編號：
584
標題：
Water Pollution Fee Slated to Begin in 2002
摘要：
To improve the quality of Taiwan's water bodies Administrator Edgar Lin instructed the EPA to draw u
全文：
To improve the quality of Taiwan's water bodies Administrator Edgar Lin instructed the EPA to draw u
編號：
729
標題：
Emergency Response Plan for Severe Marine Oil Spills Approved
摘要：
On April 10 the Executive Yuan approved the Emergency Response Plan for Severe Marine Oil Pollution.
全文：
On April 10 the Executive Yuan approved the Emergency Response Plan for Severe Marine Oil Pollution.
編號：
256
標題：
EIA Act Enforcement Rules Amended
摘要：
On November 11 an amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment Act Enforcement Rules was formall
全文：
On November 11 an amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment Act Enforcement Rules was formall
編號：
483
標題：
Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Passes
摘要：
On the evening of January 13th a full meeting of the Legislative Yuan completed the second and third
全文：
On the evening of January 13th a full meeting of the Legislative Yuan completed the second and third
編號：
176
標題：
Draft of Recycling Organization Management Regulations Completed
摘要：
The EPA completed a draft of management and assistance guidelines to manage recycling organizations.
全文：
The EPA completed a draft of management and assistance guidelines to manage recycling organizations.
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